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In many places of the world, such as my boring humble New England hometown, people never ride 100 miles on a bike in their entire lives, let alone in a single day. Boulder, however, has an army of type-A warriors to whom 100 miles of road biking is akin to visiting the duckie pond. But honestly [...]

I had to share this cool article from our friends over at summitpost.org. Surely you’ve seen the stripes of sweet-smelling, pink snow in the summer. Perhaps you knew this “watermelon” snow is an algae that processes a neurotoxin in high doses. But there is much more to know about this worldwide mountain phenomenon. Read Summitpost’s [...]

On the top of Colorado’s highest mountain, I kept a promise to a very good friend of mine. At the summit of 14,433 ft. Mount Elbert I discreetly pulled from my pack a small white box with the ashes of my dog Talus. I snapped a few quick photos of his collar wrapped around the [...]

Love it or hate it, Boulder puts the “B” in plan B in the best way possible. Don’t get me wrong, Boulder has a lot of plan A fun waiting to be had but  living in the People’s Republic really shines is when your out-of-town primary directive gets derailed. Cases in point: I’ve had two successive weekend plans wiped [...]

Earlier today, news sites reported that 16-year-old Abby Sunderland has sent out an emergency distress call from the middle of the volatile Indian Ocean while on her attempt to sail solo around the world. As of writing this blog, her fate is still unknown but the controversy is already in full roil. In May 2010, 13-year-old [...]

It’s not often that I’m going to schmooze any kind of online contest, but this one is worth checking out. Blog Your Way Around the World is an essay contest where you can win 8 (!) trips for 2 people (!!) to some of the coolest destinations in the world! Enter a short 400 word [...]

A funny thing happened on my way back from Antarctica. For some reason, people had a hard time believing my pals and I lept from an iceburg into the unfrozen 28 degree ocean clad merely in our skivvies. When taken on the scale of nutty things people do, taking the polar plunge was fairly tame. Sure, [...]

Fare thee well Exhibition Lift, long live the Black Mountain Lift! A-Basin is selling off the chairs from the old Exhibition Lift (the main lift that goes from the base to mid-mountain) on May 1st for the $450 per chair (click here for more details).  Built in 1978, the Exhib Triple Lift had a good [...]

Every year, the early spring kills me. As the buzz from the ski and snowboard season fades out, I get all my old hankerings to be out on the mountain bike. Colorado’s brief  mud season means bad news bears for trail conditions (anyone who has navigated the deep, hardened  ruts on the Nelson Loop at Hall Ranch [...]

Wilson the volleyball — he would definitely be in Tom Hank’s “Gear Hall of Fame”. Gollum’s ring. Linus’ blanket. The Grim Reaper’s sickle. Roy Hobbes’ Wonderboy. Lemmy’s mole? Well, you get the idea. Whether functional, good luck charm or a little bit of both, most of us have a piece of gear we are particularly fond [...]