Get Paid to Drink Beer and Hike the Appalachian Trail Getting paid to drink beer and hike the Appalachian Trail may sound too good to be true, but the Devil’s Backbone Brewing Company is hiring someone to do just that as a Chief Hiking Officer. The duties of this dream job include hiking the entire 2,000 mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, sleeping under the stars, creating social media […] Lynn Barlow | June 5, 2020 0 Comments
Length of Winter Could Be Halved by 2050 Climate change affects many aspects of winter, as globally increasing temperatures cause fewer below-freezing days. Scientists combined existing climate models and emission scenarios and found that the length of winter could be halved by 2050. Cameron Wobus is a research scientist who works for the Climate Division of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wobus led the study, Projected Climate Change Impacts […] Industry News Lynn Barlow | June 4, 2020 0 Comments
Late May 2020 Sees Record Low of Open Resorts Due to Pandemic In 2020, amidst a global pandemic, the world sees a record low of open resorts in the last week of May since skiing became popular in the 1960’s. This is in contrast to the previous season, as 2019 saw record snowfalls in North America. In 2019 over eight resorts in North America extended their seasons through the end of May […] Industry News Lynn Barlow | May 29, 2020 1 Comment
Everest’s Official Height May Change Yet Again With Results of Chinese Survey Team A Chinese survey team summited Mt Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, on Wednesday, May 27. They are likely to be the only people to reach the summit in 2020 after both Nepal and China closed Everest to climbers. China and Nepal shut down the 2020 Everest climbing season due to concerns about COVID-19 spreading among climbers, who live in close […] Climbing Lynn Barlow | May 28, 2020 0 Comments
HAPE: the Number One Killer at Altitude HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema) is a major cause of death at altitudes over 8,200 feet, though there have been cases of HAPE as low as 4,900 feet. HAPE occurs when fluids build up in the lungs due to the body’s response to an increase in altitude. When left untreated, HAPE has a high mortality rate. In the western United States […] Brains Lynn Barlow | February 1, 2020 0 Comments
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