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Don’t Kick a Football Off a Colorado Fourteener
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Outside I feel for Lloyd Athearn, the executive director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative. When Athearn isn't...
Rocky Mountain National Park climber dies after 500-foot free climbing fall
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUpdate: July 14: The Larimer County Coroner's Office has identified the climber who lost her life in...
What are Colorado's top beginner fourteeners? The state's highest peak is among them
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSummitting a Colorado fourteener is a bucket list item when in the Centennial State because the state has more peaks rising 14,000 feet above sea level than any other state. Hiking, scrambling ...
The Crux of Longs Peak Wasn’t the Climb
Climbing via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoLongs Peak (14,259 feet) is the first Colorado Fourteener I ever stood on top of. On an ascent of D7 in the late 1990s, my friend Chris and I watched...
Rocky Mountain National Park's Longs Peak Keyhole Route finally free of snow
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA month after it normally is free of snow, the Keyhole Route on Rocky Mountain National Park's Longs...
Man’s Best Friend Can’t Compare to These 9 Adventure Cats
Outside via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThis article originally appeared on Outside Don’t get me wrong. I love dogs. And dogs have done...
Imbeciles on a String
Climbing via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Climbing We were high on the mountain, it was well past midnight, and falling snow whipped past at ludicrous speed....
Time to Go Big
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Outside It's been a while since I've been up this early. 3:32 a.m. As I get out of bed I glance at my watch, its...
Always live your best life: Why do people climb mountains?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClimbing mountains over 14,000 feet has become popular in the last few years. They are called 14'ers and hundreds of thousands of people do it each year.
A Climber We Lost: Peter (Pete) Heck
Climbing via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoPete Heck was a longtime Colorado climber, runner, and mountain runner, legendary in the Roaring Fork Valley (RFV) on Colorado's West Slope, where he...
