Nearly 72,000 people voted for National Geographic Adventure's People's Choice Adventurer of The Year for 2012. The winners are Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa, who with second-hand equipment, a tiny budget and no corporate sponsors, climbed Everest, descended with paragliders and paddled to the sea...
Who Were the People of the Mesa Verde Region and Where Did They Go? If you follow the Dolores River from Telluride, it takes you to the heart of one of the world’s greatest archaeological areas: The Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado. Inhabited by American...
Spring is in the air, and unmet New Year’s resolutions are nagging in the back of many of our minds. What better time to walk more? We’re not just talking about walking for the sake of exercise. No, we mean actually walking to get somewhere....
While in medical school at Harvard, Geoff Tabin applied for a leave of absence because he wanted to join a climbing expedition for a first ascent up the east face of Mount Everest. An ophthalmologist called him a “moron” and steered him, instead, toward a...
A Taste of Latin Flavor! fundraiser Friday, March 16, 2012 There’s a charming old lady who lives on Oak Street in the heart of Telluride. She throws a lot of parties and is always the belle of the ball. The most sublime music played within her...
Spooked by the wave of regime change around the world, the Chinese government is cracking down hard on the Tibetan people. Inspired by Time magazine’s 2011 recognition of the power of “The Protestor,” Tibetans — mostly monks — have been fighting back in the most desperate way: by setting themselves...
Jazz concert to include great composer, originals, Latin & Blues Mullti-instrumentalist and band leader Jeff Solon is a regular at the Telluride Jazz Celebration's After Dark performances at venues all over town. His usual perch: the New Sheridan Bar. Think of his upcoming concert as a...
“Who here has ever had trouble getting to Telluride?” Johnnie Stevens asked a captive audience at a recent Historic Ski Tour. Stevens was on his way to make one his favorite points: the more things change, the more they stay the same. He executed the parody flawlessly—with an...
Go Cowboy – for TASP Telluride Adaptive Sports Program’s spring fundraiser is March 9 In the Telluride Adaptive Sports Offices, we send people skiing who weren’t supposed to make it back outside to recreate. We see kids from Arizona with disabilities light up because they’re sliding on...
New York Times bestselling author Dan Buettner is scheduled to speak at Mountainfilm in Telluride, May 25 – May 28. Buettner, also a National Geographic Fellow and internationally recognized researcher author "Blue Zones: Lesson for Living Longer from People Who've Lived the Longest." The book...
