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I’ve never been a very good mountain biker. Walking on a trail in Breckenridge this past week, I watched a very confident woman cruise down a steep single track hill with ease. That’s the thing about sports like mountain biking and downhill skiing. To be really, really good, you have…
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Arriving at zero dark hundred, we pull into the barren parking lot, our headlights illuminating the one other car already there. That in itself is an atypical start to a summit hike up one of Colorado’s 54 14,000-foot peaks. But it is a Tuesday in September, and it did rain…
Continue reading“Where are you from?” I queried the older couple who just walked into the museum. “Well, we’re from Texas but we’re staying in Boulder, Colorado for three weeks.” “Are you visiting friends or family?” “No, we’re house-sitting some people’s house through Housecares.com.” Huh? With Colorado being a very desirable vacation…
Continue readingHiking up the endless switchbacks, we have now left the trees behind. Mountains come into view — vast soaring peaks of 14,000 feet and more of granite. The terrain is covered in boulders with an occasion scant piece of grass or wildflower in it last stages of bloom before the…
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