Adventure

Photos: Abandoned island was once most densely populated place on Earth

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Off the southeastern coast of Japan, an island formerly used for mining sits abandoned, its last residents having left in 1974...

On the groad

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Not far out of the gates of the “Central Iowa Rock Road Endurance Metric” (or CIRREM, as it’s known in gravel circles), riders started going down on the dirt road in the middle of Iowa. A big guy on my left spilled hard and almost took me out. Another one up front ...

Masterful ascent in Mexico

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Renowned free-solo climber Alex Honnold has quietly bagged...

Is it time to replace your exercise shoes?

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We often form a tight bond with our exercise shoes. So it can be a bit difficult to let go of them when they no longer provide suitable support...

New friends to paint for

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Sometime in late July 1934, a 29-year-old Clyfford Still packed his car with a few art supplies — rolls of green window shade in...

In Utah gondola fight, officials avoid public input to help developers

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The story on ski area growth in North America is simple: It’s slowed way down...

Gear: The Slicer

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Boulder Weekly’s editorial team did some in-depth product testing last Friday. On our lunch break, we took out the Slicer all-season sled for an adventure at Scott Carpenter Park. The Slicer is sold by Broomfield-based company Ice Meister and can be used on grass and...

Figuring it out

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Your sense of identity shapes who you are. It affects your decisions, your behaviors and your self-perceived value. Lafayette ultramarathon runner David Clark bases his identity on being a seeker, an explorer and a healthy person who would never dream of abusing any ...

Alaska: reality & mystique

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Alaska is one of those places that exists as much in mystique as in reality. The land of the midnight sun transcends time and...

Get in gear

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"Speed is king for us,” says Paul Calandrella, general manager at The Pro’s Closet (TPC) in Louisville.  He’s an avid biker — much like the...

Steep, deep and cheap at Berthoud Pass

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One of the great mysteries of Colorado skiing is how a ski area that racked up more snow than anywhere else in the state, was an hour and 15 minutes from downtown Denver and which had some of the steepest terrain in the country managed to go out of business...

Return to Neptune

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Neptune Mountaineering’s Thursday Night Events return, with Tommy Caldwell, ‘Cuddle’ and the debut of new cult climbing shoes.