This will be a little more personal, because Victor and I had a fight on this hike. We went to the Gary Giacomini Open Space Parcel this past Sunday, walked up Bates Canyon Trail to Conifer Fire Road to San Geronimo Ridge Fire Road to Deer Camp FR to Sylvestris. Then walked back along San Geronimo Valley Ave for about .5 miles back to our car. 5.4 miles all told. Arty roamed free for most of the hike, except of course for the part along the road.
We didn't see much wildlife. It was windy. There's an awesome view from the top of Green Hill over to Kent Lake, which I didn't even know was there before this hike. There were a shit-ton of mountain bikers, which leads us to our argument. We were passed by one posse of mountain bikers, maybe 10 or so, all men except for one woman. They rode fast down a hill, then overtook us on an uphill, riding their momentum to get to the top. It was pretty cool, cause they were all working hard, and it was good to see that. Victor made a comment about the woman, and it wasn't in admiration of her athleticism. It was a sexual reference, which annoyed me because why does this have anything to do with sex in the first place? And he thinks I'm taking it way too seriously cause it was just a joke. But he makes these sorts of comments about lone women, or women in an activity traditionally dominated by men, frequently. It bugs me. They don't need to be glorified: they're just doing what they're doing. But what they're doing has nothing to do with sex... they are just minding their own business doing what they enjoy, or what they need to do, so why even bring it up? Why are women so sexualized that their mere presence elicits these sorts of comments?
So then we got into why we had been arguing a lot lately, and didn't come to any satisfactory conclusions. It was just one of those things. We're not arguing as much this week, which is fine by me. It was my birthday yesterday, and we actually had a bang-up time, going out to dinner and then hanging out with some friends afterward.
This weekend we're going on a longer hike. I'll let you know how it goes.
-Kelly
We didn't see much wildlife. It was windy. There's an awesome view from the top of Green Hill over to Kent Lake, which I didn't even know was there before this hike. There were a shit-ton of mountain bikers, which leads us to our argument. We were passed by one posse of mountain bikers, maybe 10 or so, all men except for one woman. They rode fast down a hill, then overtook us on an uphill, riding their momentum to get to the top. It was pretty cool, cause they were all working hard, and it was good to see that. Victor made a comment about the woman, and it wasn't in admiration of her athleticism. It was a sexual reference, which annoyed me because why does this have anything to do with sex in the first place? And he thinks I'm taking it way too seriously cause it was just a joke. But he makes these sorts of comments about lone women, or women in an activity traditionally dominated by men, frequently. It bugs me. They don't need to be glorified: they're just doing what they're doing. But what they're doing has nothing to do with sex... they are just minding their own business doing what they enjoy, or what they need to do, so why even bring it up? Why are women so sexualized that their mere presence elicits these sorts of comments?
So then we got into why we had been arguing a lot lately, and didn't come to any satisfactory conclusions. It was just one of those things. We're not arguing as much this week, which is fine by me. It was my birthday yesterday, and we actually had a bang-up time, going out to dinner and then hanging out with some friends afterward.
This weekend we're going on a longer hike. I'll let you know how it goes.
-Kelly
posted by Kelly | 7:51 PM
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Yeah. I know. It's hard to be hard on the guy, with that sort of debilitating handicap.
Good to see you, Nick! Thanks for visiting.
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