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May 12, 2014

Mountain biking the Colorado Trail

Most mountain bikers have dreamed about an epic, pedal-powered off-road journey. Or, what some of the kids are calling “bike packing.” Last summer, Olympic snowboarder Justin Reiter and three of his buddies chased that dream, attempting America’s more ambitious rides, the Colorado Trail. The trail, which is 525 miles long, connects Denver to Durango and includes about 90,000 (!) feet of climbing, and almost all of that ascending is above 7,500 feet of elevation with a few sections above 12,500 feet. – Read More –

July 23, 2013

The Day the Earth Smiled

In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. – Read More –

February 25, 2013

No Solitude on Everest

This ridiculous photo was taken May 18 2012. Roughly 300 climbers, guides, and Sherpas crowded onto the upper slopes of Everest’s Southeast Ridge.  It looks like a line at Disney World.  Where’s the adventure…  shhh, just follow the guy in front you.  Starbucks is opening a cafe at Camp 2.

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