Adventure
Chronicles of pain and passion
Climbers are accustomed to suffering, sure. But a certain kind of suffering is more common — a brief sprint through pain like climbing on body parts shoved into splitter cracks in the desert, or a two-day push through agony to get up a big wall climb...
Venturing out of the box
I had the best cubicle job in the world. Which is like boasting about being the world’s tallest midget...
Armstrong faces lifetime ban over doping charges
Lance Armstrong has decided not to fight doping charges against him brought by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which now plans to strip Armstrong of his seven Tour de France championship titles...
Point taken
It’s typically windy in Rocky Mountain National Park. On this January Friday, however, it’s relatively calm and warm. With temperatures eking into the high...
Elevated Reflections on the fourmile fire
One of the more poignant memoirs I’ve read concerns a group of French soldiers in World War I. The men lost their way en route to the battlefield and mistakenly ascended a high, steep ridge. From that unintentionally safe vantage point, they witnessed the horrendous ...
New Warren Miller film arrives
Warren Miller Entertainment is set to screen its latest winter sports film, Like There’s No Tomorrow, at the Boulder Theater Nov. 8-13, and the movie stars three Colorado natives...
Vail kicks off ski and snowboard season
Vail has started its ski and snowboard season for 2013-2014 with 10 trails open and four inches of new snow...
The 2012 Adventure Bucket List
Everyone needs goals. Hence this life list. In the United States, a...
Elite field set to compete in Boulder Cup Cyclocross
As the whistle sounds at Valmont Park during the 2013 Boulder Cup, hundreds of cyclocross racers will sprint all out, jockeying for position in one of the most dangerous starts in competitive racing sports...
Gone to the dogs
Mountainsmith went to the dogs years ago. Many a stylish pooch has been spotting wearing the classic K-9 dog pack designed by the Golden-based gear manufacturer. This year, bipeds and quadrupeds alike were introduced to Mountainsmith’s new line of tents, sleeping ...
The List: 34 Climbing Route Names You Can’t Say to Your...
One of the most clever and crude climbing route names ever is in Colorado...
MORE THAN 2-D
No question, the overarching goal of telling the history of climbing in the Yosemite Valley in a single film must have been daunting. This year, Sender Films is using the Reel Rock Film Tour, with its round-the-world schedule that includes hundreds of stops, to ...
