Adventure
Summit seekers
Four ski mountaineers (well, three skiers and one snowboarder) seem to have set a record in Alaska this season. It’s tough to know what, exactly, and from the audible shrug and laugh when he talks about it, it’s clear that Anton Sponar doesn’t much care...
Feeling the burn
It would drive most people insane. During the late 1930s Albert Curnow spent three years working as a fire lookout on the edge of Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains. One summer he didn’t see another person...
Everest, equity, and inclusion
Despite nearly a decade of experience, Eddie Taylor still gets mistaken for a novice rock climber—and it’s got nothing to do with his skill.
“People...
All in for the long ride
At the Boulder Transit Center on 14th Street, Tom Sampson loads his bike onto the rack of the N bus and fastens down the...
Gimme the cold shoulder
In Colorado, climbing is a year-round sport. When the heat of the summer dies down and the shadows grow longer each day, active seekers...
Group to lobby for bikes on Pacific Crest Trail
One of the West's most famous and popular hiking trails could see bicyclists soon, if a new group can convince the U.S. Forest Service...
Want a safer Mt. Everest? Here’s how.
Mountain climber Adrian Ballinger, who has summitted Mount Everest six times, says Everest needs to be fixed...
What is CBD — and should I be using it?
From the front window of Runners High in Golden, Colorado, shoppers can see Lookout Mountain and the iconic “M” on Mount Zion. The tiny...
Doing the Dog
Try this descent while getting high on a fourteener You can see it from the trail. A white cleft that drops directly off of Torreys Peak. It draws the eye in a sinuous line, plunging off the summit, a throat-wrenching vertical elevator that spills into a large ...
A lion’s share of a rescue
When the Bolivian government passed a law banning animals from performing in circus acts, the first nationwide ban of its kind, the legislation was a huge step forward for animal rights activists long opposed to the conditions and treatment those circus animals faced...
