Adventure
Digital motivation
Finding the motivation to put down the video-game controller and step outside to play can be a challenge during the summer. But thanks to a new line of pedometers called GeoPalz, kids ages 5 to 12 have a reason to turn off the TV and get active...
Log helps keep track of your work
High-tech training gear is not for everyone. Watches that record distance and time, beeping randomly if the pace is too slow or fast, can be distracting — and expensive. Fitness enthusiasts interested in tracking their performance have low-tech options. There are ...
Boulder author pens homage to skiing
To be a skier is to be ever hopeful, waiting on the uncertain miracle maker that is the weather. A skier could hang all of life up in the name of being free for the moment that winter storm hits...
Carrying on with a heavy load
For Lakpa Rita Sherpa, there was no question. After five of his men died on the side of Everest in the avalanche that swept down its slopes on April 18, he had two things to do — take the body of a friend home, and then come back to Base Camp to tell his team that ...
Slaying dragons
In the story of St. George and The Dragon, a town is plagued by a monster, who is only satisfied when the townspeople offer...
The USA Pro Challenge: A most beloved race
For 128 of the world’s best cyclists, the time has come once more to turn their wheels toward Colorado with one intention in mind: to suffer. Three years ago, cyclists first lined up for a week of tackling the peaks and valleys of the newest stage race in the nation...
From a meningitis-induced coma to a Paralympic gold medal
The first semester of college for any student is an exciting time, full of expectations and new beginnings. But for Jamie Schanbaum, it meant...
One stage remains after Sagan takes Fort Collins
A few jerseys have already been won in this year’s USA Pro...
Bound by nothing
The water of the Rio Grande shimmers with a muddy green, lizard-like iridescence in late April sun, meandering slowly (unlike the actual lizards that...
Reaching higher
Are rock climbers the future of the conservation movement? Brady Robinson, executive director of the Boulder-based Access Fund, thinks so...
Let’s ride, people
What do you do when you’ve got a couple of weeks to kill, you speak Spanish fluently and you bike like cars were never...
Ain’t too hard for me to jam
As Havilah Curtis suits up before she takes the roller derby track, she slides a band with the number 147 stitched on it up...
