Adventure
Outside the boxes
As it does for most high schoolers today, Jocelyn’s world came at her in a rush. The early morning alarm gave way to the...
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...
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...
Point taken
It’s typically windy in Rocky Mountain National Park. On this January Friday, however, it’s relatively calm and warm. With temperatures eking into the high...
Out and back
Jeff Banks knows his snow.
He’s skied all his life and is pretty damn good at it. He won a junior national championship in nordic...
Call of the Wild
When George Dirth was in elementary school, his mother, Lisa, picked him up early from school on Friday afternoons. They’d head to the tiny...
The outlaw: Mark Stefanowski
There are 23 students dispersed across three half-orderly rows along the linoleum floor. It’s just past 6 a.m., the air inside is heavy, almost...
Out from below
Have you ever wondered what would happen to you if you woke up at the bottom of a remote, 2,000-foot-deep canyon with a smashed...
A climber’s paradise
I’m swinging from the top of the tallest route at the brand-new Earth Treks Englewood facility, my camera in tow. Looking down at the...
A long way up
The air is thin at the 13,000-foot base of the Dunn-Westbay Direct route, a 5.14b grade climb on Longs Peak, Colorado’s northernmost 14,000-foot peak....
Gearing up for the Triple Bypass
Team Evergreen’s Triple Bypass is a 120-mile road bike ride that defines “epic...
Overtrained and underprepared
It was during the drive to Moab that Robert Marrow realized he might be making a huge mistake.
Relatively new to trail running, Robert had...


















