Author: Jon Maletz
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Aspen teen makes top 10 at World Cup race
ASPEN — The look said it all. Moments after she dashed across the finish line in the first run of Saturday’s Aspen Winternational giant slalom, cameras captured Vail teenager Mikaela Shiffrin chuckling and shrugging her shoulders as she stood in the finish area. As the roars from a packed grandstand intensified, the precocious skier pumped…
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Armstrong looking forward to life post-USADA, athletic career
ASPEN — As a familiar figure in black and gold cycling garb negotiated the final switchback on Aspen Mountain’s Summer Road, the roars from a teeming Gondola Plaza intensified. Public scrutiny and questions about his legacy abound, but on this sun-splashed Saturday in the Colorado high country, Lance Armstrong received a hero’s welcome. After pedaling…
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Racers new and old challenge themselves at Leadville 100 bike race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LEADVILLE — About three weeks ago, Aspen’s Chris Klug and a group of friends ventured to Columbine Mine, the halfway point of the famed Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. They gathered at the top…
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Racers new and old challenge themselves at Leadville 100 bike race
LEADVILLE — About three weeks ago, Aspen’s Chris Klug and a group of friends ventured to Columbine Mine, the halfway point of the famed Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. They gathered at the top to spread the ashes of friend and longtime Aspenite Gary Albert, who died of a heart attack while riding earlier…
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3 Aspenites ‘flash’ climb, ski Bolivia’s Mount Illimani
Hypoxia hit agonizing levels at 20,000 feet. Mike Marolt’s once-steady pace was slowed to a crawl as he, twin brother Steve and lifelong friend Jim Gile trudged up Illimani in Bolivia. Three labored breaths accompanied nearly every step up the precarious, snow-covered slope, Mike Marolt said. The weight of the skis and pack on his…
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Aspen’s Davenport skis ‘Ring of Fire’
ASPEN — Ted Mahon could not help but chuckle as rain pelted the windshield during his entire drive to the airport.The mere sight of precipitation hardly was newsworthy — he was in Seattle, after all. Then again, the deluge came after a two-week stretch of uncannily sunny, dry conditions in the perpetually soggy Pacific Northwest.“The…