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Thinkers: Katal Innovations
How a tragic snowboarding accident led two engineering students to create a revolutionary aerial training device
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
August 2010
XC Running: A Winter Olympic sport?
Why running on snow could be added to the Olympic docket before a number of skiing events
ESPN.com
August 2010
Seizing success
Never mind the plunging economy. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Colorado's high country
Summit Magazine
Summer 2010
The one who counts
Elizabeth Hawley, 86, never climbed a mountain. So how did she become a mountaineering icon in Nepal?
Rock and Ice
September 2010
The doctor is in
He used to be Michael Jackson's personal physician. Now, this local legend uses trails for a greater good.
Trail Runner
August 2010
Thinkers: Tom Wallisch
Part One in a seven-part series on skiing's most innovative personalities
ESPN.com
August 2010
'Too many riders trying to get paid'
One year after a major free-agency movement, why are skiing's top teams at a standstill?
ESPN.com
July 2010
Welcome double back
Australian motocross pioneer Cam Sinclair's improbable return from a catastrophic double backflip attempt
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
July 2010
Nosebleeders unite
Why the farthest seats from home plate are also some of the best in baseball
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
July 2010
Building Rosa Khutor
An inside look at the 2014 Olympic venue, from the man the Russians hired to build it
SKI Magazine
July 2010
Inside the K2 ski attempt
Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Ericsson is on the verge of one of the greatest feats in skiing history
ESPN.com
July 2010
Unskied Lines No. 4: Denali South Face
Chris Davenport has had this complicated, 8,000-foot line in his sights for years
ESPN.com
July 2010
Power human
Canadian maverick Greg Hill is in the midst of the most ambitious year in backcountry skiing history
ESPN.com
June 2010
The bitch is back
One year after its debut, the vaunted Breck Epic gets even harder
BIKE
July 2010
Unskied Lines No. 3: Grand Teton
First skied in 1971, the Grand still has never been descended without downclimbing or rope assistance
ESPN.com
June 2010
Arne Backstrom obituary
The life and tragic death of a freeskiing star
ESPN.com
June 6, 2010
Ski Town U.
Will a new Colorado bill change higher education as skiers know it?
ESPN.com
June 2010
Three of a kind
For years, the Backstrom name has been tied to one gifted skier. Ingrid's two younger brothers, Arne and Ralph, seem intent on changing that
ESPN.com
May 2010
Greg Stump, uncensored
Freeskiing's legendary filmmaker talks about his life, his smoking-hot girlfriend, and The Legend of Aahhh's
ESPN.com
May 2010
Unskied Lines No. 2: Mount Saipal, Western Nepal
This 6,000-foot face averages 45 degrees from the summit of a 23,000-foot mountain
ESPN.com
May 2010
Unskied Lines No. 1: Mount Francis, Valdez, AK
The first in a series on the world's hairiest lines
ESPN.com
April 2010
New beginnings
Racer-turned-freeskier Angel Collinson, 19, left quite a mark in her debut season
ESPN.com
March 2010
Stomping Grounds: Summit County, Colo.
How a crusty old mining community became a major winter sports epicenter
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
March 2010
Post, Bouvier win extreme skiing titles in epic Crested Butte snow
Massive snowstorm turns bonier-than-ever conditions into three feet of powder
ESPN.com
February 2010
A Turn for the Better
Olympic ski cross racer Chris Del Bosco struggled with addiction for a decade,
but that demon -- much like his competition -- is behind him
ESPN.com
February 2010
Peak Conditions
Ski mountaineer Jamie Laidlaw, 29, has made his name descending coveted lines around the world
Middlebury Magazine
Winter 2010
Life According To ... Katie Uhlaender
Back-page interview with fearless -- and at times peerless -- Olympic skeleton racer
5280
February 2010
Clips
Cheat Sheet: Guide to backcountry skiing
A wide-ranging package on venturing into uncontrolled snow
Skiing Magazine
October 2009
Lofty Goal
Profile of the NHL's first black player, Willie O'Ree, and the
secret he kept
Boston Globe Magazine
(cover story)
December 2007
Miracle in Moab
World champion adventure racer Danelle Ballengee's improbable survival story
Summit Daily News
December 2006
*cited in the Best American Sports Writing anthology
Searching for Snuffy
How the men of the 10th Mountain Division helped me discover my long-deceased
grandfather
5280
December 2006
Lonely Heights
Why a genius, beloved coach was exiled from distance running
Running Times
May 2009
Online version with sidebar:
The case of the disappearing talent
Ride on the Wild Side
Profile of Alaskan snowmobiling legend Jay Quinlan
EXPN Magazine
Septempber 2008
A Passion for Pain
A week inside endurance racing's toughest event, Primal Quest
Summit Daily News
July 2008
The Lost Art of Getting By
Drinking water out of jars, skiing 200 days a year -- for some,
it's the life
Mountain Gazette
January 2009
Eyes on the Storm
A revolutionary sensor changes the way we get our weather forecasts
Popular Science
September 2009
Magazines
The Accidental Activist
Profile of 1800s miner-turned-environmentalist Edwin Carter
5280
April 2009
Instant Ironman
How a less-is-more approach to race training produces
startling results
National Geographic Adventure
March 2009
And you call yourself a ski bum
By-the-numbers profile of world record holder Rainer Hertrich
Outside
August 2006
Wellness keys: Fill 'er up
Mountain bike champ Josh Tostado's transformative (and robust)
diet
Outside
January 2009
Life
According to ... Jeff Kullman
Back-page interview with Colorado's mountain-highway chief
5280
November 2008
Dopers, beware
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Terry Madden doesn't joke around
5280
December 2007
Mr.
