Deer Creek Movie

So before heading to glacier national park, matt and i stayed in big sky with our friend Baue to do a day hiking trip. We went up this trail called Deer Creek, lots of snow, lots of fun. Baue friend Jess also came along with a couple of dogs. It was a great way to enjoy the first day of adventuring.

The start of the Trip!

In 38 hours, matt and i touched, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and last but not least MONTANA. Notable moments on the drive, we left cape cod at 8 pm, crazy blizzards in New york and Indiana and we stopped to help some people who had flipped car. A nasty head wound, but all were ok. In the end we made it, now its time to get serious.!!!!

The american flag, it carries with it this strong stigma. America, that term holds a lot of weight. In order to fly the flag you must have the pride in your place to say this here is american. At my place of work we fly a flag and there are certain rules that go along with flying a flag. There is a correct way to fold it and there is an incorrect way to fold it, you are supposed to take it down every night, and in bad weather. I am not afraid of the dark, or the rain, or the thunder. My flag for which I am proud, will fly when I am at strength. I do not hide, it will not hide, for I am the new american. An american who is not afraid of the change that comes with darkness, or foul times. I am an american who is here to look forward. Learn from the past to change the future for the better of the swarm.

Only way to be a leader, lead by the way you live-Blackalicious

So all summer i have been living in the woods hanging in a tent. The season is over and the writings have been completed enjoy! Unfortunately technology is not my forte and i could not add links but cut and paste and read some adventures!

Dodge Journal 1
http://trailsblog.outdoors.org/2010/06/dodge-journals-issue-1.html

Dodge Journal 2
http://trailsblog.outdoors.org/2010/07/dodge-journals-issue-2.html

Dodge Jornal 3
http://trailsblog.outdoors.org/2010/08/dodge-journals-issue-3.html

Dodge Jornal 4
http://trailsblog.outdoors.org/2010/08/dodge-journals-issue-4.html

Log Latter Issue
http://trailsblog.outdoors.org/2010/08/dodge-journals-special-issue-log-ladder.html

for a day, my friends and i sat in shelter, with the music providing an atmosphere that was calm and comfortable. The TV was on, we stat there and made, cloths and rope from materials of the land. We produced, and the Tv was never looked at.Next time it will be offThe mind was opened to a stress free environment, and i learned something.

This winter so far has been a little light on the snowfall, but that has not stopped me or any of my plymouth pals, from searching out the best first tracks that we can find. We have hiked Moosealake, and up to tuckermans area twice. Lots of fresh pow pow. This trips i am quickly realizing are some of the best adventures in the wilderness i have had to date. That white stuff that falls seems to put me up there in the cloud with them. The winter is still young and adventures are waiting around every corner.

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we are what we create, and if all we create is waste?

no more beef……..

The Environment

1. Conservation of Fossil fuel. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans. By eating plant foods instead of animal foods, I help conserve our non-renewable sources of energy.
2. Water Conservation. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein. As a vegetarian I contribute to water conservation.
3. Efficient use of grains. It takes up to 16 pounds of soybeans and grains to produce 1 lb. of beef and 3 to 6 lbs. to produce 1 lb of turkey & egg. By eating grain foods directly, I make the food supply more efficient & that contributes to the environment.
4. Soil conservation. When grains & legumes are used more efficiently, our precious topsoil is automatically made more efficient in its use. We use less agricultural resources to provide for the same number of people.
5. Saving our forests. Tropical forests in Brazil and other tropic regions are destroyed daily, in part, to create more acreage to raise livestock. By not supporting the meat industry, I directly reduce the demand to pillage these irreplaceable treasures of nature. Since the forest land “filters” our air supply and contains botanical sources for new medicines, this destruction is irreversable.
6. Asthetics. Decaying animal parts, whether in a freezer case or served in restaurants, can never be as asthetically pleasing to the senses as the same foods made from wholesome vegetable sources. Only habit can allow one not to perceive this: a change in diet makes this self evident.
   

