Adventure

Sky’s the limit for local all-women bike ride

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Inclusivity and opportunity. Two simple words. Two powerful words. And two words that pretty much sum up the raison d’etre for a not-so-little event called the Venus de Miles, scheduled for Aug. 29 on roads around Boulder this year. Boulder is filled with ...

A quest for honest heroes

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If you were going to go to war over a mountain, Cerro Torre would be the one to do it for...

The superlative experience

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"That was the worst experience of my life," my father declared just after we had returned to camp from climbingthe Red Gully route on Crestone Peak...

Back for more

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Morgan Pearson was on the way back to his hotel in Paris, France.  He is one of the top triathletes in the world and has...

Cushy car camping

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Let’s face it: Astro vans and Prius sedans are not the first adventure rigs of choice when it comes to Boulder’s outdoor crowd —...

To Roubaix or not to Roubaix

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A few happy hours ago, I sat down with two cyclists to contemplate the Boulder Roubaix. “I’m comfortable with the dirt,” Scott Forrest says. He’s more...

When ‘plus-size’ is average, why consider it niche?

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The first time Raquel Vélez went skiing, she wore a hoodie and sweatpants under a rain jacket and rain pants, not for fashion’s sake,...

Gimme the cold shoulder

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In Colorado, climbing is a year-round sport. When the heat of the summer dies down and the shadows grow longer each day, active seekers...

All in for the long ride

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At the Boulder Transit Center on 14th Street, Tom Sampson loads his bike onto the rack of the N bus and fastens down the...

Men’s skiing World Cup: Ligety wins big

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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...

The Strafe story: How two CU students have created one of...

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The one-piece ski suit. It’s an object of ridicule. The preferred garb for gaper days and end-of-the-year parties. The kind of outfit that evokes pity when seen on a Texan and scorn from locals in Vail lift lines when the wearer paid north of $1,000 for the latest ...

World’s highest, fastest freefall set for Oct. 8

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Felix Baumgartner has been preparing for Monday, Oct. 8 for years...