I find really challenging, endurance sports fun. I’ve run a marathon. I dabble in CrossFit. I like to drag my friends on casual 14 mile hikes. But I think Mount Princeton may have gotten the best of me this past weekend. Darn you Mount Princeton. I spent the past weekend camping in the Buena Vista … Continue reading »
Category Archives: colorado
Colorado could use some love right now
I originally had an entry ready to publish about a weekend hike. But I can’t post it. Because you want to know what’s really important in my life right now? The devastation that is occurring in my Colorado backyard. I could care less about my own silly adventures in the mountains. What I care about … Continue reading »
Double digit club
With all of my misadventures on 14ers it was high time for a successful hike up a 14er without any major hindrance. This finally happened when I hiked Mount Massive with my friend Molly, and I could not have been happier. Mount Massive is located just outside of Leadville, by Mount Elbert. It was a … Continue reading »
14ers / adventures / colorado
Mount Evans: An electrifying experience
Between missing the trail completely on La Plata Peak and my recent experience hiking Mount Evans, I am not having the best luck on 14ers lately. At a minimum, I’m certainly learning some lessons the hard way this summer! The start of my day versus the end of my day. My most recent hiking misadventure … Continue reading »
Way down South
Apparently I now spend all my free time in Colorado Springs. Okay, I’m being a little dramatic, but I stayed in Colorado Springs last weekend for the Garden of the Gods 10 Miler and I was in Colorado Springs again this past Friday. The scary thing is that I don’t hate Colorado Springs at all. In … Continue reading »
I’ve seen it rain fire in the sky
You know what has been rocking my world lately? Many things but especially the Colorado sky. Seriously. Between the crazy hail and thunderstorms and fire in Fort Collins, the sunsets have just been out of control lately. At my Denver Summer Ultimate Frisbee League game last week, I was absolutely mesmerized by the sky. When … Continue reading »
How to not hike a 14er
When my original Memorial Day weekend plans of road tripping to New Mexico with my friend Melissa fell through due to boring, responsible reasons like work, I quickly made alternate plans to camp and hike a 14er with two fellow Colorado bloggers, Heather and Heidi. They were planning on trying to climb La Plata Peak, … Continue reading »
I should stick to mountains
I don’t know why but I have been dying to go to Beta for the past two years. Beta is basically the quintessential night club in Denver. I mean apparently LeBron James was there a few weeks ago? You might be thinking to yourself right now that Beta doesn’t really seem like my kind of … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / hikes / rmnp
A “moderate” hike
Disclaimer: If you ever want to go hiking with me and I tell you we’re going on a “moderate” hike, be concerned. I have every other Friday off of work, and since it has been so warm lately I thought that a hike at Rocky Mountain National Park would be a perfect way to spend … Continue reading »
Closing time
Ski season, like all good things, comes to an end eventually. And even though I haven’t gone skiing for six weeks, I felt the need to say a proper good-bye to this year’s season Admittedly, the snow this year was abysmally bad; I still had a great season. You can never be upset about any … Continue reading »
