Adventure

Going down, fast

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The technique is solid: weight firmly on the downhill ski, eyes ahead, shoulders square. There’s fire in the eyes, determination there. There’s also beauty and grace and something timeless. Skiing is, after all, a sport that’s been around for years, and the carved ...

Looking away from the past: ‘Duk County’ at Adventure Film Festival

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Jordan Campbell’s journey to South Sudan, and the film documenting the volunteer work of eye doctors from the U.S. there, started far across the globe in Tibet...

Exploring the depths of the unknown

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When world-renowned ocean explorer Robert Ballard undertook a mission to find the wreckage of RMS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, that story was actually a cover operation. In truth, Ballard says, he was on a series of highly classified...

Wounded veterans summit Denali

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Five wounded veterans participated in a Department of the Interior program to summit Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley), the highest peak in North America. The 2012 Wounded Warrior Denali Challenge is below...

‘Wild West capitalism’ versus wilderness

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Accusations fly around Telluride like the wind whipping the faded prayer flags, music posters and tourists’ fur coats. “Tom Chapman is a douchebag,” announces a bumper sticker spotted along the streets of jubilantly colored houses. Most locals spit out a bitter laugh...

To Roubaix or not to Roubaix

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A few happy hours ago, I sat down with two cyclists to contemplate the Boulder Roubaix. “I’m comfortable with the dirt,” Scott Forrest says. He’s more...

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...

American Tyler Farrar takes Stage One of USA Pro Cycling Challenge

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Boulder may claim Tom Danielson, rider on the...

Young athlete thrives despite type-1 diabetes

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Leo Scribner is like your average 12-year-old about to finish the seventh grade — decked out with a snapback, a hoodie and skateboard —...

The List: 34 Climbing Route Names You Can’t Say to Your...

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One of the most clever and crude climbing route names ever is in Colorado...

Sleep reps

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In America, we seem to forget that regular exercise does more good than to just burn fat and make our buns look good on the beach. A healthy exercise program also reduces stress, rejuvenates our physical self and strengthens coordinated communication between mind and...

Boulder’s eponymous sport

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There was a time when people went bouldering only when they couldn’t get away to rock climb. Bouldering — climbing rock formations and boulders low to the ground — was viewed as a way to improve one’s technical skills and get a climbing fix between hitting more ...