Adventure

Powder prophet

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Joel Gratz wants you to have the best day of your life. He wants you to frolic in powder snow. He wants you to soak up sunshine on top of a peak. He wants you to hike through wildflower-studded meadows with the perfect mountain breeze caressing your cheeks. He ...

Did Lance Try to Fly Under the Radar?

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Seven-time Tour de France champ and cancer activist Lance Armstrong is back in the news, but not for great physical feats...

Going wild

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Gunshots,” says Apryle Craig, “it sounded like gunshots...

Photos: Big Air event in Denver

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Denver’s Big Air event on Tuesday night certainly lived up to the name...

Diving in to the unclimbed

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One look at the Shark’s Fin on India’s Mount Meru and it’s not hard to see how the arrowhead feature could dig into a climber’s mind. But that one look would be only a part of the story of why that particular piece of rock has haunted mountaineer Conrad Anker for two...

Olympic Torch to Zipline Across River

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Ever since Olympic basketball gold medalist Sergei Belov's memorable torch run in 1980...

The end of an uphill battle

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Usually, when someone repeatedly tells you no, you eventually take your energy elsewhere, the probability of a yes getting shelved with other dashed dreams....

Great Colorado camping spots

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There are more than 23 million acres of public land in Colorado, from dizzying mountaintops to lush valley bottoms, dusty canyons to glassy lakes, where in a few hours’ drive you can escape the noise and traffic of city life for a weekend wilderness adventure...

A Mad Way South

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Man down, man down!” the frantic words crackle across the team walkie-talkies. Two weeks into a record-breaking attempt to cross the Sahara desert on...

At peace at 14,000 feet

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Some climbers are content with reaching one summit. Others aren’t satisfied until they’ve been atop them all. Those veteran climbers remain an elite group. And they have stories to tell...

Learning to fall

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When you fall from something taller than a door frame, don’t tense up, don’t get rigid. As airy nothingness swoops in, however suddenly, and...

Doctors Argue Against Mandatory Bike Helmet Laws

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A mandatory bike helmet law is under consideration in British Parliament, and two physicians are arguing against the idea...