Adventure
High school cycling league pedals into inaugural season
On Sept. 19, the first-ever Colorado Cycling League mountain bike race will be held at Chalk Creek Ranch in Nathrop...
Figuring it out
Your sense of identity shapes who you are. It affects your decisions, your behaviors and your self-perceived value. Lafayette ultramarathon runner David Clark bases his identity on being a seeker, an explorer and a healthy person who would never dream of abusing any ...
Study: for elite athletes, time might slow down
As often as athletes talk about being "in the zone," that's typically taken as a metaphor or a vague feeling...
The Day of the Dead in Cusco, Peru
"Would you like to go to the cemetery this afternoon?”
The question, posed by Pavel, my Peruvian tour guide whom I’ve only just met outside...
The bicultural advantage
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 ...
Lance Armstrong hit with suit for sponsorship money
Disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong has been sued by the United States government, alleging that he defrauded the government by taking sponsorship money from the U.S. Postal Service while using performance-enhancing drugs...
Wounded veterans summit Denali
Five wounded veterans participated in a Department of the Interior program to summit Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley), the highest peak in North America. The 2012 Wounded Warrior Denali Challenge is below...
American Resorts (Finally) Chasing Whistler Bike Park
Circa 2006, the state of mountain biking’s gravity-fueled cutting edge was Whistler...
In Beaver Creek, Ted Ligety unstoppable
American Ted Ligety keeps the wins coming the giant slalom. In fact, it's hardly even close...
Rock climber, base jumper Steph Davis: Flying fearless
Even after hundreds of skydives and base jumps, Steph Davis says, stepping to the edge of that cliff still brings up a bubble of fear. But she’s spent her life pushing the line for fear that holds you back and the freedom that lies beyond it. So despite that fear — ...
