Adventure
Gliding over Ghana
It’s a lot like that dream you had as a kid — the dream where you could fly...
Finished with a flourish
With each turn of my skis, snow sloughs off the steep chute and cascades down toward the basin below. It’s not enough snow to be frightening, certainly, but enough to feel like I really am off the beaten track...
Utah man dies at Moab’s Corona Arch on rope swing
A huge rope swing made popular by a YouTube video has caused the death of a man in Utah...
80-year-old Japanese climber to try for third Everest summit
An octogenarian Japanese man is planning a third summit of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, hoping to retake a record for oldest hike to the summit...
Golden child: Young Boulder skier John Leonard
"I don’t ski powder much anymore,” John Leonard says with a laugh. “I’m always training...
American Academy of Neurology: Immediate rest after possible concussions
The American Academy of Neurology has released new guidelines for parents and coaches of all types of athletes, including a recommendation to remove athletes from play if concussions are ever suspected...
Women’s outdoor adventures: Changing choice
On a sunny September afternoon in Vedauwoo, Wyo., Mary Jackson stands addressing a group of six women, drawing three circles in the sand with the toe of her shoe. The circle in the center represents your comfort zone — things you know how to do, do often and maybe ...
‘Wild West capitalism’ versus wilderness
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...
Another Colorado snowfall, another powder report: March 5
Colorado's ski resorts once again got some fresh snow over the weekend and yesterday, March 4, lining up a good week of powder ahead...
Confirmed: Baumgartner skydive broke 3 world records
The October jump by Felix Baumgartner broke three world records, an international agency has confirmed...
Colorado Trail gets 80-mile complementary extension
The Colorado Trail Foundation has announced that it has added 80 miles of new trail to the Colorado Trail, which traverses the state from north to south...
A frigid wolf chase
Looking at a map of Saskatchewan, one can’t help but notice the glaring lack of human infrastructure in the northern reaches of the province. Civilization fades out on the map just north of the city of Prince Albert, the last significant outpost before the ...
