Adventure
Giving it more than 110 percent
Twelve percent — it’s not even a good tip, but to Boulderite and ultrarunner Jay Rawlings, it represents the extra 22 miles he ran during his seven-day leg of MS Run the US endurance relay for multiple sclerosis research (see “More than a foot race,” Boulder Weekly, ...
Fight between European climbers, Sherpas reported on Mt. Everest
A group of three European climbers has reported a fight between themselves and a group of Sherpa guides on Mount Everest...
Boulderite in the running for best job ever
Ryan Van Duzer hasn’t had a written resume in years. He’s...
NBA player becomes first openly gay athlete in US pro sports
Longtime NBA player Jason Collins has come out as gay in an editorial column for Sports Illustrated, becoming the first openly gay athlete in any US team sport...
More than a foot race
On Monday, April 22, ultrarunner and Boulderite Jay Rawlings took his first steps in a 180-mile, seven-day endurance relay that will see him running the equivalent of a marathon a day for a week...
High-altitude education
The story of climbers at Everest wanting to give back to the people living in the Himalayan foothills of the world’s tallest peak is as old as the stories of climbers visiting the top of Everest itself. Since Sir Edmund Hillary’s insistence for decades that he had ...
Few Colorado ski resorts still operating see good snow
Most Colorado ski resorts are closed for the year. Too bad the weather doesn't agree that ski season is over...
Rock climber, base jumper Steph Davis: Flying fearless
Even after hundreds of skydives and base jumps, Steph Davis says, stepping to the edge of that cliff still brings up a bubble of fear. But she’s spent her life pushing the line for fear that holds you back and the freedom that lies beyond it. So despite that fear — ...
Not-so-fresh powder: Russia to store snow for 2014 Olympics
Sochi, Russia gets heavy snow. But when the South Russian city — roughly on the same latitude as central Wyoming and upstate New York — hosts the Olympics next year, it wants to be darn sure it's got the powder for it...
Balloon-powered flight in South Africa honors Nelson Mandela
A man flew nearly 4 miles by balloon in South Africa, traversing the sea from Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, to Cape Town...
Facing sequestration, local funding steps in to plow Yellowstone National Park
If you're ever in Cody, Wyo., just ask for Wild Bob. And tell him, and a lot of others in Cody, thanks for pitching in...