Adventure
Everest Death Toll Climbs to 11
After communications with a camp on the North Side of Everest, Alan Arnette has upped the fatalities for the 2012 season to 11. The climbing blogger recently conducted a phone interview with Jamie McGuinness of Project Himalaya. The details of the two confirmed ...
On the groad
Not far out of the gates of the “Central Iowa Rock Road Endurance Metric” (or CIRREM, as it’s known in gravel circles), riders started going down on the dirt road in the middle of Iowa. A big guy on my left spilled hard and almost took me out. Another one up front ...
Are our trails as happy as we think?
It’s easy to be a nature detective on an early December morning at Brainard Lake. The coiled criss-crosses of Yaktrax and racket-shaped prints of snowshoes mingle with wide ribbons of knobby tread and the divot and drag of ski poles. The post-holes of lumbering elk ...
Born again runner
They say you can’t run before you walk, but Terry Chiplin may be the exception to the rule.
The British-native is the founder of the...
Grounded: Unknown ailment hospitalizes Cory Richards during Everest expedition
What happened to Cory Richards on Mount Everest on April 28 when the climber became ill, and how that will affect the rest of the National Geographic Society’s 2012 expedition to Everest is not yet clear...
Adventurers need accessibility—Colorado legislation aims to lay the groundwork to close...
A house bill (HB 21-1318) passed during this year's legislative session allowing funding to create an Outdoor Equity Grant program. Once the application period...
Stayin’ alive
My thighs burn hotter than red coals, muscle fibers straining, screaming. I have to release. I fall. Face-first like a tripped kid on the...
Profanity-prone jogger fights ban from N.H. town
A jogger in Maine who's made a habit of crossing into New Hampshire, going for a run and swearing at strangers is fighting an attempt to ban him...
Shifting gears
What got Rebecca Much into cycling has a similar thread to what she does now that she’s retired from a competitive cycling career that included National Cyclocross Championship and National Time Trial Championship wins. It’s about what bikes can do that has nothing ...
Hometown Hero: Nell Rojas
One morning in March, low clouds hung heavy over the springy rubber track behind Boulder’s Manhattan Middle School of Arts. It was a perfect...
