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Rios Libres: Craig Childs, Timmy O’Neill Fight to Save Patagonia’s Rivers

by Doug September 16, 2010

Author Craig Childs, climber/entertainer Timmy O’Neill, filmmaker Ed George and photographer James Q. Martin have been engaged in a massive project that will bring film, words, images and activism together in an attempt to save the rivers of Chilean Patagonia. Called Rios Libres, the project is focused on raising awareness behind a campaign to stop [...]

Hit the Slots

by Doug September 8, 2010

The fall is the ideal time to hit the road for the red rock vistas and canyons of southern Utah and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Ten years ago, interior secretary Bruce Babbitt created the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, intending its 1.9 million acres to be the crown jewel in the Bureau of Land Management’s [...]

First Tracks

by Doug September 8, 2010

I feel reborn this time of year in Colorado. It’s not the rains and flowers of April that make me think reincarnation. I prefer the hush, the slowdown and the gusty chills of winter approaching; the long billowing clouds that hide the peaks; the early nightfall. This is a season when I can think, rediscover, [...]

Quote of Note

by Doug September 8, 2010

“I hit the ground pretty hard. I’ve never been in this race before, so I probably shouldn’t have been in the front.” – Cyclist Levi Leipheimer after crashing at the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race in August. The Tour de France rider hopped back on to win in 6:16:37.2, a new course record.

The Slow Way Up

by Doug July 7, 2010

I was excited when I first heard I was going to have a chance to climb Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest mountain in Iceland. I have been fascinated with the country ever since I first visited and hiked the Fimmvorduhals pass—now buried under lava from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. It’s a visceral place and the island’s landscape is [...]

Johnny Spillane

by Doug July 7, 2010

He may have blown the doors off the Euros when he became the first American medalist ever in Nordic Combined, but, back home, this Steamboat native plays just like any other mountain-town dude. Every sportscaster and talking head on national media was talking about Steamboat native Johnny Spillane last winter when he took home three [...]