You recall my recent post on the Boulder Climbing Community…and now here’s your chance to get involved. Thursday, July 8, at 8 p.m., the BCC will get together to hang, organize, and watch a short film by Bob Carmichael, Boulder’s “first climbing filmmaker”. The event goes down at Neptune Mountaineering (633 S. Broadway, in Boulder) [...]
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Sunscreen Revisited: Yours Still Sucks, Unless…
I received a fair bit of feedback from my post on sunscreen, so I thought I’d follow up and dish some worthy info from friends in the field. First off, your sunscreen still sucks–unless you’re lucky enough to be using one of the “recommended” brands on the Environmental Working Group’s website (http://tinyurl.com/2bymspf). Turns out there [...]
Your Sunscreen Sucks–or So “They” Say
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I figure this affects just about every one of you, so here goes. Your sunscreen sucks…and so does mine. I think. Let me rewind: my mom died of malignant melanoma in 1993. She grew up on a farm (tons of UV exposure as a kid) [...]
The Curse of the Perfectionist
It’s normal to have goals and expectations for ourselves. Without them, how can we possibly expect to improve or accomplish anything in life? However, if we don’t meet our expectations or think we might not reach our goal, it often causes anxiety, depression, or a decrease in self-worth. This leads us to the internal dialogue [...]
And Now…the Dust Layer
I don’t remember these “dust events” during the ’70s and ’80s. Did we have ‘em? Anyway, you may notice the pink or reddish hue in our remaining snowpack and it’s Utah desert dust sprinkled liberally across the top of our winter leftovers. Why does it matter? Well, for starters, it dramatically increases the heat absorption [...]
NFL or MTB??
Last week, I was fortunate enough to be in Germany. I race professionally for Topeak Ergon, but my “day job” is also Ergon related – I am the U.S. Sales Manager. Ergon is based in Koblenz, Germany, so when my boss told me that I was going to Germany for a Research & Development Product [...]
Corn Cycle?!
Well, have we finally gotten our chunk of high pressure, clear nights, and good solar? I’m hoping for a tour on Longs this week, so I’m wondering what you’re all seeing out there. Good corn? Solid freezes way up high?! It’s been another weird spring, with big storms, a dust layer, and cloudy nights. The [...]
Blog Your Way Around the World?
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 [...]
Hey Parents, It Ain’t Over!
If you have not yet picked up Outdoor Parents, Outdoor Kids, Eugene Buchanan’s excellent tome for surviving active parenthood, do so now. The book is the 0utdoor addict’s answer to Dr. Sears. Last week, Eugene, who is a frequent contributor here at Elevation Outdoors, read from the book at REI in Boulder and Denver. Here’s [...]
Mountain biking? Wine tasting? Telluride? Yes!
Believe it or not the Telluride Wine Festival has been sipping the goods for more than a decade. Each year they’ve gone a little bigger and this June 25-26 the ante gets upped with live music featuring Devotchka, Blitzen Trapper, Jackie Greene, and a bunch of other mountain-grass howl-at-the-moon musicians. More and more youthful, athletic [...]
