Adventure
Head above the alpine
It’s unusual to sit with Nick Stafford and Dan Peterson.
Not because of anything the late 20-somethings are doing or saying, but because they’re sitting...
Flying high
Getting high is easy for a lot of Coloradans. But staying high can be a challenge.
Such is the case with paragliding — where pilots...
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...
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...
Searching for discomfort
Most people prefer the easy route — Grant Korgan is not one of those people.
In 2012, the adventurer, nanoscientist and professional athlete became the...
Ride or die
If you spend much time cruising Boulder’s 300-plus miles of bikeway, you’ve probably crossed paths with Ryan Van Duzer. Even if you haven’t, you...
It takes all of us
This past summer, a 90-year-old Korean War Veteran cycled around Chatfield State Park with his entire family, while a young boy with a visual...
A long way up
The air is thin at the 13,000-foot base of the Dunn-Westbay Direct route, a 5.14b grade climb on Longs Peak, Colorado’s northernmost 14,000-foot peak....
Shredding grass
It finally happened: the first snow of the season in Boulder. Though little more than a dusting, the late-October snow heralded the beginning of...
Pain and powder
After a grueling campaign that killed or wounded thousands of its members, the 10th Mountain Division of World War II marked Germany’s surrender to...
Bridging the Divide
Halfway through the Continental Divide Trail, having traveled over 1,500 miles through the plains of New Mexico and the rugged mountains of Colorado, tired,...
A change in trajectory
"I should write a song called 'Crying in my Goggles,'" Ryan Waters remembers muttering aloud as he and fellow Polar adventurer Eric Larsen prepared...
