when is the moab uni weekend this year?
Moab Munifest 2004 was held March 26 - 28. See your new issue of On One Wheel, newsletter of the Unicycling Society of America, Inc. for a story and photographs.
Is moab more then just a uni thing. I don’t know much about it, and I saw a kid the other day with a shirt that said moab on it, and I almost approached him. But then I noted that there was no “U” in the name so it couldn’t be an acronym (possibly and probably wrong word) for something larger as in, Toque for example. So just wondering, what is Moab?
David
Before unicyclists came, Moab was like the most popular mountain biking place ever. More than likely that kid was a mountain biker.
The town of Moab, Utah is located on the Colorado River. According to one of the Moab information Web sites, “The name Moab is a Biblical name for a land just short of the Promised Land. The Moabites were historically regarded as the perpetual enemy of the Israelites, “God’s Chosen People.” Physically, the region was a green, verdant valley in the middle of a serious desert; an emerald in the sand, so to speak. Because of those similarities, our little town was dubbed Moab by Mormon settlers in the 1800’s.”
Before mountain bikers came, Moab was a Mecca for off road motorcyclists, in fact Slickrock Trail was created for motorcyclists.
If you’re not into cycling, then Moab is still a beatuiful place, with:
- Arches National Monument :astonished: :D :sunglasses:
- Some of the most beautiful hiking I've seen, try the Negro Bill Canyon (closed to cycles - not that you could - and immediately below Slickrock): :astonished: Morning Glory Natural Bridge, miniature arches, beaver, vistas
- Site of the first uranium mine, before that uranium was just found on the surface, well, ok, this part isn't beautiful
Ah, if only that were still true. For a long time now it has been Arches National Park. Still an absolutely magnificent place, but there are also significant differences between a national monument and a national park. National Parks are “improved” in many ways, not the least of which is paved roads into many areas that were previously accessable only by foot. Some argue this makes the wilderness more accessable to the citizenry; others argue that once that happens, it is no longer wilderness.
For one person’s “real time” view on the transition of Arches from a national monument to a national park, read “Desert Solitaire” by Edward Abbey. Biased? Absolutely. But brilliant as well. A substantial piece of work.