Adventure
Another Colorado snowfall, another powder report: March 5
Colorado's ski resorts once again got some fresh snow over the weekend and yesterday, March 4, lining up a good week of powder ahead...
Building and testing your mountain biking skills
Walk into any local coffee shop or brewery in Boulder and listen carefully, and the odds are good you’ll hear someone boasting about conquering one of the local singletrack trails. Even if you’re not ready to build your own legend and point your tread straight down ...
The meaning of risk
Ever since Aron Ralston went and cut his hand off in a lost canyon in Utah, I’ve been thinking about risk. As a journalist, I’ve specialized in covering extreme athletes and the world of action sports for more than a decade. For most of the individuals I write ...
Watches help keep pace in the water
Athletes training for a triathlon or swim competition may have a timing issue. Few watches are both waterproof and able to time laps, meaning athletes can only time the full workout and then divide the workout time by the number of laps swum. Rough estimates don...
Pick a good jogging stroller
At first, it seems an unusual activity: a mother or father pushing a child in a stroller, and jogging behind it at a steady pace. But post-parenthood, many adults realize looking after a baby can cut into regular exercise routines. So some combine parenting with ...
Protect your iPhone from the elements
Music lovers have always paid dearly for the newest technology. In 1980, the Sony Walkman was introduced for $200. Two years later, Sony released a $2,200 CD player that improved sound quality but at a dear price — albums cost as much as $45 each. MP3 players such...
Boulder’s eponymous sport
There was a time when people went bouldering only when they couldn’t get away to rock climb. Bouldering — climbing rock formations and boulders low to the ground — was viewed as a way to improve one’s technical skills and get a climbing fix between hitting more ...
Deep space climb
So you’ve bagged the Seven Summits — the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. Great. You’ve crushed the most difficult bouldering problems. Bravo. You’ve even scaled 5.15 and are now pushing the grading system even higher. Right on...
Barefoot Running Less Efficient
If the minimalist running shoe movement has prompted you to ditch...
See CU student’s photos of London Olympics
CU journalism student Stephen Kasica is tweeting photos of the London Olympics, where his girlfriend, Shalaya Kipp, is competing in the steeplechase. Below is a "postcard" he wrote for the CU Journalism News Service...
