Haunted Tunnels: Chasing Ghosts on Colorado's Gold Camp Road
Restless spirits have long haunted the Pikes Peak region. Cripple Creek, an 1890s gold mining town on the west side of Pikes Peak, is repute
Dateline 1978: Climbers at The Cobbler in Colorado Springs
Back in the late 1970s, the local climbers in Colorado Springs would congregate every day at the Cobbler Mountain Shop at 10 South 25th Stre
ROCK ART: My Newest Book Released! #1 Bestseller in Mythology and Folklore
Last Friday, September 28, Falcon Guides released my newest book Rock Art: The Meanings and Myths Behind Ancient Ruins in the Southwest and
Climbing Fashion in the Stoned Age: Those 1970s Rock Climbing Clothes
The 1970s were a momentous time in not only American history but also rock climbing fashion. It was a time of sweeping out the stogy fashion
Garden of the Gods with a New View: Gazette Newpaper Article
Here's an article by Seth Boster that appears in this morning's Gazette newspaper about climbing at the Garden of the Gods, one of m
Dateline 1858: First Anglo Woman to Climb Pikes Peak
On August 5, 1858, 160 years ago this year, 20-year-old Julia Archibald Holmes reached the airy 14,115-foot-high summit of Pikes Peak, perha
1971: The Third Ascent of Standing Rock at Canyonlands National Park
I'm writing a book of climbing stories right now. One of the chapters is called "Tale of Three Towers." It's about a climb
Photo of Smokey the Chewbacca Dog Goes Viral
My son Ian Green had a Yorkshire Terrier named Smokey when he lived over in Palisade in western Colorado starting about 2008. Smokey was a w
Finally Met Legendary Climber Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy and I visit at a roadside cafe in Ridgway in mid-July. I finally met legendary climber Jim McCarthy a couple days ago in Ridgwa
A Pikes Peak Prospector Photograph by William Henry Jackson
This amazing portrait from 1900 by William Henry Jackson, entitled "A Pikes Peak Prospector," offers lots of detail of a miner'