The trails of “6 mile” in NJ are twisty, fast, and much longer than 6 miles. Its all single track with the occassional log obstacle and some nicely built bridges over water crossings. It has a few burst climbs, but everything flows. Congrats goes to the folks who built and maintain these trails… they are nicely laid out. Speed rules this place and if your able to hang the turns you will find yourself on one helluva joy ride. We got our pace up to 25 mph at one point which is pretty hard to believe as there is no downhill. Our total mileage in this place exceeded 16 miles (6 mile?). You’ll be pushing the pedal the entire ride, but like us, you’ll just want to keep pushing yourself to go faster as you meander through these twisty trails…until you find yourself going too fast that you start to clip trees. Unfortunately the park is divided by a public road which must be crossed.. you’ll know what deer feel like…just look both ways.

One of the many wooden bridge sections on the blue trail…

You’ll find the trails are marked yellow, red and blue. Red, for now, is off limits (with hopes one day it will be designated multi-use trails). Yellow and Blue is your mountain bike play ground. When you don’t see a marker…use “the force”… or just keep riding. Eventually the maze of trails brings you to where you want to go.
The trails have some technical spots, but overall its pretty smooth.

Bridge over water… A friend once told his girlfriend who he was breaking up with to “Cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it” Not sure what that has to do with this bridge, but I always found that saying hilarious…

Lastly, remember.. its not 6 miles long…

6 Mile is fun.

There are ton of sites talking about knives but no one ever covers how to properly use these tools. Pablo from Woodlife gives a quick run through on some of the basics. Pablo has great YouTube Channel as well that’s worth looking at.

Felt Soul Media’s documentary “Red Gold” is winning awards and getting all sorts of write ups. Below is an update on the mine.

Our homies at Patagonia wrote more on the subject leading to the vote

I’ve been reading a bunch of Tom Brown Jr’s books and I must say he is a good story teller. His field guides are probably the best books he put out and his other books which are suppose to be stories about his life I have a hard time believing but still enjoy reading them. I do believe in his skill and his record as well as field tests of his methods prove his amazing ability. Above is part 1 from an interview he did about wildnerness survival.

Uhm, Glenn, I expect a full review with pictures about your new ride. Turner Sultan (29er)

While riding one of my favorite trails in th Angeles Forest known as the Strawberry Peak ride I made an error that had me tumbling off the tight trail and over a small cliff. As soon as I began to tumble down I thought to myself, this was it, I’m finished but a cactus stopped my fall. As I did the normal bodily check to make sure nothing was broke I tried to make my ascent back to the trail but it was too steep and loose for me to make it up. I sat for a a minute when all of a sudden a hiker called down to me from the trail. I told her I was ok but couldn’t climb out. She then reached into her pack and through down a line of 550 paracord. I tied the end to my bike and climbed out. We then pulled my bike from the drop. She then explained to me how just a week ago she used the same cord to pull some people from car accident in ravine. Ever since then I ride, hike and venture into the woods with 100 ft of paracord.