Adventure
Men’s skiing World Cup: Ligety wins big
The 2012 men's skiing giant slalom World Cup kicked off yesterday with a big repeat win for American Ted Ligety: Ligety won Soelden in Austria by nearly 3 seconds...
Outhouse deliverance
Lauren McCarthy and Patricia Melero were a mile deep in the backcountry of the White River National Forest when it began to snow. It...
Shredding grass
It finally happened: the first snow of the season in Boulder. Though little more than a dusting, the late-October snow heralded the beginning of...
Deep space climb
So you’ve bagged the Seven Summits — the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. Great. You’ve crushed the most difficult bouldering problems. Bravo. You’ve even scaled 5.15 and are now pushing the grading system even higher. Right on...
THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE OF ALL: LIFE
Boulder is full of the intense, the extreme, the committed. People who climb the highest mountains and kayak the most dangerous rivers. People who jump the biggest cliff and grapple with remote rock faces. In this swirling milieu of the hardcore it’s easy to overlook...
Growing ice
In late August, Aaron Montgomery received some big news via email. The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, or UIAA, had officially selected him as an athlete to demonstrate ice climbing to the world during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games...
Business and ethics in sports
For journalist Adam Schrager, the act of playing sports is a pretty decent metaphor for life.
“Sports, at best, teaches wonderful lessons, from teamwork to...
A part of it forever
On May 20, climber Jeff Lowe, triathlete Colleen Cannon, distance-runner Arturo Barrios, and BolderBoulder founder Steve Bosley will all be inducted into the Boulder...
A tale of two runners
One was a collegiate runner from the East. One was a collegiate runner from the West. One was showered in champagne at the end of his first ultramarathon, while the other received five stitches after his ultramarathon debut. One goes by Sage Canaday. One goes by ...
Rockfall Killed Two Climbers
A 12,000-pound block of rock 16 to 20 feet long, three feet wide...


















