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11 Apr Earth Matters: Climate Change Reality 1896-2013: Mauka to Makai
In 1896, approximately 150 years after the dawn of the industrial revolution began to disrupt Earth’s natural energy balance, Nobel Laureate chemist Svante Arrhenius theorized that carbon dioxide (CO2) derived from fossil fuel combustion induced atmospheric global warming. Nonetheless, it took another 62 years before...
23 Mar Freeriders Conquer 4-star Freeride World Qualifier
4-star results Women’s Snowboard: 1. Mary Boddington, USA, 138.67 2. Laura Dewey, USA, 112.67 3. Galen Bridgewater, USA, 104.00 Women’s Ski: 1. Natalie Segal, NZL, 149.33 2. Allie Rood, USA, 145.00 3. Hazel Burnbaum, USA, 141.00 Men’s Snowboard: 1. Colin Boyd, USA, 159.67 2. Vincent Remmel, USA, 150.33 3. Christopher Galvin, USA, 144.33...
15 Mar Earth Matters: Searching for Silence in a Loud World
I’m alone, skiing towards a high ridge in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The stars are bright, but a slight glow is spreading from the east. Breath after breath creates a plume of steam that’s illuminated by my headlamp. My skis slide smoothly over...
06 Nov Earth Matters: The Climate Reality March Across America
The fat lady has sung and the time has come for climate deniers to face the music. Based on 117 years of research, the 5th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2013 Report concluded: “It is extremely likely [95 percent confidence] more than half of the observed...
04 Oct Earth Matters: Climate Reality Project
Climate change is happening now. One year after Superstorm Sandy caused $80 billion in damage, there have been raging forest fires induced by extreme drought conditions burning thousands of acres of pristine forest, killing dozens of people, and destroying hundreds of homes. More recently, an...
11 Sep Hotel Madeline, a Leading Hotel of the World
The trumpet sounded at a special media luncheon held in the summer of 2012, when it was announced that Hotel Madeline Telluride, Mountain Village, was now officially part of the The Leading Hotels of the World group. What does the designation really mean? The luxury...
27 Dec TALL TALES: REAL LIFE TOP TEN
Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves...
27 Jun WORLD-RENOWNED CELLIST FEATURED AT MUSICFEST
Naming a thing helps give the senses a place to aim, but sadly, the phrase “classical music” is a tour de force of negative publicity. The words suggest something inaccessible outside pop culture. “Classical music” conjures the sounds of dead white guys, for blue hairs...