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Trail Report: S Fork Hoh to Big Flat

Trail Report: S Fork Hoh to Big Flat is a five spoon backcountry hike near Forks, Washington

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June 12, 2018 0

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What trails have you been told were "accessible" only to attempt them and find out they weren't (whether by ADA standards or for your own needs)? • [Image description: a narrow natural tread path through the forest. Black text on a semitransparent background reads "accessible" trails.] #DisabledHikers #AccessibleOutdoors #AccessibleTrails #OutdoorsForAll #AccessForAll #accessibility

Next group hike in 3 weeks! • The Spruce Railroad Trail is a popular destination along Lake Crescent. This hike is more difficult than previous group hikes, so please read the trail guide carefully. We will be hiking to Devils Punchbowl, with the option of continuing on the trail if there is a group who wants to go further. Our usual group rules of making decisions together and leaving no one behind apply! Where: Spruce Railroad Trail (East Beach), Olympic National Park, Lake Crescent When: Saturday, September 7, 2019 10:00 am Trail Description: 1-mile gravel trail with gentle elevation gain and a footpath over a hill to Devils Punchbowl. Beyond the Punchbowl, the trail becomes natural tread and continues for 3 miles. There is some elevation gain and places of narrow, slippery footing. Full guide and RSVP on the website.

The latest news about [he who shall not be named] proposing institutions for the 'mentally ill' again has me way upset this morning. • • The detention camps, institutionalization, and continued police and state violence are all connected. Disabled people know that no body is disposable. Our various and interconnected communities must support one another - we can not fight along individual issue lines. • • At the same time, we are in this for the long haul. Disabled people also know caring for self and community is a necessary part of organizing. • • Thanks to @fatlibink for organizing this #NoBodyIsDisposable action which you can participate in wherever you are. • • [Image description: black and yellow background with the text disabled people know in small yellow font above the text no body is disposable in large white font. #CloseTheCamps #AbolishICE ]

Sharing some of my more personal reasons behind starting #DisabledHikers. CW: #Death #DomesticViolence #Disability In March 2016, my sister died suddenly for disability-related reasons. Six months later I experienced a disability-related injury that left me unable to walk for several months. I was also in an abusive marriage, and my increased vulnerability gave him the last of the control he needed. I finally divorced him in spring 2017, but that left me without a stable place to live and I experienced housing insecurity for several months before coming to the Olympic Peninsula (where my housing is still not totally stable). Through all of it, the outdoors has been a place of comfort. The solace of wild things, the diversity of ecosystems, the impermanence weaving through the larger picture, has helped balance my perspective. Having a place to always come home to, to always be in relationship with, has been the only solid ground in shifting times. So when I say this is personal, I mean exactly that. When I say access to the outdoors is not a luxury for people who are marginalized and suffering, I mean exactly that. This is #WhyIHike. This is why we need to #DiversifyOutdoors and make sure #OutdoorsForAll is fully realized. My #InspirationalStory is not that I am a #DisabledHiker - it is that I am a #Survivor. We must keep fighting for life and justice and those more marginalized than ourselves. @unlikelyhikers @hikingmyfeelings

Sharing some history of the Indigenous people of the land I live on. This photo is of James Island, A-Ka-Lat, taken from Rialto Beach, ancestral land of the #Quileute • • The Quileute Tribe is located in La Push, Washington, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The Quileute Tribe has lived and hunted in this area for thousands of years. Although the village of La Push is only about one square mile, the Tribe’s original territory stretched along the shores of the Pacific from the glaciers of Mount Olympus to the rivers of the rain forests. Much has changed since those times, but the Quileute Elders remember “back in the days” when the “old people” dared challenge kwalla, the mighty whale, and recounted the story of how the bayak, or raven, placed the sun in the sky. Today, Quileutes need only lift their eyes to see the burial place of chiefs atop James Island, or A-Ka-Lat — translated as “Top of the Rock”. This sense of cultural continuity is their birthright and heritage. • • This is copied from the Quileute Nation website: quileutenation.org. There is lots of information on the website, and a Google search will bring up interesting information about the impact of the Twilight movies on the tribe. If you're ever visiting out this way, I definitely recommend staying at the oceanside resort! • • I had intended to do this for #IndigenousPeoplesDay but it didn't happen. I'll be sharing posts like this about each of the tribes of this area. Who are the Indigenous people of the place you live? • [Image Description in alt-text]

✨CROWDSOURCING A RETREAT✨ Alright y'all, I am almost ashamed to admit that I haven't been on a single adventure all summer. Between my health, the pressure of managing everything on my own, and all of the work I put into Disabled Hikers and my other community projects, I desperately need some time to unplug and relax. • • So I'm hoping to crowdsource a little getaway. I'm not asking for your money (though if you wanna pitch in some $$ or supplies I won't say no!). I'm asking for your help in finding a place I could go at NO COST. Here's what I need: ♡ A real bed ♡ Running water and power with a way to cook. ♡ A site I can drive to (or no more than an easy 0.5 mile walk - no serious hills or flights of stairs) ♡ Beautiful surroundings (not in the middle of town - needs to be "in nature") ♡ Dog-friendly ♡ Climate control if it's very hot or very cold ♡ Wifi not needed but some way to make emergency contact is. ♡ Anywhere within the highlighted general area of this map. I'm thinking a cabin, yurt, something like that. I'd also be open to a nice RV. I'm looking at sometime during the month of September or early/mid October - I can do during the week so as not to impact weekend vacationers. • • DM me if you have something that fits or know someone who does. And feel free to share!! I'm eager to see how this experiment shakes out. ☺️