Adventure
Not all who wander are lost
CWA panel on exploring in your 20s Perhaps it’s true now more than ever that not all those who wander are lost. They’re just getting ahead of the game in an increasingly connected world...
Working on a problem
Entering the lobby of the Boulder Theater on the evening of Jan. 25 for the premiere of Uncharted Lines, a new feature film by...
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...
Swapping leads
In 1964, as fall began a chilly dissolve into winter, Dave Rearick and I drove the 11-plus miles up Boulder Canyon and made a...
Chasing the big one
The mountain haunts climbers. It lurks in their dreams, draws them like moths to the flame and, from time to time, claims them as its own. Denali. The big one. First climbed in the early 1900s, the peak is the highest in North America. It’s also one of the most ...
First aid to go
The Comprehensive Medical Kit includes everything a camper on an extended trip would ever need. The kit includes materials for stopping bleeding, cleaning and dressing wounds; splints and triangular bandage for immobilizing broken bones; medications for treating pain...
Dancer in the wild
High up on the southern side of Bear Peak at the southwestern edge of Boulder, the rock feature known as The Maiden hooks from the ground toward the western horizon. The rock monolith, dusted in lime lichen, catches the setting sun, holding on to the light after ...
Hiking a hundred miles for kids
Three bracelets on her wrist remind her what she’s hiking for; one has the coordinates of her Pennsylvania home, the other two are from...
Making it happen
It’s just after 6 a.m. and Aisha Weinhold is sitting at her desk with a cup of coffee. She looks out the kind of...
American Tyler Farrar takes Stage One of USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Boulder may claim Tom Danielson, rider on the...
Undeniable Denali
He looked bizarre, totally out of place, this Pakistani climber in ragged, old mountaineering clothes, alone, shaking our tent while we tried to sleep, asking frantically for a satellite phone,” says University of Colorado alum and Denver-based mountaineer Alex Harz...