Unconventional
Profile of unlikely--and yet highly successful--college athletic
director Erin Quinn
Middlebury Magazine
Fall 2007
In the line of fire
The backstage life of a Secret Service agent on the presidential campaign trail
Middlebury Magazine
Fall 2008
*can be viewed upon request
Requiem for a dream
First rape, then Lyme disease--yet Tara Sheahan never let go of her Olympic pursuit
Middlebury Magazine (cover story)
Winter 2006
Speed Racer
Interview with Olympic mountain biker Mary McConneloug
Boston Globe Magazine
August 2008
Divide and Conquer
A road trip through the stunningly empty Southern Colorado mountains
National Geographic Adventure
August 2008
Beach Patrol
The beta on green sunscreens, lake, river, and standup-paddle surfing, and shark attacks
National Geographic Adventure
June/July 2008
The Lost Art of Talking Yourself Out of a Ticket
Wherein I get a $243 speeding ticket and write a story about my pathetic excuses
Mountain Gazette
July 2009
Bleeding to death in the desert
As-told-to interview with Danelle Ballengee, part of cover package on survival
Outside
November 2007
2007 Best Adventures
Contributed two trips to the package: Rafting down the Class V Gore Canyon in Colorado,
and sailing and surfing the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
Men's Journal
May 2007
2007 Summer Hot List
Small piece on Climax Jerky, a roadside delicacy outside Leadville, Colorado
Men's Journal
August 2007
A typical Crossfit workout
Sidebar to longer package on the Crossfit phenomenon
Men's Journal
June 2008
34 reasons to drink in a ski town (not that you needed any)
Short profile of colorful bartender Lee Walker and his restaurant, Angel's Hollow
Skiing
November 2008
Online
Saving Grace
Max Mancini's long road back from unthinkable tragedy
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
October 2009
The Wild West of the East: A Ski Expedition to Nepal
A compilation of web posts and photos from a 40-day adventure into the Himalaya
Skiing Magazine
September, October & November 2009
Newspapers
Singletrack minds
A first-person recap of the 190-mile Breck Epic mountain bike
stage race
Denver Post
July 2009
Bode Miller takes legacy seriously
Preview of an improbable season in which Miller won the World
Cup overall title
L.A. Times
November 2007
No-go zones for snowboarding down to three
A window inside a dying culture: the last of North America's ski-only resorts
L.A. Times
March 2008
Revenge ride turns into passion quest
On the nation's highest, most punishing courses, Josh Tostado can't be beaten
Denver Post
July 2008
Loveland vs. A-Basin
Inside the heated race between two tiny ski areas to open America's winter season
Denver Post
October 2008
Who skis every day
From the young to the elderly, this addiction wears many faces
Summit Daily
February 2008
Who We Are
A monthly series spotlighting mountain-town residents with wild stories to tell
Summit Daily
Gonzo
Ma Moose
Jeff Tarczon
$0.02 columns
A sampling of the weekly sports column I wrote for a group of Colorado newspapers
The Avs are like the Broncos who are like the statue
The Juice got thirsty one too many times
Young, feisty Rays make you forget how bad they were
When fate turns on a fairy tale career |