Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:02:10 MST

Geoff Roes does not typically look back at the ultra races he has won, but the 2010 Western States Endurance Run is one of them.

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:06:02 MST

Birders spend a lot of time staring up at the sky, and they're not always looking for birds.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:16:34 MST

Ever since 1959, when Italian Cesare Maestri claimed to have made Cerro Torre's first ascent, this forbidding yet alluring peak has been plagued by contention.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:31:18 MST

When he was a youngster growing up in a working-class town in Wales, Steve Jones seemed headed for a life lifted from the pages of a Charles Dickens novel, of hard-scrabble mining and late nights at the pub.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:18:15 MST

Two nights ago, I was just finishing this week's column when I got a text message from a friend. Her news suddenly made my training article seem so pointless that I scrapped it and started over.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:31:08 MST

Last week, I was gazing at a bald eagle standing on the ice at Clover Basin Reservoir north of Boulder.

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:54:06 MST

Colleen De Reuck has been running competitively since she was 14, when she made her first state team in her native South Africa.

Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:17:58 MST

"You didn't even fail trying." That's what the hub said to me a few days ago when, approaching year's end, I paused to think about my one and only climbing goal for the 2011.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:28:58 MST

A few weeks ago, I found myself in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest Christmas tree cutting area. It was the last day to legally cut a tree.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:13:02 MST

On the first day of Christmas, climbing gave to me: Fear.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:57:59 MST

December brings the arrival of airborne visitors from the north, and not just the jolly old elf who sets out from the Pole on Christmas Eve.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:04:27 MST

When I asked, "As a runner, what gift would you like to receive this year?" Jeff Boele paused. "I don't want anything," he replied. "A few years ago, I started getting rid of stuff."

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:42:09 MST

Flagstaff is more than just a convenient outlet for today's crashpad-crazed, chalk-toting rock jocks. It's a stage upon which an influential sliver of American climbing history played out, as well as an arena of contemporary challenges.

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 23:59:45 MST

The other day I was rummaging through my tackle, looking for my favorite landing net, when it occurred to me that I have a lot more of them than I thought.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:29:19 MST

Before there was a running boom in Boulder, before Frank Shorter won his gold and silver Olympic medals and helped Steve Bosley start the Bolder Boulder 10K, before the Boulder Creek Path and all the area training groups, there was Rich Castro.