Spokane Public Works posted a nifty explanation of what, exactly, sharrows are and how to use them. I’ve posted it below. You’ll start seeing new markings on streets across town called sharrows. What are sharrows, you say? Sharrows are pavement markings installed within travel lanes designed to alert motorists that they are sharing the street […]
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Saturday is the Tour de Rock, a mountain bike ride to raise funds for the 49 Degrees North Ski Patrol. Same-day registration is 9:30-10:30 am. Meet at the main lodge at 49 Degrees North. Stick around for a barbecue and live music. The ride is $35 with a long-sleeve t-shirt or $25 without. For information,
Beyond The Mountain Steve House, Patagonia Books, September 2009, 285 pages Beyond The Mountain is cutting edge climber and Patagonia Climbing Ambassador, Steve House’s first book. In it he describes a dozen or so of his most memorable climbing exploits during the period from 1988 to 2008. The book is studded with chapters describing climbs
Aww, Fall. A magical time outside in Spokane—leaves falling, changing colors, temperatures dipping back down. I miss you in the fall, Spokane! What’s more, there are all sorts of wonderful things happening during the month of October. First up is TERRAIN on Friday, October 2. Remember this from last year, at the bank building downtown,
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An internal gear hub is an alternative to most geared bikes that are sold in North America. Most bikes here use a derailleur to shift the bike chain to different gears. A bike with an internal gear hub shifts gears inside the rear hub. For much of the 60’s and 70’s, many of the department
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Rick Brown was just a kid with a skateboard. Being born and raised in Spokane the hobby lead to snowboarding, and now 20 years later he’s the director of skiing and snowboarding at 49 Degrees North. “At the time I never really thought of making it a career,” he says. “Snowboarding was sort of a
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Autumn is the season best savored perhaps by creative writers, bird watchers and carefree nature lovers. Nineteenth-century writer William Cullen Bryant referred to this season as “the year’s last, loveliest smile,” and novelist Albert Camus said, “Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.” Crisp mornings with frost, clothed in layers for
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Novella Carpenter Farms. In her backyard. In a city. She’s convinced that you, too, can—and should—give urban farming a try, even if your “farm” is just an herb garden on the porch. Carpenter recently published a book, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. She’ll be in Spokane promoting Farm City at Spokane Community
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In five minutes we’re going to miss getting our bikes on the bus. My nine-year-old son Jackson has done a lot of crazy things with me this year—including going to Iran—but I know biking up the South Hill in 25 minutes on Saturday night is going to elicit mutiny. We make the bus, but we
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