In the third installment of the Cosbey Chronicles, the boys sit down with Coz at his caretaker’s quarters on the shore of Gold Lake and dive deep into trails. Raised as a Mormon, by age 12, Coz knew organized religion wasn’t for him. At that same age, he rode a Honda Trail 90 motorcycle for the first time, and it was the beginning of the rest of his life. His religion became exploration on two wheels in the outdoors. Coz talks about the three years he spent laying out and building Mills Peak trail in Graeagle, as well as working on all the trails in Lakes Basin for the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, an organization he co-founded. Coz talks about the future of recreation in rural mountain communities and encourages listeners to escape the negativity of life, losing their minds in the track, being present in the moment. He also encourages those with financial means to contribute their wealth to trails and trail projects, benefiting the public in an age where connection to place is being lost to invasive technology.
6:30 – Podcast – The Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know
8:25 – Coast to Coast Radio with Art Bell
9:55 – Car Talk with Click and Clack
11:50 – Recording at Gold Lake near Graeagle, California with Marc Cosbey
18:20 – Living through two winters in Lakes Basin – running naked out into a snowstorm
22:20 – Tuning into nature through the sounds of nature
25:30 – Being raised Mormon, not digging it, and instead embracing nature and trails as religion
30:05 – Riding a motorcycle for the first time in his life at 12 years old – beginning of the rest of his life.
34:30 – Trails are a pathway to spirituality – tuning out the world and focusing on the moment in the track.
36:15 – Building Mills Peak trail and spending years in the Lakes Basin improving the trails.
39:50 – What’s it like to ride a trail you built after 3 years of your life working on it?
43:15 – Stew McMorrow – a volunteer who’s had his life changed by the importance of trails.
45:15 – Where does Coz see the future of trails and trail organizations?
49:45 – Volunteers who have desk jobs that come and volunteer – it can change their life.
56:57 – What is the biggest challenge and opportunity for rural mountain communities in securing their future?
1:00:31 – What have you learned about yourself, community and public lands in the wake of devastating wildfires over the last 5 years?
1:12:30 – What trail is Coz most proud of building over the years?
1:13:55 – Building the North Yuba Trail from Downieville to Goodyears Bar and the enjoyment of designing a trail before it’s built.
1:18:27 – What was the significance of building Mills Peak Trail in Graeagle?
1:21:33 – What advice does Coz have for folks starting their own trails organization?
1:29:48 – If your life were a tree, what kind of tree would it be?
1:32:47 – What’s an epic ride people have to do in the Lakes Basin? Mount Elwell.
1:38:25 – What does Mind the Track mean to you?
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In the third installment of the Cosbey Chronicles, the boys sit down with Coz at his caretaker’s quarters on the shore of Gold Lake and dive deep into trails. Raised as a Mormon, by age 12, Coz knew organized religion wasn’t for him. At that same age, he rode a Honda Trail 90 motorcycle for the first time, and it was the beginning of the rest of his life. His religion became exploration on two wheels in the outdoors. Coz talks about the three years he spent laying out and building Mills Peak trail in Graeagle, as well as working on all the trails in Lakes Basin for the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, an organization he co-founded. Coz talks about the future of recreation in rural mountain communities and encourages listeners to escape the negativity of life, losing their minds in the track, being present in the moment. He also encourages those with financial means to contribute their wealth to trails and trail projects, benefiting the public in an age where connection to place is being lost to invasive technology.
6:30 – Podcast – The Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know
8:25 – Coast to Coast Radio with Art Bell
9:55 – Car Talk with Click and Clack
11:50 – Recording at Gold Lake near Graeagle, California with Marc Cosbey
18:20 – Living through two winters in Lakes Basin – running naked out into a snowstorm
22:20 – Tuning into nature through the sounds of nature
25:30 – Being raised Mormon, not digging it, and instead embracing nature and trails as religion
30:05 – Riding a motorcycle for the first time in his life at 12 years old – beginning of the rest of his life.
34:30 – Trails are a pathway to spirituality – tuning out the world and focusing on the moment in the track.
36:15 – Building Mills Peak trail and spending years in the Lakes Basin improving the trails.
39:50 – What’s it like to ride a trail you built after 3 years of your life working on it?
43:15 – Stew McMorrow – a volunteer who’s had his life changed by the importance of trails.
45:15 – Where does Coz see the future of trails and trail organizations?
49:45 – Volunteers who have desk jobs that come and volunteer – it can change their life.
56:57 – What is the biggest challenge and opportunity for rural mountain communities in securing their future?
1:00:31 – What have you learned about yourself, community and public lands in the wake of devastating wildfires over the last 5 years?
1:12:30 – What trail is Coz most proud of building over the years?
1:13:55 – Building the North Yuba Trail from Downieville to Goodyears Bar and the enjoyment of designing a trail before it’s built.
1:18:27 – What was the significance of building Mills Peak Trail in Graeagle?
1:21:33 – What advice does Coz have for folks starting their own trails organization?
1:29:48 – If your life were a tree, what kind of tree would it be?
1:32:47 – What’s an epic ride people have to do in the Lakes Basin? Mount Elwell.
1:38:25 – What does Mind the Track mean to you?
