Adventure

A fighter’s chance

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Colorado native Tate Zandstra has chased martial arts training and reporting as far as Brazil, to study Jiu Jitsu, and Thailand, to study Muay Thai, so it comes as no surprise, really, that when a Burmese maid in Chiang Mai, a city in northern Thailand, started ...

Rock, Snow, Water, Ice: Glenwood’s Outdoor Options

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With skiing, climbing, mountain biking, hiking, river rafting and a whole lot more — Glenwood Springs is a complete outdoor recreation locatio...

Inside mountaineering

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As the camera pans away from the glare of the rising sun, jagged white and blue ice peaks fill the screen. In the middle distance, the tallest catches the first pink light of dawn. In the foreground we see a climber encased in his red down survival spacesuit. He is ...

Snow wonder: Ski film ‘Valhalla’ captures the joy of a powder...

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Rumor has it the first snow has fallen on the high peaks in Colorado — just a dusting, a promise of things to come. The bubble of hope and possibility rising in the chests of every would-be ski bum at the thought of that is what the latest film from Sweetgrass ...

Bear Attack: Q&A with Bear Grylls

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Ramping up for a live stage tour in May, the star of Discovery Channel’s...

Follow-up: Clayton 3rd, Canaday does not finish in North Face ultramarathon

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It was a muddy end to the 2012 ultramarathoning season for former CU runners Cameron Clayton and Sage Canaday, two young runners who faced each other for the first time in the North Face Endurance Challenge Championship in San Francisco Dec. 1...

Secrets under the snow: Vail celebrates 50 years

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On the Friday before Vail celebrated its 50th anniversary, John Donovan got his season pass — his 50th season pass. Half a century ago, the then-Chicago-based trader went to his boss saying he wanted to relocate to an office with a ski area nearby. He was pointed ...

Pushing the sky’s limits

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The “Stratosaurus” hot air balloon looked like an inverted and mismatched candy corn: an orange cone, white middle and red base. However, Stratosaurus’ orange,...

From Elbert to Everest

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The New Year’s resolution on Jon Kedrowski’s calendar...

Wet!

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The summer solstice means many things. For some, it’s a chance to delve into their pagan roots. For others, it’s an excuse to have a party. And this year, after one of the deepest winters and wettest springs on record in the high country, it’s the start of what ...

India: An imperfect adventure

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There are tiny fires everywhere. This is one of the first things you will notice about India — the uncountable number of people and the fires trickling haphazardly toward the smoggy sky to keep mosquitoes at bay. I never saw who lit them or who put them out...

Five to 10 National Parks to test expanded WiFi

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The National Park Service will test expanded WiFi in five to 10 parks this year, with an eye on cutting park costs and providing up-to-date information to visitors...