Trail blazing

Trail blazing, or trailblazing (way marking in United Kingdom and Ireland), also used in North America, Australia and New Zealand, is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with blazes, markings that follow each other at certain though not necessarily exactly defined distances and mark the direction of the trail. Originally a tree would be blazed by hatchet chops (still the dictionary definition) but today other methods have become more common, with environmental and aesthetic concerns sometimes playing a part in the choice of blazing method. Other navigational aids, such as cairns, are used where blazes are unsuitable.

Types of blaze

Paint

Nowadays, most commonly, a painted marking of a consistent shape or shapes (often rectangular), dimension and colour or combination of colours is used along the trail route. The system by which blazes are used to signify turns and endpoints in trails (see below) strongly favors the use of paint blazes. Commonly, in the USA and Canada, to avoid confusion, it is one single colour, often white, red, blue or yellow. Other trails, especially in Europe, may use more complex systems of painted shapes in more than one colour. Some Austrian trails, for example, use a combination of white and coloured stripes, while Central European countries such as Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Poland use coloured bars with different meanings attached to different colours. Trails in South Africa are often marked by yellow footprints painted on trees and rocks.

Blazing

Blazing or blazin' can refer to;

  • Trail blazing, practice of marking outdoor pathways.
  • A technique for changing the energy distribution of dispersed light from a diffraction grating by altering the shape of the slits.
  • A slang term for smoking marijuana
  • "Blazin'", a song by Nicki Minaj from Pink Friday
  • "Blazin'", a song by Bliss n Eso
  • "Blazin'", a song by Alison Hinds from Soca Queen
  • "Blazin'", a song by In This Moment from A Star-Crossed Wasteland
  • "Blazin'", a song by MC Tali
  • "Blazin'", a song by Ghislain Poirier
  • "Blazin'", an album by Jenny Wilson
  • Podcasts:

    Blazed

    ALBUMS

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    Hooked On A Feeling

    by: Blue Swede

    I can't stop this feeling
    Deep inside of me
    Girl, you just don't realize
    What you do to me
    When you hold me
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    You let me know
    Everything's all right, ahahah
    I'm hooked on a feeling
    I'm high on believing
    That you're in love with me
    Lips as sweet as candy
    Their taste stays on my mind
    Girl, you keep me thirsty
    For another cup of wine
    I got it bad for you girl
    But I don't need a cure
    I'll just stay addicted
    If I can endure
    All the good love
    When we're all alone
    Keep it up girl
    Yeah, you turn me on
    I'mmm, I'mmm hooked on a feeling
    I'm high on believing
    That you're in love with me
    All the good love
    When we're all alone
    Keep it up girl
    Yeah, you turn me on
    Ahaha I'm hooked on a feeling
    I'm high on believing
    That you're in love with me
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    I'm high on believing
    That you're in love with me
    I say I'm hooked on a feeling
    And I'm high on believing
    That you're in love with me




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