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The Height of Passion

by Aaron Gulley September 5, 2011

What happens when a couple spends their anniversary mountain-bikepacking one of the grittiest routes in Colorado… Without a tent? Why the best experience of their lives, of course.

Solo Act

by Aaron Gulley September 8, 2010

The decision climb one of the premier alpine routes in Colorado without a rope is as much a battle of the mind as it is a moment of fear. Almost no compelling arguments can be offered in favor of the attempt I made on Kit Carson last year. In fact, most logical folks would deem [...]

The Pain Principle

by Aaron Gulley June 5, 2009

One man’s twisted love-hate relationship with Salida singletrack. I was barely a quarter of the way into the ordeal, and already I was praying for the misery to end. The cold snapped at my gloved fingers and made my pedaling feet throb with pain, and the alpine darkness smudged the blaze of my headlamps to [...]