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National Geographic Society

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Photographer Cory Richards wins American Alpine Club's 2012 Rowell Award

    The American Alpine Club announced this week that Boulder-based photographer Cory Richards has won its 2012 Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure. The $15,000 award, which will be officially presented next month during Mountainfilm in Telluride, is named for photographers Galen and Barbara Rowell, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Andrew Skurka unpacks The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide

    The greatest adventures are always more about the journey than the destination, but that truism can be easy to forget when you can't wait to get that heavy pack off your back. If the actual hiking isn't the most enjoyable part of your backpacking trips, then you just might be going about the whole t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    American Weed chronicles Colorado MMJ on National Geographic Channel

    Video below.​The Colorado medical and recreational cannabis communities are put under the lens of reality television tonight. Tonight, National Geographic Channel will air the first episode American Weed, the latest weed-themed reality TV show to hit the mainstream. See a preview below.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    OutsideOnline.com screening Sweetgrass Productions' ski film Solitaire tonight

    Boulder-based filmmaker Nick Waggoner's Sweetgrass Productions film Solitaire -- documenting two years exploring South American backcountry terrain on a human-powered trek around Argentina, Peru, and Chilean Patagonia -- was the year's most surprising ski film, winning the Best Cinematography award ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Colorado Springs lives it up with new logo and slogan

    Ted Haggard​When you think of Colorado Springs, what do you think of? Pikes Peak? The Garden of the Gods? The Broadmoor? The Air Force Academy? Ted Haggard? Yesterday, while Visit Denver's annual meeting was learning that National Geographic Traveler will feature Denver next year as soon as th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Climber Cory Richards, skier Nick Waggoner finalists for National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

    Self-portrait by Cory Richards, via adventure.nationalgeographic.com​National Geographic announced the finalists for its 2012 Adventurers of the Year awards on Friday, and they include two Boulder locals: Cory Richards, the first American to complete a winter ascent of an 8,000 meter peak, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Skating the suburbs: New skateparks set to open in Thornton and Westminster

    Right on the heels of the really-fucking-big-deal opening of the Don Anema Memorial Skatepark in Northglenn -- which rivals (if not outdoes) the Denver Skatepark for biggest park in the state -- come two more hot skate spots in the northern suburbs: the Trail Winds Skatepark in Thornton, set to open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    19th century explorers make their way to Neptune Mountaineering tonight

    In the 1880s, English explorers Teresa and St. George Littledale -- with their fox terrier, Tanny, in tow -- mounted expeditions in the Rocky Mountains and across North America. And then they headed even further afield, to the Caucasus, the Pamirs, Russian Central Asia, Mongolia and eventually Tibet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Oskar Blues taps into viral honey badger video with new beer, but honey badger don't care

    Oskar Blues is the second Colorado brewery to tap into a viral YouTube video, releasing Honey Badger Smoked Porter at its restaurants in Longmont and Lyons yesterday. The beer was inspired by "The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall)," a National Geographic video with a hilar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    A crash course in MacArthur-winning journalist Peter Hessler, as suggested by Peter Hessler

    ​Ridgway-based journalist and recent MacArthur "genius" grant winner Peter Hessler's work spans China, small towns in southwestern Colorado and back to Nepal. Latest Word has more on the $500,000 award from the MacArthur Foundation which was announced its 22 winners yesterday, as well as a Q&A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Q&A: Director Anson Fogel brings Cold to the Reel Rock Film Tour

    ​"What the fuck am I doing here?" asks mountain climber Cory Richards, in the opening seconds of Cold, one of six climbing films featured in the 2011 Reel Rock Film Tour that kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. at the Boulder Theater. It's a poignant question: Richards is at 21,959' and freezing his a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Reader: Perpetuating the social stigma of furries

    ​There's no way to offend a sub-culture, it seems, like writing silly captions beneath pics of one of their gatherings. So it goes with furries, many of whom have been upset by my Furry Field Guide, which parodied a National Geographic-style wildlife manual using photos from the 2011 Rocky Mou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Henry Rollins on National Geographic gig and other adventures in work

    ​Henry Rollins (appearing at the Soiled Dove Underground this Sunday, April 3) began his career fronting Black Flag, an endeavor he won a Grammy for chronicling in the audio book Get in The Van. He went on to front The Rollins Band and appeared in numerous films.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Today in stoke: Vicariously walk 4,680 miles in Andrew Skurka's boots

    ​If you need some inspiration for your next epic trek (or just prefer to live vicariously through the tales of others), stop by Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder, 633 South Broadway Suite A, tonight at 8 p.m., where Boulder-based adventurer Andrew Skurka will share a multimedia presentation do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Today in Stoke: Climbing expedition applications open for Copp-Dash Inspire Awards

