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Leafcutter Ants vs. Camper

Leafcutter Ants vs. Camper

Author and nature lover Paul Rosolie has spent 20 years in the Amazon rainforest on a mission to help protect its ecosystem. But camping in the wilds of the rainforest isn’t glamorous or comfortable. Paul shows how gnarly things can get when a swarm of leafcutter ants descends on his campsite and starts nibbling on everything from his tent to his ear.

Riding a Mountain Bike on a Water Pipeline

Riding a Mountain Bike on a Water Pipeline

Mountain biker Dean Tennant takes us for a ride along an unusual trail. The defunct Sooke Flowline was used to deliver water into Victoria, British Columbia. The 27-mile-long, moss-covered concrete pipeline winds through a thick forest and has become an impromptu course for skilled and daring riders. There’s one stretch that’s particularly sketchy.

Roll-up Forest Chess Set

Roll-up Forest Chess Set

The latest geeky creation from 3D designer Colby, aka ForgeCore, is a chess board that you can quickly tidy up simply by leaving the pieces on the board and rolling them up into log form. Colby designed the pieces using scans of actual mushrooms. If you sign up for a paid membership, you can download the 3D files for this set and his other creations.

Shipping Container Forest Cabin

Shipping Container Forest Cabin

Located in Quebec, Canada, the Shiship is a tiny home built into a high-cube shipping container. The 31-foot-long cabin has a massive picture window in the bedroom, custom wood cabinetry, a full kitchen, and a bathroom with a shower. Best of all, you can rent the house from Repère Boréal with access to their baths and sauna.

Lightfall: A Journey in Photography

Lightfall: A Journey in Photography

MTB photographer Sterling Lorence walks us through his efforts to capture the perfect shot. To get there, he headed to the mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore and followed riders Brett Rheeder and Jackson Goldstone into the misty woods. A great documentary about the creative process from Anthill Films for Ride Shimano.

Foggy Forest Mountain Bike POV

Foggy Forest Mountain Bike POV

Mountain bike rider Mark Matthews takes us on a wild first-person ride through a foggy stretch of forest on Vancouver Island. As the greenery and trees whip by, we couldn’t help but think of the speeder bike chase on Endor, only with smaller trees.

Blueprint

Blueprint

Bicycle component maker Shimano takes us to the woods of Cumberland, BC for a look at how a new mountain biking trail comes together. Chris Snodgrass of the Ridgeline Crew explains the art of building a trail by hand, their efforts captured brilliantly by directors Scott Bell and Mark Matthews.

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