Adventure
Ice in their veins
They say every scar has a story to tell, and in ice climbing, a sport which requires its athletes to wear 24 sharp points on their feet while wielding an axe in each hand when suspended high above the ground, climbers often have more than a few of both scars and ...
Healing in the national parks
Gil Schaenzle is tough. It’s not her demeanor; she laughs easily and speaks warmly about her family. But this is a woman who once...
Nit nittay garabam: Man is man’s medicine
As I slid down the hillside, rocks and dirt and plants tumbling underneath me, I remember a scream so loud, it couldn’t possibly have...
New friends to paint for
Sometime in late July 1934, a 29-year-old Clyfford Still packed his car with a few art supplies — rolls of green window shade in...
Gonzo swimming
New Orleans’ Lake Pontchartrain is only 12 feet deep. But that’s deep enough to drown. And you can drown there — that is, if the alligators don’t get to you first. And if the alligators do get you, you won’t have to worry about a coffin. The scraps of your flesh that...
Fast, fun and functional
The headwind is powerful. It blows up the valley, scattering leaves, dust and debris, each gusting blast enough to send small children skyward. A...
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...
As long as he can hold his hands up
If you look west from Foothills Parkway at just the right moment you’ll notice a building that looks like an oversized irrigation pipe made of concrete. Tucked into an unassuming block on Pearl Parkway — you wouldn’t know unless you investigated — is Front Range ...
A pilgrimage of transformation
Deep in the summer of 2008, Chandi Wyant was in the middle of a divorce when her appendix ruptured. She was also in the...
From globetrotting to Boulder Startup Week, Andrew Hyde loves an unusual...
Andrew Hyde sold almost all of his belongings in 2010 and set out to travel the world with just 15 items. (As long as you’re not persnickety about whether the iPhone and its charger are two different items, he really did it with 15 or so items...
The yoga lady
Often, someone will stop Dee Marie on the street in Boulder and say, “Hey, you were the yoga lady at my . I still...
‘Earthraging’
Before dawn on Aug. 20, a custom-made double-barrel shotgun fired into the air at the starting line of the Leadville 100, sending more than...
