I've had more than one amazing experience hiking or bicycling while stoned. Definitely recommended.

It's individual. For me, weed and focused physical activity paired perfectly.

If you're involved in a sport in which you need to endure boredom and long term exertion than the mental and physical effects of weed (provided you're into it) can be wonderful. There's a very good reason it is considered performance enhancing for ultra-marathoners

@1- You saw a guy take a half hour break! The nerve of that guy! I bet he had a snack and looked at some scenery in the middle of his ride like some kind of hippie scumbag! OMG! And he smiled! While in the great outdoors? What. An. Asshole.

Personally, I think it is the height of recklessness to bike (on the street) while high. You owe it to everyone else not to endanger them like that. Stick to spin class for that type of thing.

@5 how do you know its recklessness? Have you done it?

@5 gee, I dunno. I've smoked weed. I know my reaction times and motor skills are depressed, my ability to focus and not mentally wander off is greatly diminished. It has never struck me as an appropriate time to engage in activities where I need to be mindful that I could very readily hurt others or myself. If you aren't mentally capable of driving a car, you shouldn't be riding a bike, end of fucking story.

An intoxicated cyclist is mostly a danger to him or herself.

Comparing cycling to driving a car is the height of false equivalency.

Weird. A few years ago I rode my bike from Whidbey Island to San Francisco on the 101, and I didn't smoke any of the weed I brought with me till the third day, I just forgot I had it. What reminded me was that it was goddamn tedious pedaling for 8 hours and I started to wonder what the fuck I was doing and why I didn't just hitchhike to California like a normal person. Then I remembered I had a bunch of weed, and the rest of the trip was amazing. So yeah, this article, all of that.

@8 correct, exposing others to only a little bit of danger is OK.