Rab-Tastic: 14 Days in a Baselayer and No Funk

by Rob Coppolillo September 2, 2011

Tastes great or less filling. Sport or trad. The obvious and time-honored debates in life continue. Since the resurgence of wool as a backcountry-worthy textile, add the poly-versus-merino battle to your list of inflammatory topics to discuss at your next dinner party. But before you let folks go home insulted, undecided, or perhaps with an [...]

Still Waiting on Loven Investigation–No Charges (Yet?)

by Rob Coppolillo August 30, 2011

For those of you following the Christopher Loven cyclist-fatality case, we’re still in a holding pattern. The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) has yet to conclude its investigation and it will be up to their organization whether or not to arrest Loven, 45, of Boulder, and refer the case to Boulder County District Attorney’s office. Loven [...]

Back from Italia…and Thinking About Skiing

by Rob Coppolillo August 27, 2011

Poor me, I just endured nine days of binge eating and salty swimming in the fair motherland of Italia. I brought home a little extra tonnage and a wicked head cold. Damn. Well, the Alpine Training Center should take care of the weight, while a little garlic and rest will (hopefully!) cure my head of [...]

The Single Greatest Thing to Ever Happen Anywhere at Any Time in History

by Rob Coppolillo August 13, 2011

Well, no point in going on now. Once you’ve seen The Single Greatest Thing to Ever Happen Anywhere at Any Time in History, why hang around for this year’s Superbowl halftime ads or to see Marcus Bachmann outed in a hotel room with an underage Thai lady-boy? Behold: Jacuzzi.ch Hot tub on the summit of [...]

Help Save Red Rock Climbing Area!

by Rob Coppolillo August 5, 2011

The greedheads are at it again, this time trying to develop some sort of eco-kick-in-the-nuts called a “gypsum reclamation plan.” They hope to perpetrate this miracle on the site of a former gypsum mine, west of Vegas. If my read of the situation is correct, they’re going to build 2500 acres of clapboard post-housing-bubble homes [...]

Plenty of good days like this year. How 'bout this coming winter?

Good News, Freaks: Another Wicked Winter on the Way(?)

by Rob Coppolillo August 4, 2011

Plenty of good days like this last year. How ’bout this coming winter? So my friends over at the CAIC posted an interesting link to a site called ExactaWeather.com. The latest forecast from the organization says this coming winter may be just as “severe” (read: epic) as last. Right on! Right? Not so fast. First [...]