NEW COLORADO PARK! Sandstone Ranch Open Space
I spent today roaming around Sandstone Ranch Open Space, a 2,038-acre nature preserve between Palmer Lake and...
Support Climbing Magazines and Publishers During the Pandemic
I received my new issue of Alpinist 71 today and flipped it open to page 3. On that full-page are the photos and names of 56 contributors...
Losing Colorado's Heritage to Time and Vandals
One of the most disheartening things in this modern age is the disappearance of so much of Colorado's old heritage. I've tramped...
Little Church on the Colorado Prairie
Two historic Orthodox churches rise from the shortgrass prairie in eastern Colorado five miles north of Calhan. The humble churches...
Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox
Tomorrow morning at 7:30 Mountain Daylight Time marks the Autumnal Equinox, the day when the celestial equator passes over the midpoint...
Dateline 1911: John Otto Climbs Independence Monument
One of the chapters in the book of climbing stories that I've been writing is about John Otto and the first ascent of Independence...
Essay on Indian Creek and Supercrack
Indian Creek. To me, there has always been magic in that name. That sinuous canyon, lined with soaring walls of ruddy Wingate sandstone...
Bullet the Blue Sky: Climbing Photo Perfection
This perfect climbing photograph that I shot in late 1995 depicts a climber on the perfect arete of Bullet the Blue Sky, a mega-classic...
CLIMBING PIKES PEAK Book Signing September 19 at Mountain Chalet
I'll be signing my newest book CLIMBING PIKES PEAK: A HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE PEAK in front of the Mountain Chalet in downtown Colorado...
Reflections on Work and Labor Day
Last week was Labor Day. A celebration of the worker, the worker who is all of us, the worker within us. The worker bee, the cog in the...
