tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post366097593454735873..comments2024-01-15T14:14:40.035-05:00Comments on Citizen Rider: Evolution is a popularity contestcafiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-62774520032346960842018-12-20T07:10:35.865-05:002018-12-20T07:10:35.865-05:00Coline -- I chose the Himalaya because they are th...Coline -- I chose the Himalaya because they are the mightiest peaks on Earth more than for the true state of things on the ground. As long as they're worth more as a tourist attraction, rivers of shit and strewn corpses notwithstanding, the economy will let them remain as postcard icons and a magnet for expensive adventure travel.<br /><br />I share your view of a low impact lifestyle. Whether our way prevails or not, it is the right one.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-90788878149234594292018-12-18T21:50:26.611-05:002018-12-18T21:50:26.611-05:00Tourism in the Himalaya has strip mined it of any ...Tourism in the Himalaya has strip mined it of any sense of the pristine which it represented... A two week trek to view rivers of human effluent and the world's highest garbage dump?<br /><br />Small planet, limited resources over large population of stupid greedy humans, not a good equation.<br /><br />I have lived a surprisingly comfortable low impact life by recycling other's castoffs, I cannot find uses fast enough as change for change sake becomes the mantra and I have not worn out the old cast offs yet!<br /><br />I am not sure that there are any modern bikes that I could be bothered to rehome but am happily part way through a rebuild of a bike which I bought in the mid 70s...Colinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.com