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The U.S. government has formally in its crosshairs.
On Friday, November 19, U.S. interior secretary Deb Haaland ordered the creation of a panel to review and remove offensive names from use on federal lands. The panel鈥檚 top priority is to find replacement names for sites that currently use the word聽squaw, which Haaland and banned from use.
鈥淥ur nation鈥檚 lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage鈥攏ot to perpetuate the legacies of oppression,鈥 Haaland said in a statement. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 actions will accelerate an important process to reconcile derogatory place names and mark a significant step in honoring the ancestors who have stewarded our lands since time immemorial.鈥
The order could impact more than 650 place names that use the now banned word, according to a study from the Board of Geographic Names. In recent years regional and state governments in Oregon, Arizona, and Maine鈥攁mong other states鈥攈ave passed laws prohibiting its use in place names. And earlier this year, the California ski area formerly named Squaw Valley officially changed its name to Palisades Tahoe.
But a quick Google search of the word in 聽brought up several dozen roads, geographic formations, and even designated communities that still bear the name. Among them is Squaw Valley, a designated community in Fresno County, where the has yet to gain traction.
Changing names often takes years to accomplish, but Haaland鈥檚 new effort adds more muscle to the process. The new task force, comprised of representatives from the Interior Department and other federal land-management agencies, will also consult tribal officials and seek public feedback before finalizing a name change.
Life Time Launches New Pro Cycling Series
On Monday the fitness chain Life Time the Life Time Grand Prix, a six-race series in 2022 for professional cyclists that awards a $250,000 prize purse.
The new series includes three mountain-bike and three gravel races already owned by the fitness brand, among them the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and Unbound Gravel events. Life Time will select 40 pro riders to compete 鈥20 men and 20 women鈥攁nd each must commit to participate in all six events. The races cater to elite and age-group riders alike, and the pro cyclists participating in the series will race within the main field of competitors.
Life Time will award points for top finishes at each event, and the final prize purse will be distributed based on the top five finishes at the six races. The purse will pay out ten deep in both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 fields.
The series is the latest development in gravel cycling鈥檚 meteoric growth. These events send riders on long adventures along dirt backroads and operate like road marathons, where all participants start together and ride the same route. In 2020, a report by USA Cycling across the U.S. at 700. In 2021, the Belgian Waffle Ride鈥攁 popular gravel race in Southern California鈥, with new events in Kansas, Utah, and North Carolina.
Improper Hydration
Last summer, Australian professional cyclist Lachlan Morton of the EF Education-Nippo pro cycling team rode the entire Tour de France route as a bikepacking adventure. In this video clip Morton shares his fueling strategy which includes sugar, caffeine, and yes, beer.
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