Mammoth Lakes: Made For Adventure
It all began in 1996, when I traveled to Las Vegas on assignment for Men's Journal to cover the Adult Entertainment Expo, the Academy Awards of porn....
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Stories By David Roberts
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Pioneering Climber Maurice Herzog Dies
Famous French mountaineer Maurice Herzog died on Friday of natural causes at the age of 93. Herzog is best known for his 1950 expedition with Louis...
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The People's Choice: Banff 2012, Part V
All right, it's a film festival. And the manic week in Banff reaches its climax on Sunday evening, when the prizes in several categories of cinematic excellence...
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Night Of The Legends And New Kids: Banff 2012, Part IV
The Banff festival reaches its frenzied peak on the weekend, when films stream nonstop before packed houses in both the Eric Harvie and Margaret Greenham Theatres. Many...
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The Best Mountain Book Ever Written
Well, they asked for it, proposing a panel with such an ex cathedra title as "The Best Mountain Book Ever Written." So it wasn't surprising when Katie...
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Riffing On Mallory, Everest And Sex: Banff 2012, Part II
The biggest event at Banff is the Saturday evening presentation, which opens with the festival's semi-mythic film trailer. As the room darkens, the big screen lights up...
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You Had To Be There: Banff 2012, Part I
I was eating a burger on the patio of the Cowgirl in Santa Fe. It was a breezy day in May 2008, with the sun dancing in...
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Inside Climbing's Kennedy Dynasty
[embedImage=https://www.theactivetimes.com/sites/default/files/u9331/hayden_jason_kruk_patagonia_2.jpg] Hayden in the Canadian Rockies. (credit: Jason Kruk) For more on what it's like to watch your son head into the mountains, check out...
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Q&A: Climber Michael Kennedy On Mountains, Risk And His Rising Son Hayden
With the exception of free soloing, no form of climbing is more dangerous than big-range mountaineering. Michael Kennedy, who made daring first ascents from the late 1970s...
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The World's Hottest Climber
In 2008, 23-year-old Alex Honnold emerged from obscurity with two free solo climbs that astonished the climbing world. Without a partner, a rope, or any gear—"if you...
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Great Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 6)
This is day six of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.Ah, Moon House . . . ....
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Great Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 5)
This is day five of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.After leaving Mule Canyon on Day Four,...
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Great Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 4)
This is day four of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.How many men, women and children lived...
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 3)
This is day three of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.A bit tired after our long, full...
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 2)
This is day two of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.At the trailhead, Sheik's Canyon begins as...
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Best Hikes: 6 Days In Cedar Mesa, Utah (Day 1)
This is day one of a six-day hike. Don't miss the other five adventures of Best Hikes: 6 Days in Cedar Mesa, Utah.We hiked west on the rim of...
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Mountain Classics, Then And Now
This spring, The Mountaineers Books will re-publish two of the great adventure stories of all time, The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah, by David Roberts, in...
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One Man, A Thousand Stories
I first became aware of Freddie Wilkinson in 2009, when Ed Viesturs and I were writing K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain. The...
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