Adventure
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...
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...
The thrill of competition
You feel it in your veins. The pulse of competition, the yearning for glory, the desire to best all comers, the need to push...
Rocking the gap year
Being caught in the middle of possibility and experience is a defining characteristic of youth. Somehow the experiences of the young are partially valuable...
A fresh pair of eyes
The following story presents another perspective of Emma Murray’s attempt to complete the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup, which Murray detailed in the July 26...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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 ...


















