Post blogger Mitch Mulhall takes his son angling on the Fryingpan and writes, "At the end of the day, the one thing I know I could never instill in him he seemed to embrace. I sat on the bank and watched as he worked an A.K. Best blue wing olive to several rising trout in a gently flowing side channel. After a time, I said, 'Three more casts, and it’s time to go.' Ten minutes would go by and I’d make a similar declaration. By the time he grudgingly began reeling in his fly, a good forty minutes had gone by... 'Dad,' he said looking me in the eyes as he was hooking his fly on an eye and wrapping the leader around the reel like he’d been doing it for years, 'I could do this all day.'”
When you live in Aspen, you don't have to wait for the Olympics to see Walsh/May-Treanor quality volleyball. More than 700 teams from all over the country compete in 18 divisions. Matches take place at Aspen's public parks.
Post staff is all for responsible drinking, so a Beer Pong at Bellyup Aspen before, during, and after the Colts v. Bills game raises our eyebrows. What is Beer Pong? is a drinking game in which players throw a table tennis ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in one of several cups of beer on the other end. The game typically consists of two two-player teams, one on each side of a table, and a number of cups set up on each side. There are no official rules, so rules may vary widely, though usually there are six or ten plastic cups arranged in a triangle on each side. The number of players on a team can vary as well, from one to three or more.
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I quit skiing altogether back in the early 90s, mainly because fly fishing was so much more cost effective. Then I had kids. As if children weren’t expensive enough, we enrolled them in ski lessons. Now, I’m sitting on a hotel-room bed in Leadville next to a slumbering eleven-year-old who is comatose with the exhaustion of skiing two Super Giant Slalom training runs, and one race. It’s good he’s asleep, for there’s another training run and two more races first thing in the morning.
Continue Reading January 26th, 2008
I was sniffing around the internet for local news when I came upon this story about a new contraption that’s supposed to keep you safe in the event you find yourself being overtaken by an avalanche. In a week that has brought us two fatalities on separate occasions in the East Vail chutes, and a GSPI feature about some hair-raising backcountry travel by one group of intrepid locals, I learn of a device that takes charge of an avalanche critical moments before a beacon has a chance to be useful: the Avalance Airbag System.
Continue Reading January 13th, 2008
I read the article in today's local paper about the X Games ending the concerts in the park. What the bleep are you thinking? "I would say concerts were taking on a life of their own, but I still think they complemented (the games)," Stiepock. Duh! But you still decide to end them? It is such a great event for town. It creates tremendous energy in the core all weekend long.
But by far the stupidest and most ridiculous comment is this, "You can't bring that band (Dave Matthews) in without having half the Front Range show up in town," Stiepock said. Hello isn't that what we want. Last I looked we are a tourist town and we love when people come to Aspen to ski, stay in our hotels and visit our stores.
Continue Reading November 29th, 2007
What really shocks me more about this weather is the way people dress. Yes, you finally get to see jackets and scarves in Austin after a long awaited hot summer, but more surprisingly, the lack thereof! How is it possible that I see idiot after idiot—I mean student after student wearing shorts??! Sometimes accompanied by nothing more than a t-shirt! How does this happen? And why am I freezing my (a$$) off while these people seem not to have noticed that it is 50 degrees?!
It also makes me wonder why I’m always the cold one. I never cease to get ridiculed for my low tolerance of cold temperatures (in Texas, this usually comes in the form of overzealous A/C units. Those bastards! And yes, I’m referring to air conditioning units themselves). And while I’m on the topic, what is wrong with the world? Why do we need to waste all this energy on making sure that the fat guy in the front row doesn’t feel a drop of sweat underneath the folds in his man boobs? OK, maybe that’s taking it a little far, but do we really need it to feel like a refrigerator everywhere we go? I mean, I think the novelty of “Come on in, its cool inside!” should be long gone by now, and we can come to an understanding on the temperature! But, again, I would be wrong. And just in case you’re wondering, I have no problem complaining about indoor temperatures, because they are controlled by man. I can’t control the weather, but A/C, now that’s someone’s choice.
Continue Reading October 22nd, 2007
Click here to watch video for great shots of the four seasons in the Roaring Fork Valley--especially winter in Aspen.
October 13th, 2007
The series is designed to be a comprehensive training program to prepare you for the cycling season, so to fully benefit we recommend that you sign up the full series. By registering for all three sessions in advance not only will you save money but you will ensure yourself a spot in the class of your choice for the whole winter. If you do not wish to begin in November it is possible to join in at any time, but remember that space in each class is limited and we do anticipate that some classes will sell out.
Continue Reading October 11th, 2007
On that fateful day in February, Leah, who had been an incredibly active woman - who had relocated to pursue her dreams in the mountains of Colorado - found herself in a state where she could not cough nor sneeze, nor could she move from her chest down. Every day for three months she relearned how to sit up, stand, feed herself, and perform simple tasks. She continues today to push the limits of her abilities by remaining an incredibly active woman – participating in regular spin classes and yoga. Leah had to reach very deep down inside her soul to find the determination and courage from within to continue her journey, called life.
Continue Reading October 4th, 2007
Have you ever had the urge to give up all your material possessions, quit your job, and travel to the other side of the country to live in the mountains? That's exactly what I did. With only a suitcase, a train ticket, and $300 in my pocket, I pulled up stakes and plunked down in the middle of the Roaring Fork Valley in the Colorado Rockies.The Sopris District includes parts of the Collegiate Peaks wilderness area which contains more fourteeners than any other wilderness area in the lower contiguous 48 states.
Continue Reading September 24th, 2007
Ed Foran: I was born and raised in Chicago, but I went to Alaska for fourteen years, lived off the grid for ten years with no electricity or running water, raced sled dogs, worked with UAA [University of Alaska Anchorage] in the archeological department. I met my wife Barbara in Alaska, she is from Los Angeles. This was mid-70s , many counter-culture folks were there.
MC: That’s a long way from Chicago.
EF: My father was a U.S. attorney in 1970 in Chicago. It was a fascinating experience growing up there, but I didn’t really enjoy it. It never ever felt like a fit. Alaska, however, felt like “going home,” the lifestyle, the people.
MC: How are Alaskans different?
EF: Very community-oriented, very smart, very libertarian, what you do is your own business. If you want to have Abrams tank or an arsenal of guns in your back yard, you should be able to do it.
Continue Reading September 19th, 2007
Remember in college, right before a test? You’d hear things like “I’m not ready for this test”; “I didn’t study until last night” and someone else would respond “Me either, in fact, I never even read the material”. Finally, someone would shut everyone else down by saying “I never even bought the book!” It’s easy to get caught up in these kinds of conversations around wellness and training, too. You don’t hear people bragging about the salad they had at lunch, or how diligently they trained before the race.
I wonder, are we covering our ‘you know what’s’ by pretending like we don’t really want our goals, just in case we don’t achieve them?
Continue Reading July 30th, 2007
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