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Books: “The Source of All Things” and “The Museum Collection”

Books: “The Source of All Things” and “The Museum Collection”

by Brendan Leonard June 1, 2011 Books

Brendan Leonard and Tara Flanagan review “The Source of All Things” by Tracy Ross and “The Museum Collection” by William Meriwether.

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Movies: “The Love Letter”

Movies: “The Love Letter”

by Brendan Leonard June 1, 2011 Film

Writer and Dirtbag Diaries creator Fitz Cahall is building a new business model for outdoor filmmakers.

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Roll-Out the Barrels/The Red Onion, Aspen c. 1975

Bob Chamberlain’s Mountain Vision #178

by Bob Chamberlain May 3, 2011 May 2011

In the 1950s, there were a couple of guys named Earl that hung around the Red Onion a lot. One was called Eatin’ Earl and the other was was called Drinkin’ Earl.

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Pete Dunda performs outside in Crested Butte. Photo by Dawne Belloise

The Original Mountain Slamdance

by Dawne Belloise May 3, 2011 May 2011

Grab a brewski, a partner and twirl into the sea of musical bumper cars, because anyone who can count to three and is still breathing can polka.

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Fourteeners and Fire Season

Fourteeners and Fire Season

by Brendan Leonard May 3, 2011 Books

Brendan Leonard reviews “Colorado’s Fourteeners” and “Fire Season.”

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Leftover Salmon

Mayor McCheese, and mountain culture, missing

by Kimberly Nicoletti May 3, 2011 May 2011

The Mayor’s latest disappearance is perhaps symbolic of the changes Herman sees in mountain towns altogether: the vanishing of true ski-bum traditions.

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Portrait of the American Climber

Portrait of the American Climber

by Brendan Leonard May 3, 2011 Film

Brendan Leonard reviews the film “Portrait of the American Climber.”

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Way of the Mountain #178

Way of the Mountain #178

by Mountain Gazette May 3, 2011 May 2011

Besides the dazzling performance of Sandra Cisneros, the highlight for me at San Miguel de Allende’s Sixth Annual International Writers Conferenced this past February was the Carnitas Fest at Simple Choice Farm on the road to Jalpa and the Talking Gourds Fire Circle, co-led with poet/teacher Judyth Hill of “Wage Peace” fame — shadows of [...]

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Steve ‘Duder’ Kammerer, general manager at Steamworks Brewing Co., performs a difficult balancing act with cans of the Third Eye Pale Ale, Colorado Kolsch and Steam Engine Lager.

Craft in Cans Float the Boat

by Erich Hennig May 2, 2011 May 2011

If, like me, you find that floating down some remote canyon on a 100-plus-degree day in Utah necessitates the life-saving presence of copious cans of ice-cold beverages, then you understand the complex nature of determining the correct quantity to pack.

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Bob Chamberlain’s Mountain Vision #177

Bob Chamberlain’s Mountain Vision #177

by Bob Chamberlain April 5, 2011 April 2011

Local Apparent Lunchtime is one variable of celestial navigation that is usually possible to estimate with a great deal of accuracy. When you are not allowed to handle the oars, or raise a sail, and your craft is only an inflatable rubber life raft, your mind travels naturally toward something good to eat. At sea, [...]

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