    ​Ready to climb something crazy and then tell the tale in style? The Jonny Copp Foundation is now accepting applications for its $20,000 in 2011 Copp-Dash Inspire Awards, named in memory of Copp (Boulder's Adventure Film Festival founder) and his climbing partner Micah Dash, who died in 2009 i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Birds in Arkansas: Ten more crazy things that fell from the sky

    Courtesy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette​More than a thousand blackbirds, grackles and starlings fell from the sky on New Year's Eve in Beebe, Arkansas. So far, there has been no official explanation for the avian precipitation, but we thought we'd look to other unexpected things falling fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Candy Claws' new video - "The Breathing Fire"

    ​This past summer, Candy Claws lost all of its gear in a car fire, mid-way through an East coast tour. Fortunately, the band escaped physically unharmed and forged ahead with the remaining dates, and a late summer full-length sophomore release, Hidden Lands, followed. This week, the octet debu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Solitary-confinement report conclusions outrage prison activists

    Colorado's supermax is so much fun the state is opening a second one. ​The release of a twelve-month study about the mental effects of solitary confinement at Colorado's supermax is still weeks away. But preliminary results leaked from the report -- which suggest state prisoners suffer little ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Die Antwoord take us deeper down the zef rabbithole

    Our first encounter with South African Internet sensation Die Antwoord saw us categorize them as just another bizarro novelty for the Freaky Friday canon. But then a funny thing happened -- as we dug a little deeper, we started to kind of like it (well, some us did -- we seem to have a split decisio ... More >>

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2008

    Sports Go to Extremes

    Our first encounter with South African Internet sensation Die Antwoord saw us categorize them as just another bizarro novelty for the Freaky Friday canon. But then a funny thing happened -- as we dug a little deeper, we started to kind of like it (well, some us did -- we seem to have a split decisio ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 12, 2008

    Sports Go to Extremes

    Our first encounter with South African Internet sensation Die Antwoord saw us categorize them as just another bizarro novelty for the Freaky Friday canon. But then a funny thing happened -- as we dug a little deeper, we started to kind of like it (well, some us did -- we seem to have a split decisio ... More >>

  • Film

    May 1, 2008

    Sea Monsters

    Wildlife Experience

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2008

    Climb Every Mountain

    Wildlife Experience

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    Talking Shop

    Wildlife Experience

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    Changing Climates, Changing Minds

    Wildlife Experience

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    On the Backs of Great Men

    Wildlife Experience

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Déjà View

    Thought Equity Motion is using old footage in new revenue-generating ways.

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    Cherry Creek, Phone Home

    First Round the Corner disappeared. Now Tattered Cover. What's next?

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2006

    Culture Stock

    Go native in Mesa Verde.

  • Music

    May 18, 2006

    Brix

    Going up the Creek

  • Goods & Services

    March 24, 2005

    Best Bookstore for Readers Who Have Time (and Life) on Their Hands

    Denver Book Fair

  • Culture

    October 7, 2004

    Artbeat

    Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2004

    Cache In

    GPS is the techie's way to scavenge

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2004

    Pharaoh Weather

    Travel through time with Treasures of Ancient Egypt

  • News

    October 23, 2003

    Mall in the Family

    If you build it, they will come.

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Cultural Pioneers

    Campaign for Tibet remembers the Rowells

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Incredible Journey

    Lewis & Clark re-creates an epic journey on the very big screen.

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2003

    Short Sighted

    Run, bounce, jump, sing and dance at KidSpree.

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2003

    Belly, Belly Good

    Make 'em quake with a shimmy and a shake.

  • Film

    July 18, 2002

    Deep Thinker

    The realistic Widowmaker cruises in a nuclear sea.

  • Film

    June 7, 2001

    Mountain Do

    In Himalaya, the human spirit tests its mettle.

  • People & Places

    March 29, 2001

    Best Appearance by Colorado in a National Magazine

    Rico, Colorado

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1999

    Night & Day

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Calendar

    January 28, 1999

    Plane Truths

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Calendar

    March 12, 1998

    Calendar

    Mar. 12 - 18, 1998

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    The Bust Was a Bust

    Who got stung by National Geographic's on-camera sting of a fossil "poacher"?

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Skeletons in Their Closet

    The feds had a bone to pick with this fossil-hunting family.

  • Dining

    November 23, 1994

    MOUTHING OFF

    The feds had a bone to pick with this fossil-hunting family.

  • Music

    August 17, 1994

    BIG SMACK ATTACK

    The feds had a bone to pick with this fossil-hunting family.

  • Music

    May 25, 1994

    PLAYLIST

    The feds had a bone to pick with this fossil-hunting family.

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