This slow video resonates with me way more than any typical MTB video of people shredding trails. Being out in the world is why I ride. Thanks for making this.
Thank you so much for putting this out! I worked as a ranger in the Needles for 10 years (80s and 90s) raking tracks, pleading with visitors to stay on the trails and learning about this amazing tiny world from Jayne Belnap, and others.
Beautiful film… Thank you for your love of biocrust!! I think it’s SO awesome you’d make a film about it and expose more people to this natural wonder ❤️
Just back from running Cocodona in Arizona and the biocrust was incredible. Stuck to all marked trails as directed, and stopped at one point just to soak it all up and just look at the floor; an incredible place.
John, thank for sharing this short. The art work was 💯. We as Canadians have been travlling to the Desert for many years. Im always amazing at how peaceful and full of life it really is. Will foward to friends.
Thank you for doing this film. We preach about this on all our group rides here in the high desert. It’s so important to tread lightly and keep singletrack single. Preserve the beautiful places in the desert we all love and enjoy so it’s there for the next generations to come 👍👍
Thanks for making this John & company! We of course know this and have been preaching it for 30+ years but this is so timely and well done. We have Kristina and the Science Moab team present to our staff during our annual guide meetings here in Moab but the more people who are aware the better. Now with your help we can continue to share this message and maybe make a small dent in reversing the damage being done. #shredlightly ✌
Especially since it takes AVG 872 gallons of gasoline for electricity a year, not to mention the AVG 489 gallons driving… source: EIA_GOV I think the message here is it’s cool to see folks out exploring nature but the real question is… at what impact… I don’t think vehicles are our largest climate contributor… maybe the industrial complex and our consumerist culture (Amazon), housing usage habits… If you want another real perspective… reach out.
Not to mention that the conversion factor of electric vehicular transport is worse than ICE engines if you run it through an ICE generator to get electricity for your car. I did a calculation that found Tesla to have around 30 MPG compared to ICE if electricity generation relied on gasoline… it would be better to run an ICE in your garage to generate electricity for your house, heat your house and charge your Tesla than relying on the current energy generation grid. Solar electricity is our best bet for survival. If we don’t transfer our usage to solar at about 50% in 10 years we will be effectively “out of oil” this means no plastic products which means higher manufacturing costs and greater energy consumption to process other materials. I could go on and on and on about how your Amazon habits are what is killing the world, how you keep drying your cloths like you want the world to burn down, your oversized ovens… it disgusts me to be honest having learned what 1000w of energy feels like and how you burn through it in milliseconds… like how dare you? I’m just being dramatic but I wish more people knew just how much they were using, burning down a lot of trees every day worth of energy… out of sight, out of mind… do the laundry, go to the grocery store… You don’t know your worth, how much you’ve burned through to make the ultra rich super yachts… How we suckle on their oil teet…
This slow video resonates with me way more than any typical MTB video of people shredding trails. Being out in the world is why I ride. Thanks for making this.
that's the vibe!
Exactly
John thank you for taking the time to do what you do . Get outside , be very respectful , and shred lightly . Please keep doing what you do
Thank you so much for putting this out!
I worked as a ranger in the Needles for 10 years (80s and 90s) raking tracks,
pleading with visitors to stay on the trails and learning about this amazing tiny world from Jayne Belnap, and others.
We have friends who were the Needles rangers for a bit too! Now they're BLM in Moab. Cheers!
Thank you
Beautiful film… Thank you for your love of biocrust!! I think it’s SO awesome you’d make a film about it and expose more people to this natural wonder ❤️
"Don't bust the crust!" Great video and educational segment. Thank you.
Awesome makes you want to hover over the crust 🤓
Outstanding educational content! Brilliant delivery Dr. Young!
Just back from running Cocodona in Arizona and the biocrust was incredible. Stuck to all marked trails as directed, and stopped at one point just to soak it all up and just look at the floor; an incredible place.
I always knew it as cryptobiotic material, at least what they called it in the info guides. This is the single reason why I stay on the trails.
Great work. Thank you for putting this into the world!
Awesome content as always John !
So good! Thank you both!
John, thank for sharing this short. The art work was 💯. We as Canadians have been travlling to the Desert for many years. Im always amazing at how peaceful and full of life it really is. Will foward to friends.
Excellent work as always
Edward Abbey lives!
We are ,all of us, traffic.
Thank you for doing this film. We preach about this on all our group rides here in the high desert. It’s so important to tread lightly and keep singletrack single. Preserve the beautiful places in the desert we all love and enjoy so it’s there for the next generations to come 👍👍
Thank you for watching it!
amazing video, love spending time around Moab
Fantastic video!! Cheers!
That was really great, Thank you John & team ! Please make a series, I would love to see more of this ✌️🤓
MAN, do I love this video. Thank y’all so much!!❤
So well done! Thank you!
Very cool and eye opening, thanks 💚
Thanks for making this John & company! We of course know this and have been preaching it for 30+ years but this is so timely and well done. We have Kristina and the Science Moab team present to our staff during our annual guide meetings here in Moab but the more people who are aware the better. Now with your help we can continue to share this message and maybe make a small dent in reversing the damage being done. #shredlightly ✌
Cheers, team! Hope to see you out on the trails this spring!
Beautiful!
The algorithm brings me here and I see a name I recognize from Expedition Portal a decade ago. Nice work on the film, I’ll watch more.
Good ol' Sinuhe has been around for a minute!
Filmed \ edited beautifully.
Fantastic stuff!
beautiful - thank you!
delightfully crusty
Very crusty!
world class content
Amazing!
This was great! I learned something new.
I wish I could like this video twice
Was the Steve Zissou beanie intentional? Because I love it!
He's clearly trying to look like a Wes Anderson character! lol
Awwwwww yeah
Yes!!!
I just wonder about how much our carbon foot print affects our desertification more than our actual foot-print, scary facts lol 🎉
Especially since it takes AVG 872 gallons of gasoline for electricity a year, not to mention the AVG 489 gallons driving… source: EIA_GOV
I think the message here is it’s cool to see folks out exploring nature but the real question is… at what impact… I don’t think vehicles are our largest climate contributor… maybe the industrial complex and our consumerist culture (Amazon), housing usage habits… If you want another real perspective… reach out.
Not to mention that the conversion factor of electric vehicular transport is worse than ICE engines if you run it through an ICE generator to get electricity for your car. I did a calculation that found Tesla to have around 30 MPG compared to ICE if electricity generation relied on gasoline… it would be better to run an ICE in your garage to generate electricity for your house, heat your house and charge your Tesla than relying on the current energy generation grid. Solar electricity is our best bet for survival. If we don’t transfer our usage to solar at about 50% in 10 years we will be effectively “out of oil” this means no plastic products which means higher manufacturing costs and greater energy consumption to process other materials. I could go on and on and on about how your Amazon habits are what is killing the world, how you keep drying your cloths like you want the world to burn down, your oversized ovens… it disgusts me to be honest having learned what 1000w of energy feels like and how you burn through it in milliseconds… like how dare you? I’m just being dramatic but I wish more people knew just how much they were using, burning down a lot of trees every day worth of energy… out of sight, out of mind… do the laundry, go to the grocery store… You don’t know your worth, how much you’ve burned through to make the ultra rich super yachts… How we suckle on their oil teet…
Very dry subject matter and an odd way to promote crust bikes.
lol
Great film! Kasha 🤍