Adventure

Chasing dreams at 4 miles per hour

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It was hot the day Nigel Knutzen stepped out of his front door in Edwardsville, Illinois. He hoisted an 80-liter pack onto his back...

Making it happen

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It’s just after 6 a.m. and Aisha Weinhold is sitting at her desk with a cup of coffee. She looks out the kind of...

A 4-year-old kid just skied every month for a year

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Charlie Leckonby is a skier. And, like most hardcore skiers, he’s always up for a trip to the hill to make some turns. So...

Pot studies edition: what’s hot, what’s not

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The release of several recent studies shed light on a number of commonly held associations with marijuana use, such as lung health, crime rates...

Take a pass

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With the 2017-18 season winding down, it’s time to reboot for 2019. Sure, this winter wasn’t the greatest, as multiple storms drifted north of...

The bicultural advantage

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Years ago, I was eating at McDonald’s in a Florence, Italy, train station when I spotted three tall men in American football jerseys. I was glad to see some compatriots, so I went over and struck up a conversation. It turned out that the Americans were playing for a ...

Utah man dies at Moab’s Corona Arch on rope swing

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A huge rope swing made popular by a YouTube video has caused the death of a man in Utah...

Life at the extremes

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Tendi remembers how his extremities froze in the icy water of the monsoon-flooded river, and the following three days that he survived without food,...

Who died at Crooked Creek?

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Trial law prohibits the admission of statements made outside the court as hearsay, statements said or written outside the trial and the bounds of an oath to tell the truth, beyond the ability of the judge and jury to observe and assess their delivery or attorneys to ...

Beware of tree wells

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The trees at a ski resort beckon to skiers. Propelled by snowboards, fatter skis and the ceaseless quest for powder, more skiers are venturing into this winter wonderland. Let the Texans on spring break ski the groomers. Real powder hounds know where to go to ...

The Catamounts presents a wild mashup in musical ‘Small Ball’

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Here’s an itch you probably never thought you’d scratch: a mashup between Gulliver’s Travels and professional basketball. This fall, The Catamounts presents the regional debut...

Dystopia rising

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It’s 9:30 at night, and my boss and I are trying to start a campfire in 3 feet of snow. Rumor at the saloon...