Local Motion

by James Dziezynski July 8, 2010

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 [...]

Teenage Wasteland

by James Dziezynski June 10, 2010

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 [...]

Blog Your Way Around the World?

by James Dziezynski May 24, 2010

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 [...]

Seriously – This Isn't Photoshopped

by James Dziezynski April 29, 2010

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, [...]

Own a Little Piece of A-Basin

by James Dziezynski April 23, 2010

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 [...]

Boulder Area Mountain Bike Trails Looking Good!

by James Dziezynski April 19, 2010

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 [...]