What we’re about
Join us for a walk on Tuesday and Saturday mornings! Check calendar for times and locations.
To keep things interesting I will plan hikes in a number of parks in St Louis and St Charles. We will also do walks in various urban areas. I'll try and plan some of the events around other activities that are taking place in our area. After the walks, we usually meet at a restaurant nearby or have a picnic to socialize for a while.
All hikers/walkers should be at least 18 years old. Due to some past experiences, dogs are not allowed.
OUR WALKS/HIKES ARE USUALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 MILES AND WHILE WE ARE NOT POWER WALKERS, WE USUALLY WALK AT A QUICK PACE. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK 3 1/2 MILES IN ABOUT 80 TO 90 MINUTES.
If you have any ideas send me an email and let us know.
What to bring:
I have been leading walks since 2008 and so far, there have not been any medium or major accidents or medical emergencies. When I first started leading, I had a clipboard, and everyone had to write down their name and emergence information before the walk started and I would tear up the paper when the walk was over. After a while I stopped doing this. I know a lot of you don’t like to carry things on the walk, but I would like everyone to start carrying the following information:
Name and address
The name and phone number of your emergency contact person
Insurance card
You can put it in you pocket, or a fanny pack or a wrist pouch. This well help should we have a medical emergency on the walk.
- WATER – THIS IS IMPORTANT ALL YEAR LONG AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WARMER MONTHS. WE WILL USUALLY BE OUT FOR AT LEAST 1 ½ HOURS AND THAT IS TOO LONG TO GO WITHOUT REPLENISHING THE LIQUIDS THAT YOU WILL BE BURNING WHILE WALKING. – AVOID DRINKING CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES BEFORE WALKING. THE ARE A LOT OF GOOD ARTICLES ABOUT “effects of caffeine and exercise” ON THE INTERNET OR ASK YOU DOCTOR.
- Dress in layers (not sure what the weather will do). The top couple of layers should be easily unbuttoned or unzipped to allow easy ventilation. Wear a hat.
- I recommend broken in hiking shoes over Tennis shoes. A lot of the trails are over loose gravel and dirt and the treads on the hiking boots work much better.
- Snacks – EAT LIGHTLY BEFORE THE WALK AND BRING A POWER BAR OR SNACK TO MUNCH ON DURING THE WALK.
If the weather is bad, I'll try to cancel the event at least 2 hours before it starts. If you would like my cell phone number send me an email.
Meetup Donation: Meetup charges me $89 every six months to have the Walking site. If you would like to donate $1 at some of the walks, it will be appreciated.
Greg Kluempers
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Meet at the Art Museum and view the current show RoaringSt. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
## Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918–1939
Meet Pat in the East lobbie. View the current show and other exhibits. This is a great way to see this show because Fridays are free. Advanced tickets are recommended.
Roaring explores the transformative role of the automobile in pre–World War II France and highlights innovations across art and industry by those who embraced it as a provocative expression of the modern age. This expansive exhibition features paintings, photographs, sculpture, furniture, films, fashion, textiles, and 12 historic automobiles.
Early 20th-century France attracted visionaries from across the globe with creative and economic opportunities. Fusing craft and technology, automobiles absorbed and influenced facets of modern art, design, fashion, and architecture. After World War I, cars—long the domain of engineers—met the minds and hands of French designers, artists, and craftspeople. Materials and techniques moved fluidly between sumptuous Art Deco interiors and luxury automobiles. Avant-garde showrooms, glittering displays, and thrilling races helped market the thousands of cars driving off assembly lines. Those same factories became centers of a labor movement that brought paid vacations and efficient automobiles to French workers.
In cars, artists discovered novel perspectives, subject matter, and even canvases. As driving became more comfortable, motoring fashions evolved into stylish wardrobe staples. Magazines portrayed liberated women dressed in knit sportswear driving convertibles. When fashions streamlined, so did cars. Embodying aerodynamics and natural forms, the sculptural curves of 1930s French custom, coachbuilt automobiles are unrivaled today. With an open, interdisciplinary approach, Roaring illuminates the rich ecosystems that nourished this golden age of French automotive design.
Divided into six sections, the exhibition assembles more than 160 works, comprising major loans from prominent institutions and private collections around Europe and North America. Roaring is accompanied by a 210-page exhibition catalogue with contributions from seven authors.
Roaring is curated by Genevieve Cortinovis, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, with research assistant Sarah Berg and automobile curation by Ken Gross.
The exhibition is presented with generous support from the Enterprise Mobility Foundation™ and Barbara and Andy Taylor. Additional support provided by the Betsy & Thomas Patterson Foundation, the E. Desmond Lee Family Endowment for Exhibitions, the Edward L. Bakewell Jr. Endowment for Special Exhibitions, and donors to the Roaring Society.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is generously funded in part by SLAM Members and donors, and the citizens of the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County.
