Adventure

Keeping it together

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Ty Tomlinson met his girlfriend Michelle Hughes in 2009 while she was auditioning to be a model for a fashion show he was co-producing...

Landlocked: The agony and opportunity of being a surfer in Colorado

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Water covers 71 percent of the planet’s surface. You wouldn’t know this living in Boulder. In the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder has some water, but despite Boulder Creek and the reservoir, Boulder is landlocked. And for local surfers Dan Richardson ...

Gearing up for the Triple Bypass

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Team Evergreen’s Triple Bypass is a 120-mile road bike ride that defines “epic...

New lift, new vibe, new season

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From Bret Tregaskis’ office on a late fall day, you can look out at the most visible manifestation of the changes occurring at Boulder...

K2%uFFFDs deadliest day: The Sherpa perspective

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"Among mountaineers Sherpas hold nearly mythical status. They have this seemingly superhuman ability to perform incredible climbing feats,” relates Peter Zuckerman, coauthor of Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2’s Deadliest Day (W...

Shouldn’t Be Alive

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Flip through the channels of cable television on any given night, and you’ll probably find a survival-themed reality TV show. I Shouldn’t Be Alive features dramatizations of people who survived injuries or other mishaps in the wilderness. Survivorman follows the ...

Appalling incompetence and majestic triumph on Longs Peak

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As I climbed the steps to Wayne’s condo, I expected him to be thrilled at my news. Wayne was an experienced Boulder climber, and...

In the shadow of Denali

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 In 1967, a joint team of climbers from Colorado and Seattle embarked on a mission to scale the highest point on the continent: 20,323-foot Mount McKinley (also known by its native name Denali). Of the 12 men who set out on the arduous trek to the fabled summit, only...

The independence of it

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A few years ago, Jennifer Pyjas slipped into a coma after an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant. It took a year in the hospital, but Pyjas recovered...

Quicksand and barbaric yawps

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On a ridge overlooking the Escalante River, nine people — seven teenagers, two adults — huddled together screaming, “I am human!” into the open...

Buddhist boxing

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Boxing may seem like a strange stop on the path to inner peace. From outside the ring, the sport resonates violence, fury and chaos. The most direct path to victory is to knock your rival into a stupor. Fat lips, black eyes and missing teeth are all part of a ...

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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...