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From skis to whiskey: Finding my way at Outdoor Retailer’s Snow Show
Between the top-of-the-line camper vans and bedroom-sized inflatable igloo, just past the bar set up with rows of whiskey shots and around the corner from the skis decorated with cow spots, I huddled on a bench, clutching a bag full of business cards, and...
‘Everest’ makes a chilling – and oddly down-to-earth – opera
If you’ve never heard the word “y’all” sung in an opera, or seen an opera starring performers wearing insulated jackets and oxygen masks, you haven’t seen “Everest.” I caught the Sunday matinee of the one-act opera, which chronicles the 1996 disaster on Mount Everest...
Banff Film Festival comes to Austin March 8-9
Lace up your hiking boots for two nights of outdoors-themed films that’ll draw Austin’s tent-and-backpack set to the Paramount Theatre on March 8 and 9. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, presented by Whole Earth Provision Company, features shorts about...
Fog, friends, and an unfurling river: Racing the Texas Winter 100K
Other than a 25-mile cruise from Austin to Webberville a few weeks ago, I haven’t dipped a paddle in the water since the Texas Water Safari ate me up and spat me out last June. That changed yesterday, when I raced the Texas Winter 100K, a 62-mile paddle race...
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