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NEW RELEASE! Hiking Colorado's Hidden Gems
I’m happy to announce the release of my newest book HIKING COLORADO’S HIDDEN GEMS from FalconGuides. I not only like this book with its...
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NEW! Hiking Colorado's Hidden Gems out April 1
I locked the final cover of my newest book HIKING COLORADO'S HIDDEN GEMS with FalconGuides a month ago. The 256-page book, generously...
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Penitente Canyon: Magic and Mystery in Southern Colorado
Penitente Canyon, on the western edge of the San Luis Valley, a Connecticut-sized basin in southern Colorado, has long been a sacred...
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NEW BOOK RELEASE! Climbing Pikes Peak: A Hiker's Guide to the Peak
I'm pleased to announce the release of my newest book CLIMBING PIKES PEAK: A HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE PEAK by Every Adventure Publishing! It's..
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Dateline 1930: Harry Standley Photographs Colorado Hikers
Here's a throwback photograph by Harry L. Standley, an early 20th-century photographer, of climbers sitting around a blazing campfire in
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Albert Ellingwood: Colorado's First Real Climber
Technical climbing in Colorado began with Albert Ellingwood, a political science professor at Colorado College. Ellingwood, born in Iowa in