Adventure

‘Earthraging’

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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...

60 meters to anywhere

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There are two things you should know: first, being called a “dirtbag” in the rock climbing world is an endearing compliment, and second, Brendan...

Composers go into the wild and come home transformed

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There is a wildness in the natural world that most of us never meet. But when we do, we are likely to be transformed. “I...

Ski movie or environmental statement?

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There are ski movies and then there are ski movies. Today we’re going to talk about a ski movie, one from a little Colorado...

Beyond bikes

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The signs were there: constant thirst, loss of weight despite a healthy appetite, fatigue. A trip to the hospital confirmed it: 12-year-old Walt Drennan...

My 100-game season

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My baseball loyalty was irrevocably formed in 1961 at the tender and impressionable age of six when the Washington Senators relocated to Minneapolis and...

Man gone wild

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One week in fall several years ago, Douglas Hill went into the woods. What came out of the woods was a different man...

Get high with a little help from your friends

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The Reel Rock Film Tour is back, and this year the weekend-long adventure film series is paying homage to those folks who show us...

Colorado’s two heli-skiing operators share the same mountain range, the same...

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The first thing you notice are the mountains. They’re rough and jagged, and they stand tall against the rising sun, etching patterns in the sky. The second thing you notice, because it sits right in front of you, is the helicopter. A bird, waiting to take fight, with...

Until our dying day

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Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not...

America the beautifully expensive

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For a bit of perspective, Congressman Jared Polis says, “For the price of Trump’s proposed border wall ($20 billion), we could make all the...

Slaying dragons

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In the story of St. George and The Dragon, a town is plagued by a monster, who is only satisfied when the townspeople offer...