Adventure
Life at the extremes
Tendi remembers how his extremities froze in the icy water of the monsoon-flooded river, and the following three days that he survived without food,...
The nine lives of Leah Goldstein
Heredity is an interesting thing. It can mean a lifetime of fair skin or curly hair, trouble gaining weight or frustration trying to lose it. For some it begets dark battles with depression or substance abuse...
Running full circle
The week he’ll be inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame, Pablo Vigil is likely to spend more hours practicing his guitar than running, a shift that he says is a welcome change...
Depth of anatomy
The cadaver is far smaller than I expected. It rests wrapped in green towels, face up on a silver table in a small, uncluttered space. Small incisions separate the skin from the subcutaneous tissue, exposing a yellowish, fatty layer protecting the muscle wall. George...
The independence of it
A few years ago, Jennifer Pyjas slipped into a coma after an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant.
It took a year in the hospital, but Pyjas recovered...
Take this strengthtraining book to the gym
If you spend time wandering and wondering in the fitness center, pick up Marco Borges’ new book Power Moves...
Airborne Adventures
It’s 10 a.m. and I’m on my second beer at the airport bar. It’s a lovely little bar, with a broad window facing the runway and six local beers on tap. I’m not sure if they even have a macro beer in the bottle. I’m drinking Green Man Forester. Robust, burly, but not ...
Put your heart into it
Pheidippides, the courier who ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens spreading word of the Greek victory over the Persians, became famous not only for his proclamation but also for dying on the spot. Ultrarunner Micah True, known as Caballo Blanco (White Horse), was ...
Female ultrarunner breaks records on Europe’s Mont Blanc
American ultrarunner Rory Bosio broke records at the Sept. 5...
Music in the key of free
You’ve poached the concerts with picnic in tow at Chautauqua, but couldn’t see the band, stuck outside with the rest of the freeloaders. You’ve hung out in the alley while the neighbor’s party kicked off with live tunes (shouldn’t have kicked his dog, he would have ...
Five more essentials
Look over the free pamphlets in an outdoor store, take an outdoor class or earn your first Scouting merit badge, and you’ll hear about “The Ten Essentials...
