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Today’s Field Notes is about the Sport Climbing Series national championships, which took place in Boulder, at Movement, this past weekend. The prevailing spirit I felt at the comp? Community.  

I know I’m supposed to be totally impartial, but I grant myself some favorite stories throughout the year. The fact that the CU Sailing Team didn’t have any boats when they started four years ago ranks them high on my … Continue reading →

Just in case you haven’t heard: Rangers discovered an old, previously dismantled — and illegal — trail on Flagstaff Mountain earlier this month. And they found someone riding it and ticketed him. If you’re following the West TSA debate, you … Continue reading →

Tonight at 6:30, local pro mountain biker Sonya Looney and her teammate Jeff Kerkove are giving a presentation on multi-day mountain bike racing at REI Boulder. I talked to Sonya the other day about how one would go about totally … Continue reading →

Since today’s Field Notes is about getting the grrr back, it seemed appropriate to get the blog back today, too. Whoops. Yeah, took some time off here. Hi! But back to the grrr: Grrr, n.: motivation to go after it … Continue reading →

The College X Pass — which provides two days of skiing at any of Aspen’s four mountains for $78 during the 2011 Winter X Games (students only) — makes it possible to ski bum-slash-dirtbag it in Aspen this weekend. But … Continue reading →

I’ve been following climber Kelly Cordes’ series “Fighting Forty” on the Cleanest Line, and he posted his final segment yesterday. I’ve enjoyed it so much I had to pimp it here. I have a few more years before I have … Continue reading →

Boulder-based climber Emily Harrington competed in the Ouray Ice Festival comp over the weekend for the first time. Emily hasn’t been climbing ice very long at all. But (you probably already know) she totally crushes rock, so I’m not surprised … Continue reading →

Registration is now open for Boulder’s Winter Bike to Work Day, which is January 19. Today isn’t the best day to be thinking about riding your bike to work in the winter. The roads aren’t very clear. It’s freaking cold. … Continue reading →

Get a beacon for Christmas? Let’s pause for a moment to revisit a story from last winter. A backcountry skier befuddled rescuers for two months after flipping on his personal locator beacon every time he headed out for a few … Continue reading →