Nelson died last month on a Himalayan expedition after triggering an avalanche on Mount Manaslu, the eighth highest peak on the planet
Rob Story
Special to The Colorado Sun
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Original Thinkers plans “an ingenious heist of people’s brains”
Not long ago, a friend observed David Holbrooke, founder of Telluride’s Original Thinkers Festival, at his post — leading troops and extinguishing assorted fires. Impressed by Holbrooke’s multitasking, the friend praised him as the “ringmaster” of his festival’s circus. Holbrooke replied that he prefers a similar, yet not-identical title: “Yeah, OK,” he said. “But think […]
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Opinion: An open letter to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about closing ski resorts
Dear Gov. Jared Polis: I voted for you in 2018 over that troglodyte Republican (whose name I’ve already forgotten) that you crushed, and would vote for you again 100 times out of 100. You seem capable and rational — nice qualities for a leader in the executive branch of government. Still, I wonder if you […]
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A stumble sidelined Telluride outdoor writer Rob Story for one year. His recovery ended in gravity-fed gratitude.
TELLURIDE — Precisely 12 hours before Telluride Ski Resort opened for the record-setting 2018-19 winter, I stepped awkwardly off an indoor staircase and ruptured my right quadricep tendon. Even orthopedic surgeons consider the injury gruesome, as the quad muscle rolls up the leg like a window shade. Meanwhile, the tendon keeping the patella in place […]