When Pete Kartsounes decided to hike the Colorado Trail, he couldn’t leave his music behind. So he decided to play shows along the way—and founded a hiking charity to fight cancer. Like most local singer-songwriters, Pete Kartsounes dedicates his summers to touring. So when his good friend asked him to hike the Colorado Trail last [...]
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The Pain Principle
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 [...]
Moab Pavement
For an entirely new spin on the “mountain bike Mecca,” bring your road bike. It has become the most clichéd of clichés—Moab equals mountain biking. But the place has far more to offer (and we’re not talking about the brews at Eddie McStiffs, though they’re worth mentioning). No one seems to want to say it, [...]
Virtual Belay
TheClimberGirl dishes on how she became a Twitter addict and how she uses it both as a tool to gather climbing beta and to meet new friends. Like most climbers, I hold down a couple of jobs. Over the years, I started exploring various social networking tools and online “water coolers,” so to speak, so [...]
Alone at the Top
You don’t have to climb big walls to bag some of the best peaks in Colorado. Presenting the best eight unknown summit scrambles in the state. First, a piece of advice: If you’re going to lose your keys on the top of a mountain, you had better make it one of Colorado’s wildly popular 14ers. [...]
Diamond Dogs
Are you ready to tackle the East Face of Longs Peak? Our rock-hound runs down all the ins and out of how to climb the most sought-after face on the Front Range whether it’s your first time or you’re a vet looking for a new challenge.
Underwriting Adventure
Want health insurance to protect yourself on your next climbing expedition? Think about applying for Polish citizenship. Two weeks from today, I head to Namibia. In fact, by the time you read this, I will likely be in Namibia doing something for which I’m not insured. Technically, because I live in the USA. I’m going [...]
Brothers, Keepers
When a climber decides to take his disabled brother up Yosemite’s big walls, he gets a first-hand look at his sibling’s grit and learns a lesson about impermanence. What compels a big-wall climber to leave the relative safety of the ground to live for days on the side of a rock wall enduring a regimen [...]
The Single-Speed: Stupid or Savior?
In which we seek to answer a question about pedal-powered enlightenment. Survey Says… We asked our online community to butt heads over the question: Single-speed, savior or stupid? The result was close but as of press time, the majority says the single speed saves. 46% STUPID By Dan A. Nelson I loved my single-speed bike. [...]
Fun in the Sun
Colorado may be a landlocked state, but that doesn’t keep us from the water. Whether it’s kayaking on the Arkansas or diving into a cold mountain lake, we’re as splish-splash as the next girl. Give us a day that starts with a wide-brimmed hat and ends with a long cold beer, and throw in some [...]
