Adventure
Giving it more than 110 percent
Twelve percent — it’s not even a good tip, but to Boulderite and ultrarunner Jay Rawlings, it represents the extra 22 miles he ran during his seven-day leg of MS Run the US endurance relay for multiple sclerosis research (see “More than a foot race,” Boulder Weekly, ...
2012 vote will have huge impact on environment, wild places
The 2012 election isn't just about the economy or gay rights or the other issues that dominate the headlines, writes Vanessa Kritzer of the League of Conservation Voters...
A change in trajectory
"I should write a song called 'Crying in my Goggles,'" Ryan Waters remembers muttering aloud as he and fellow Polar adventurer Eric Larsen prepared...
These teardrop trailers will make you smile
Every screw Dean Wiltshire drives into the frame of one of his Colorado Teardrop campers has had a secondary effect — it’s closing the divide between himself and his 30-yearold son, David Wiltshire...
Boulder has strong presence in upcoming Olympic games
Just like Boulder seems to support more than the typical per capita number of bike shops and running shoe stores, this year’s Olympics, which begin on Friday, July 27, in London, will see a stunning 11 competitors from Boulder — all of them cycling or running after ...
Springtime in the desert
It technically may be spring, but with temps ricocheting back and forth between springtime and winter, my thoughts are already turning to the canyons and mesas of the desert. It’s time to swap skis for the hiking shoes and the mountain bike very soon...
Tom Danielson grabs win in USA Pro Challenge stage 3
Tom Danielson declared Tuesday night that he was glad to...
Daredevil Makes Test Jump at 71,581 Feet
The plunge from 71,581 feet was a success. Next up: 120,000 feet...
Emaciated Hiker Found After Over A Month Missing In Utah’s Escalante...
After not being heard from in over a month, missing hiker William M...
A mountain of preventive medicine
Nothing compares to the experience of being in the mountains at altitude, taking in the views, breathing crisp, clean air, hearing the first bubble of a stream at its nascent spring and seeing the tundra climate shrink our world down to miniature — tiny flowers, tiny...
One stage to rule them all
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge will spend a week pitting cyclist against cyclist for top rank in a race that claims to be one of the world’s toughest. But when the bike tires turn toward Boulder on Aug. 25 for the last stage of racing before the final time trial in ...
Fighting to live, one obstacle at a time
On Oct. 12, 2009, Jim Campbell pulled his Harley into a roadside Taco Bell in Utah and unwrapped two spicy green burritos with extra...
