Adventure
A lion’s share of a rescue
When the Bolivian government passed a law banning animals from performing in circus acts, the first nationwide ban of its kind, the legislation was a huge step forward for animal rights activists long opposed to the conditions and treatment those circus animals faced...
A climber’s paradise
I’m swinging from the top of the tallest route at the brand-new Earth Treks Englewood facility, my camera in tow. Looking down at the...
Ride with purpose
Kevin Sheehan has taken his ski bike down the same run at Eldora Mountain Resort countless times, but this time was different.
Riding the lift...
Man gone wild
One week in fall several years ago, Douglas Hill went into the woods. What came out of the woods was a different man...
What are the best winter carnivals in North America?
Q: Some people like to head to the tropics in the winter. I like to bask in...
Pedal on up
At the end of the cycling season a year after Timmy Duggan rode on the U.S. Olympic cycling team, he chose to retire. He was just 31 years old and on the edge of what could have been his best cycling years. But there weren’t enough teams, enough options, enough ...
The grizzly gear testers
The grizzly towered over RovR’s Colorado 85 cooler: It’s humped back hunched, front paws placed squarely on the cooler’s lid, the beast pressed downwards...
Where the next turn leads
It was a cold spring morning, a Monday, signaling my first week off work (as a veterans-law paralegal in Boulder) in seven months. The previous day I’d completed the eccentric 70-mile Eroica California, with around 6,000 feet of elevation gain meandering Central ...
Climbing in Colombia: High and dry
Climbers are always looking for lines that push possibilities and take their abilities to a next realm. They push the limits of their mental and physical endurance while toeing the fine line between mastery of the unknown and reckless risk...
Author J. Grigsby Crawford’s ‘The Gringo’ takes a raw look at...
Only a few weeks into a two-year Peace Corps program, Boulder native J. Grigsby Crawford received a text from his host that read, “Turn off your light and go to sleep. It’s very important that you stay quiet and don’t leave your room.” Outside the house were men in ...


















