Adventure
The (ex-)cyclist who wouldn’t dope
Grand Junction financial advisor Scott Mercier was surprised to get a call from the U.S. agency that recently won its standoff against one of the best-known athletes in the country...
Balloon-powered flight in South Africa honors Nelson Mandela
A man flew nearly 4 miles by balloon in South Africa, traversing the sea from Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, to Cape Town...
Not-so-fresh powder: Russia to store snow for 2014 Olympics
Sochi, Russia gets heavy snow. But when the South Russian city — roughly on the same latitude as central Wyoming and upstate New York — hosts the Olympics next year, it wants to be darn sure it's got the powder for it...
Arapahoe Basin to open Wednesday for 2012-13 ski season
Arapahoe Basin is this year's winner...
Local support
Kim Larson’s shop in Lafayette may raise some eyebrows from passersby — and cheers from those burdened with heaving bosoms...
In failed long-distance swim, jellyfish stings trumped technology
Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old distance swimmer attempting to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, called it quits last week partway through her journey, citing "extreme exhaustion...
Two dead of hantavirus in Yosemite
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...
Heading outdoors? Bring your phone
Apps make it easy to get more out of your adventures...
Ride, run and, above all, race
Not familiar with cyclocross? Let’s introduce you to your new addiction...