In Part II of the Cosbey Chronicles, Uncle Coz recounts more boat adventures, working for Raul Gardini – the richest man in Italy – and his Americas Cup team, building the very first carbon composite racing boats, and after a brief stint working in Japan, returning to the US to work on the AmericaOne team. We dive into Marc’s love for music, seeing iconic bands in the 1970s like Zeppelin, Marley, The Who, Van Halen, The Doors, Pink Floyd and, of course, the Grateful Dead. Cosbey’s most memorable show? Midnight Oil in Australia. Tom and Coz discover they were at the same Dead shows together, and Coz opens up about relationships, living simple and free on his terms, riding on the backs of manta rays deep in the Pacific Ocean and almost drowning while bodysurfing The Wedge in Newport Beach.
3:00 – Wrong number call-in to the Core Lord hotline regarding religious exemption.
7:45 – Introducing Part II of the Downieville interview with Marc Cosbey.
13:30 – Working for Raul Gardini, the richest man in Italy on his boat racing team, the first carbon composite Americas Cup boats for racing San Diego in 1991.
23:35 – Got hired onto a Japanese Americas Cup team in 1995 and taught them the craft.
24:25 – Discovering a caretaker’s job at Gold Lake in the Lakes Basin of Plumas County.
27:38 – Going back to an American team out of San Francisco – America One.
31:00 – If you could live in a different country, where would you live? New Zealand.
33:50 – All about music. Seeing live bands all over the world – Zeppelin, Marley, The Who, Van Halen, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead.
37:40 – Calling a drug hotline high on drugs to ask if he should go see Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.
39:58 – What was the most memorable show you’ve ever seen? Midnight Oil in Australia.
42:10 – What’s the difference between Australians and New Zealanders?
43:49 – Second most memorable show he’s ever seen – Carlos Santana at a bull ring in Tijuana.
44:45 – Some Grateful Dead show stories – Coz and Tom discover they were at the same show.
50:00 – Cosbey’s love life, never getting married and not having pets – flying solo and keeping things simple.
52:20 – Trail Whisperer’s story about chasing a loose dog running on the highway.
54:48 – Cosbey thinks time is going faster, the planet is accelerating. How do you slow time down?
57:30 – Almost drowning at The Wedge in Newport Beach in the early 1970s.
1:01:47 – Do you feel like you still need to chase adventure or do you feel content?
1:04:00 – Helping a friend learn to build a boat, then sailing the Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico.
1:06:40 – Sailing to seamounts in the Pacific, an underwater volcano that comes within 100 feet of the sea surface. A refuge for aquatic life.
1:09:00 – Riding on the back of a massive manta ray.
1:11:25 – If you were an animal, what would you be?
Mind the Track
In the third installment of the Cosbey Chronicles, the boys sit down with Coz at his caretaker’s quarters on the shore of Gold Lake and dive deep into trails. Raised as a Mormon, by age 12, Coz knew organized religion wasn’t for him. At that same age, he rode a Honda Trail 90 motorcycle for the first time, and it was the beginning of the rest of his life. His religion became exploration on two wheels in the outdoors. Coz talks about the three years he spent laying out and building Mills Peak trail in Graeagle, as well as working on all the trails in Lakes Basin for the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, an organization he co-founded. Coz talks about the future of recreation in rural mountain communities and encourages listeners to escape the negativity of life, losing their minds in the track, being present in the moment. He also encourages those with financial means to contribute their wealth to trails and trail projects, benefiting the public in an age where connection to place is being lost to invasive technology.
6:30 – Podcast – The Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know
8:25 – Coast to Coast Radio with Art Bell
9:55 – Car Talk with Click and Clack
11:50 – Recording at Gold Lake near Graeagle, California with Marc Cosbey
18:20 – Living through two winters in Lakes Basin – running naked out into a snowstorm
22:20 – Tuning into nature through the sounds of nature
25:30 – Being raised Mormon, not digging it, and instead embracing nature and trails as religion
30:05 – Riding a motorcycle for the first time in his life at 12 years old – beginning of the rest of his life.
34:30 – Trails are a pathway to spirituality – tuning out the world and focusing on the moment in the track.
36:15 – Building Mills Peak trail and spending years in the Lakes Basin improving the trails.
39:50 – What’s it like to ride a trail you built after 3 years of your life working on it?
43:15 – Stew McMorrow – a volunteer who’s had his life changed by the importance of trails.
45:15 – Where does Coz see the future of trails and trail organizations?
49:45 – Volunteers who have desk jobs that come and volunteer – it can change their life.
56:57 – What is the biggest challenge and opportunity for rural mountain communities in securing their future?
1:00:31 – What have you learned about yourself, community and public lands in the wake of devastating wildfires over the last 5 years?
1:12:30 – What trail is Coz most proud of building over the years?
1:13:55 – Building the North Yuba Trail from Downieville to Goodyears Bar and the enjoyment of designing a trail before it’s built.
1:18:27 – What was the significance of building Mills Peak Trail in Graeagle?
1:21:33 – What advice does Coz have for folks starting their own trails organization?
1:29:48 – If your life were a tree, what kind of tree would it be?
1:32:47 – What’s an epic ride people have to do in the Lakes Basin? Mount Elwell.
1:38:25 – What does Mind the Track mean to you?
