Renaming Mount Evans: Thoughts on the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864
A few days ago, a formal petition was filed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and The Wilderness Society with the Board...
Thoughts on a Pandemic Thanksgiving Day
We’re thankful on Thanksgiving Day for life and the bounty of the world. We’re thankful for family and friends and...
Coolest Colorado Building: US Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Colorado Springs, home of the big box building, is now home to one of the coolest new buildings in the United...
Hiking Up Pulpit Rock in Colorado Springs
During this year of pandemic, sorrow, upheaval, and isolation, I've been getting out every day to hike local trails and climb...
John Gill: The Master of Rock Speaks
The other day I ferreted out my article notes from a detailed interview I did with John Gill, who was 41 years old at the time, in July...
Time Stands Still at Indian Creek Canyon
Here's a short essay that I wrote In September 2003 about Indian Creek Canyon for an Indian Creek climbing guidebook that...
The Hills were Alive with the Sound of Music: Photo of the Da Vinci Quartet in 1982
This is a photograph that I shot of the Da Vinci Quartet in late October 1982 for the cover of a local magazine in Colorado Springs...
NEW RELEASE! Best Hikes Colorado Springs is on the Shelf
Today, November 2, marks the official release of the new 2nd edition of my book BEST HIKES COLORADO SPRINGS! It's a gorgeous...
Penitente Canyon: A Climbing Ghost Story
What is our pagan holiday Samhain without a good spook story? This is the time of year, after the harvest...
Journalism Gives a View into Other Lives Like Rancher Tom Lasater
've spent most of my adult life telling stories with words and images, except for a few misspent years hauling bricks, mixing mortar...
