Adventure
How I Nearly Killed My Father on Tenaya Canyon
The sign read, “Tenaya Canyon is extremely dangerous. Many have lost...
Cyclists get creative with winter pain caves at home
Welcome to the pain cave. It’s a place no cyclist really wants to be, but it’s a necessary evil if you live in a cold climate...
Can you have the Wild West and your blueberry mojitos, too?
Erin and I are off itinerary. It’s after 1:30 p.m. when we look up at the clock in the WabiSabi thrift store in downtown Moab and realize we’ve missed our lunch reservation by an hour. After scoring a second-hand Arc’teryx jacket for $10, we arrive back at the Sorrel...
The emerging tenkara, a simplistic fly-fishing technique
It’s a rarity when the newest trend on the scene is actually more traditional than the status quo. Such is the case with the emergence of tenkara, a Japanese minimalist flyfishing technique that dates back hundreds of years, and came about well before the fly-fishing...
South African shot, robbed while kayaking Amazon
A South African expeditionist was shot multiple times Aug. 26 in the arm and neck while trying to navigate from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic Ocean...
More than a foot race
On Monday, April 22, ultrarunner and Boulderite Jay Rawlings took his first steps in a 180-mile, seven-day endurance relay that will see him running the equivalent of a marathon a day for a week...
Leave It To Beaver
Beaver Creek has proven for 30 years just how good a ski vacation can be, whether you’re a head of state or the head of a household. With heads of state fewer each day, let’s examine this gem from the average Boulderite’s perspective...
From globetrotting to Boulder Startup Week, Andrew Hyde loves an unusual...
Andrew Hyde sold almost all of his belongings in 2010 and set out to travel the world with just 15 items. (As long as you’re not persnickety about whether the iPhone and its charger are two different items, he really did it with 15 or so items...
Take a pass
With the 2017-18 season winding down, it’s time to reboot for 2019. Sure, this winter wasn’t the greatest, as multiple storms drifted north of...
America the beautifully expensive
For a bit of perspective, Congressman Jared Polis says, “For the price of Trump’s proposed border wall ($20 billion), we could make all the...
Savvy skiers know to look for ticket deals now
Fall hasn’t been here for too long, but the chill in the air and the recent snow storm in Colorado are reminders that ski season is on the way...
Four runs with the man
Chris Jarnot skis like you’d expect someone who has spent nearly all of his adult life working in the ski industry does: fast, fluid, no bobbles or unnecessary movements, legs together, turns carved. He’s smooth through all types of terrain, and as we lap broken ...
