Adventure
Swapping leads
In 1964, as fall began a chilly dissolve into winter, Dave Rearick and I drove the 11-plus miles up Boulder Canyon and made a...
From rescue to recovery
In 1997, Tom Wood sold everything he owned and cruised the long, flat road from Ohio to Colorado. He had no job, no place...
Climbing Colorado’s couloirs
By definition, a couloir is a steep gorge cut into the side of a mountain. Couloirs constitute the artistry of the hills, carving out massive grooves that often define the character of a mountain. Some peaks are lined with sheer vertical streaks, capped off with ...
Cold-weather crags
Let’s be honest. Being comfortable has never been one of the selling points of rock climbing. Between the ever-present ache of tight shoes, the exposure to the elements and the occasional torn and bloody fingertip, climbers are used to enduring a fair amount of ...
Climbing fever
About two-thirds into the recent Oscar-nominated documentary Free Solo, Alex Honnold is balancing between two tiny rock nubs more than 1,000 feet above Yosemite’s...
Learning to fall
When you fall from something taller than a door frame, don’t tense up, don’t get rigid. As airy nothingness swoops in, however suddenly, and...
Let’s ride, people
What do you do when you’ve got a couple of weeks to kill, you speak Spanish fluently and you bike like cars were never...
Mountains to climb
Driving up to Independence Pass for a day of climbing this past September, I gripped the steering wheel with a sense of nervous anticipation....
Glide or Die
Becoming one of the most recognized professional climbers in the U.S. takes an affinity for the unknown.
You might say that’s one of Cedar Wright’s...
Death Hollow, Utah
On March 26, bestselling indie-author Scott Stillman’s second book, Nature’s Silent Message — a collection of introspective essays about his mostly-solo backpacking adventures across...
Chasing dreams
The race was about to start, and all Laura Knoblach could think about was the fact that the swim she was about to embark...
Biking Vail Pass
When you first introduce yourself as someone born and raised in Colorado, people typically assume you’re an avid outdoors enthusiast, spending every free moment...
