Adventure
Appalling incompetence and majestic triumph on Longs Peak
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...
Everest, equity, and inclusion
Despite nearly a decade of experience, Eddie Taylor still gets mistaken for a novice rock climber—and it’s got nothing to do with his skill.
“People...
Mountaineering mathematics
I will wager Sir Isaac Newton wasn’t a climber, but mountaineers do share bonds with the great mathematician and physicist. For instance, he discovered...
The independence of it
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...
When the body breaks, but the spirit survives
At 8:30 a.m. on the day Jim Harris turned 33, he was still lying in bed. It wasn’t how he imagined spending his birthday....
Get in gear
"Speed is king for us,” says Paul Calandrella, general manager at The Pro’s Closet (TPC) in Louisville.
He’s an avid biker — much like the...
Bike sweet home
Michael Saari measures his life in hills. Up. Down. Rest. Repeat.
The ritual is simple, yet strenuous; one he’s perfected during his three years traveling...
The tip of the spear
Boulder filmmakers chronicle the life of Marc-André Leclerc in ‘The Alpinist.’
No Al Canal!
I asked our driver what he’d recently heard about the canal. He responded, “We’ve been hearing about the canal for 50 years.”
We were driving...
Quicksand and barbaric yawps
On a ridge overlooking the Escalante River, nine people — seven teenagers, two adults — huddled together screaming, “I am human!” into the open...
Team USA, ready to wade
On the 11th of September, more than 400 people will coast through the Rocky Mountains, stopping in Vail. They will be from 25 different...
Giù un dente!
Before the last day of riding on the itinerary of legendary cyclist Andy Hampsten’s first tour with his company, Cinghiale, since the COVID-19 pandemic...