   Personal Health

7. No deficiencies. There is no nutrient necessary for optimal human functioning which cannot be obtained from plant food.
8. High fat plus cholesterol. Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats. Plants do not contain cholesterol.
9. “Carb” deficient. Meat is deficient in carbohydrates, particularly the starches which are so essential to proper health.
10. Vitamin deficient. Except for the b-complex, meat is largely deficient in vitamins.
11. Agricultural Chemicals. Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc.
12. Exposure to livestock drugs. There are over 20,000 different drugs, including sterols, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals. These drugs are consumed when animal foods are consumed. The dangers herein, in secondary consumption of antibiotics, are well documented.
13. Pathogenic Microorganisms. There are a host of bacteria and viruses, some quite dangerous, that are common to animals. When I eat meat, I eat the organisms in the meat. Micro-organisms are present in plant foods too, but their number and danger to human health is by no means comparable to that of those in meat.
14. Worms and other Parasites. Ditto on # 13!
15. Shelf life differential. Plant foods last longer than animal foods. Try this experiment: Leave out a head of lettuce and a pound of hamburger for 1 day, which will make you sick?
16. Organoleptic Indications of Pathenogens. Plant foods give tell-tale signs of “going bad”. Ever hear of someone getting sick from “bad broccoli”?
17. Heart Disease. Meat eating increases the risk of heart disease, this country’s #1 killer. The correlation is an epidemiological fact.
18. Cancer prevention. Of all the natural cancer prevention substances found: vitamin C, B-17, hydroquionenes, beta carotene, NDGA, – none has been found to be animal derived. Yet most meats, when cooked, produce an array of benzenes and other carcinogenic compounds. Cancer is infinitely easier to prevent than cure. Soybeans contain protease inhibitor, a powerful anticancer compound. You won’t find it in useful quantities in animal based food.
19. Disease Inducing. The correlation between meat consumption and a wide range of degenerative diseases is well founded and includes…..
20. Osteoporosis
21. Kidney Stones and Gallstones
22. Diabetes
23. Multiple Sclerosis
24. Arthritis
25. Gum disease
26. Acne. Aggravated by animal food.
27. Obesity. Studies confirm that vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat eaters. Obesity is considered by doctors to be a disease within itself.
28. Intestinal Toxemia. The condition of the intestinal flora is critical to overall health. Animal products putrefy the colon.
29. Transit time. Wholesome food travels quickly through the “G.I” tract, leaving little time to spoil and incite disease within the body.
30. Fiber deficient. Fiber absorbs unwanted, excess fats; cleans the intestines; provides bulk and aids in peristalsis. Plant food is high in fiber content; meat, poultry and dairy products have none.
31. Body wastes. Food from animals contain their waste, including adrenaline, uric and lactic acid, etc., Before adding ketchup, the biggest contributors to the “flavor profile” of a hamburger are the leftover blood and urine.
32. Excess protein. The average American eats 400% of the RDA for protein. This causes excess nitrogen in the blood that creates a host of long-term health problems.
33. Longevity. To increase ones risk of getting degenerative disease means decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long healthy life. Huzas and other peoples with large centenarian populations maintain lifestyles that are relatively meat free.
34. Well Being. I just feel better since “giving up” meat and becoming vegetarian.
    

    Personal Finances

35. Health care costs. Being healthier on a vegetarian diet means spending less on health care.
36. Food costs. Vegetarian foods tend to cost less than meat based items.
    

    Ethics.

37. Stance against Factory Farming.. I cannot make a statement against factory farming if I myself eat animals.
38. Respect for Sentient Life. I show gratitude to my Creator(s?) by eating as low on the food chain as possible.
39. “Economic Vote”. I show support of the meat industry and the way they operate when I purchase and use their products.
40. Small sacrifice The sacrifice I make is nothing compared to the animals, its life.
41. Natural diet. Our hands, teeth, feet, intestinal tract…even our body chemistry is that of an herbivore.
42. I believe in nonviolence. Slaughter isn’t.
43. World Peace. There can never be peace among men while men are declaring war on other highly developed life forms.
44. Example. To live this way is to protect the underlying values of those around me.
45. Easy substitutes. There are vegetable based substitutes for every meat product imaginable.