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 an age where local journalism is struggling to survive, Lake Tahoe is fortunate to have Julie Brown Davis, a West Shore native and staff writer for SFGATE who exclusively covers Lake Tahoe. As the daughter of ski bums who moved to Tahoe in the 1970s, Julie grew up skiing Homewood and Alpine Meadows, worked her first journalism gig at the Sierra Sun and eventually became managing editor of Powder Magazine. After a handful of years as a freelancer, Julie has returned to her journalism roots as a staff reporter, and she isn’t afraid to take on the big, controversial stories. On Episode 62 the boys chat with Julie about stories including infamous bears, the crush of tourists amidst the changing face of Tahoe, the role of TRPA, the negative effects of the season ski pass from mega resorts, recent federal staffing cuts and the potential impacts it will have on Tahoe tourism, the effect AI has on journalism and why corn is the new pow.
2:15 – Happy Mother’s Day!
8:00 – Introducing Julie Brown Davis – professional journalist who works as the SFGATE Tahoe editor.
13:00 – Trail Whisperer and his former life as a freelance writer for Chevron.
14:20 – What kind of gasoline should you put in your vehicle?
19:00 - The problem with bears in Lake Tahoe and all the bear stories Julie has reported on.
29:20 – Julie’s youth growing up on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe in Tahoma.
35:42 – Julie’s path to getting into writing as a profession and her first job at the Sierra Sun and Tahoe World, later writing for Moonshine Ink and going to UC Berkeley for graduate school.
41:45 – Going from an unpaid intern to managing editor at Powder Magazine and Transworld.
46:46 – What print magazines and newspapers do you subscribe to?
52:14 – Being a full-time employee for SFGATE as the Lake Tahoe region beat reporter.
57:28 – Is there a sustainable future for recreation, traffic control and parking in Lake Tahoe?
1:00:20 – Is the cheap season pass from IKON and Vail Resorts good for mountain communities?
1:06:55 – What is a better model for digital media – paywall or free content that’s ad driven?
1:11:15 – Julie’s story about the history of Graeagle, California and the West family who owned Vikingsholm in Emerald Bay.
1:15:30 – Doing a story about the wolf pack situation in Plumas and Sierra County.
1:19:31 – Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make reporting quicker and easier, but it isn’t developed enough to replace good journalists.
1:22:20 – Reporting on federal staffing cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and the negative impact it will have on the summer tourism season in Lake Tahoe.
1:28:05 – Road construction, new bridges, new bike paths, tons of traffic and the TRPA transportation plan.
1:31:00 – Lightning round questions for Julie.
1:16:30 – What does Mind the Track mean to you?
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?
