moab ?

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.

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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

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Before unicyclists came, Moab was like the most popular mountain biking
place ever. More than likely that kid was a mountain biker.

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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."

http://www.moab-utah.com/

http://www.discovermoab.com/

http://www.moab.net/

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James_Potter said:

*Before unicyclists came, Moab was like the most popular mountain
biking place ever. More than likely that kid was a mountain biker. *

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:eek: 😄 😎
- 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): :eek: 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 beautifulNo, I'm not a shill for Moab, but I've been there before I unicycled.

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[quote="brian.slater"][B]If you're not into cycling, then Moab is still a beatuiful place,
with:

[/quote]
- Arches National Monument:eek: 😄 😎

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[/B]>
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.