Adventure
French sailor rescued after failed Antarctic trip
A French sailor attempting a solo circumnavigation of the Earth was rescued by an Australian cruise ship after he had to abandon his yacht...
Weather permitting: Patagonian storms push a Boulder climber to test new...
Christmas saw snowy weather around the Patagonian peak Fitz Roy, and Boulder residents Jonathan Byers and Joaquin Espinosa camped at its base, huddled together, wishing for better weather and wondering what would come of the summits both traveled to Patagonia to ...
A gentle hand: Boulderite Jan Mitchell makes a difference in Africa
Jan Mitchell is going to have to buy a donkey for a family in Ghana. It’s good news. Two years ago, she gave the family a bull to replace one that died after rocks were thrown at it to chase it out of a garden. She promised that if, when she returned, the bull was ...
Still running: Documentary retells history of women’s marathon record-setter
After the 50-year-old Joan Benoit Samuelson ran a sub-2:50 marathon in the 2008 Olympic Trials, she announced that she was “retiring.” However, a former Olympic champion still logging more than 50 miles each week does not simply stop running...
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...
Ice in their veins
They say every scar has a story to tell, and in ice climbing, a sport which requires its athletes to wear 24 sharp points on their feet while wielding an axe in each hand when suspended high above the ground, climbers often have more than a few of both scars and ...
Lighter, tougher bike helmet — made from cardboard
A new bike helmet aims to increase riders' safety by mimicking nature — and by using one of the cheapest materials around...
Secrets under the snow: Vail celebrates 50 years
On the Friday before Vail celebrated its 50th anniversary, John Donovan got his season pass — his 50th season pass. Half a century ago, the then-Chicago-based trader went to his boss saying he wanted to relocate to an office with a ski area nearby. He was pointed ...
Finding the past in the present
Jonathan Byers has blogged about repeat photography working like a time machine — he finds old photographs of the mountains, sometimes in books worth more than his camera, maps out where they were taken, hikes in to that spot, holds up the historic photo and travels ...
Saving lives one net at a time
In a small African village off the coast of Senegal, where medical care and supplies are scarce and disease and infection abundant, death is an all-too-familiar event...
Trailer for ‘Valhalla,’ latest film from Sweetgrass, released
The trailer for the new film from Sweetgrass Productions was...
