Adventure
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...
For paralympians, other dangerous ways to cheat
As the 2012 Paralympic Games begin in London this week, officials will be as concerned as ever about preventing and catching cheating among the athletes...
Doing dad right
Father’s Day 2010 gear guide Primus PrimeTorch 801 flashlight Dads love gadgets, aka big boy toys, especially ones they can use. The Primus PrimeTorch 801 is a professional quality flashlight made from aircraftgrade aluminum that will last a lifetime. Featuring ...
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 ...
Shoe inserts ease the pain
For many outdoor adventurers, sport is stress relief. Running on trails, cycling on flat roads or hiking steep slopes is an escape from the problems of life. It can be devastating when the escape from problems becomes a problem — injury or overuse leads to pain ...
Kidding around at Keystone
I taught my wife, a blonde Midwest beauty, to ski when she was 20 — or rather, she allowed me to teach her. We always joke we don’t need any marriage counseling after those tear-filled seasons on the blue ice runs of Vermont — no appearances for us on Dr. Phil’s ...
Levi Leipheimer jumps ahead to take lead in Pro Cycling Challenge
Last year’s USA Pro Cycling Challenge winner, Levi...
The List: 34 Climbing Route Names You Can’t Say to Your...
One of the most clever and crude climbing route names ever is in Colorado...
Made for this
Joe Jensen has a habit of taking a joke to its limits — that’s how he’s ended up running for president, making his first SCUBA dive ever in a shark tank, claiming entries in the Guinness Book of World Records for most rounds of disc golf played in 24 hours, running a...
Petitioning the overseers
For most river runners in the West, the middle of February is the real start of the whitewater season, a kind of college acceptance-letter week. While all of the great multi-day river trips through the canyons of the Colorado Plateau are regulated by the fickle ...
