Adventure

Gonzo swimming

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New Orleans’ Lake Pontchartrain is only 12 feet deep. But that’s deep enough to drown. And you can drown there — that is, if the alligators don’t get to you first. And if the alligators do get you, you won’t have to worry about a coffin. The scraps of your flesh that...

Off the beaten path

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In his 2004 book, Racing Tactics, Boulder resident and professional cyclist Thomas Prehn aimed to help other cyclists avoid common mistakes and to “ride intelligently,” as he puts it. The 57-year-old plans on utilizing his own advice as he tackles the 10th annual ...

Beaver Creek good for beginners, too

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More Beaver Creek content: Beaver Creek's varied terrain, open runs set resort apart; The Laughing Bones give cool performance at Crystal Grotto...

Living the dream

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For photographers, as for anglers, there’s always that one that got away. Rock climbing guide turned professional photographer and filmmaker Celin Serbo remembers such a shot vividly...

The mind-body solution

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Carl Jung believed reaching full potential as a human required exploration of our deepest thoughts, those feelings that lay buried deep beneath our consciousness. As he put it, “There is no energy unless there is a tension of opposites; hence it is necessary to ...

Towering challenges

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When water washed away the red sandstone of the Colorado Plateau, it left the improbable spires of rust-colored rock, fingers flipping off the over-baking sun and the sand-spitting wind and the improvised protection the climbers who lusted after the tops of those ...

Want a safer Mt. Everest? Here’s how.

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Mountain climber Adrian Ballinger, who has summitted Mount Everest six times, says Everest needs to be fixed...

The Catamounts presents a wild mashup in musical ‘Small Ball’

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Here’s an itch you probably never thought you’d scratch: a mashup between Gulliver’s Travels and professional basketball. This fall, The Catamounts presents the regional debut...

Something good from war

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The 10th Mountain Division was an integral player in the rapid development of the Colorado ski industry during the second half of the 20th century. Some would argue it was the most important part. The veterans of the famous division were involved in the founding of ...

Two dead of hantavirus in Yosemite

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A second death has been linked to an outbreak of hantavirus in Yosemite National Park, park officials announced, as roughly 1,700 people were exposed to the virus. There are two other confirmed cases...

The Yosemite dump: 10 tons of trash cleared from park

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I can't even think of a clever opener for this one: Volunteers at Yosemite National Park removed 10 tons of trash two weeks ago...

Classic Boulder

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Calling Boulder home means a few different things: Access to more coffee shops than was ever thought possible for a city of 100,000 people, easy and convenient access to a wide array of Tibetan prayer flags and, of course, several clinics that will treat your back ...