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055 - Hike Texas Canyon? Bike from SE Arizona to Vegas? Promoting the outdoors with Trails Inspire. (Sirena Rana)
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In this episode we chat with Sirena Rana, owner of Trails Inspire. The episode covers many cool outdoor topics including Amerind Museum's grand opening (Oct 7th, 2023) of a new hiking trail system in Texas Canyon, AZ (in the Dragoons) and The Sun Corridor Trail project which aims to establish a bike touring route from Douglas, AZ to Las Vegas, NV.
Trails Inspire was established to help promote the outdoors through freelance writing, photography, public speaking and trail design. It's owner, Sirena, loves to share the fascinating places she explores while hiking, backpacking, rafting and canyoneering through her photography, speaking engagements and writing.
Sirena is the author of “Best Day Hikes on the Arizona National Scenic Trail” and a contributing author to “Your Complete Guide to the Arizona National Scenic Trail” and her articles have appeared in the Copper Town News, American Long Distance Hiking Association – West Gazette, Visit Arizona’s website and many more.
Her photos have been featured in Backpacker Magazine: Long Trails and “Your Official Guide to the Arizona National Scenic Trail" as well as numerous publications, online articles and the Arizona Highways blog.
She has appeared on Arizona Public Media, The Arizona Republic, Arizona Daily Sun, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Highways blog, Good Morning Arizona, Tucson News Now and She Explores ,The Trail Show, and of course the Mountain Cog podcasts.
Episode web links.
Texas Canyon Hiking Trails Grand Opening: https://www.amerind.org/events/texas-canyon-nature-preserve-trail-system-grand-opening/
Sun Corridor Trail Project: suncorridortrail.org
Trails Inspire: trailsinspire.com
Texas Canyon trail system: https://tinyurl.com/mvdkfua9
Texas Canyon Mountain Bike Race: https://www.amerind.org/events/texas-canyon-mountain-bike-race-3/
Amerind Museum: https://www.amerind.org/
Sirena’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desertsirena/?hl=en
Sirena’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirena-rana-45b59848/
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Chapters
1. 055 - Hike Texas Canyon? Bike from SE Arizona to Vegas? Promoting the outdoors with Trails Inspire. (Sirena Rana) (00:00:00)
2. Trail Inspire (00:00:06)
3. Hiking and Overcoming Chronic Pain (00:12:00)
4. Trail Design for Texas Canyon Preserve (00:23:28)
5. Bear Grass and Sun Corridor Trail (00:36:26)
6. Urban Trails Tucson (00:49:00)
7. Trails Inspire (00:55:34)
82 episodes
Manage episode 378647361 series 3396642
In this episode we chat with Sirena Rana, owner of Trails Inspire. The episode covers many cool outdoor topics including Amerind Museum's grand opening (Oct 7th, 2023) of a new hiking trail system in Texas Canyon, AZ (in the Dragoons) and The Sun Corridor Trail project which aims to establish a bike touring route from Douglas, AZ to Las Vegas, NV.
Trails Inspire was established to help promote the outdoors through freelance writing, photography, public speaking and trail design. It's owner, Sirena, loves to share the fascinating places she explores while hiking, backpacking, rafting and canyoneering through her photography, speaking engagements and writing.
Sirena is the author of “Best Day Hikes on the Arizona National Scenic Trail” and a contributing author to “Your Complete Guide to the Arizona National Scenic Trail” and her articles have appeared in the Copper Town News, American Long Distance Hiking Association – West Gazette, Visit Arizona’s website and many more.
Her photos have been featured in Backpacker Magazine: Long Trails and “Your Official Guide to the Arizona National Scenic Trail" as well as numerous publications, online articles and the Arizona Highways blog.
She has appeared on Arizona Public Media, The Arizona Republic, Arizona Daily Sun, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Highways blog, Good Morning Arizona, Tucson News Now and She Explores ,The Trail Show, and of course the Mountain Cog podcasts.
Episode web links.
Texas Canyon Hiking Trails Grand Opening: https://www.amerind.org/events/texas-canyon-nature-preserve-trail-system-grand-opening/
Sun Corridor Trail Project: suncorridortrail.org
Trails Inspire: trailsinspire.com
Texas Canyon trail system: https://tinyurl.com/mvdkfua9
Texas Canyon Mountain Bike Race: https://www.amerind.org/events/texas-canyon-mountain-bike-race-3/
Amerind Museum: https://www.amerind.org/
Sirena’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desertsirena/?hl=en
Sirena’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirena-rana-45b59848/
Listen to Mountain Cog
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Other Podcast Sites
Socials
Instagram
Facebook
Email
mountaincog@gmail.com
Chapters
1. 055 - Hike Texas Canyon? Bike from SE Arizona to Vegas? Promoting the outdoors with Trails Inspire. (Sirena Rana) (00:00:00)
2. Trail Inspire (00:00:06)
3. Hiking and Overcoming Chronic Pain (00:12:00)
4. Trail Design for Texas Canyon Preserve (00:23:28)
5. Bear Grass and Sun Corridor Trail (00:36:26)
6. Urban Trails Tucson (00:49:00)
7. Trails Inspire (00:55:34)
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