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Hunt or Be Hunted

  I know which way a mind wended this morning, what horizon it faced, by the setting of these tracks . . . – Henry David Thoreau   Last week on a long, slow chairlift ride at Powderhorn my e… more →

Peter Shelton

Hunt or Be Hunted

pshelton wrote 2 years ago:   I know which way a mind wended this morning, what horizon it faced, by the setting of these t … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Animal Dreams, Mountain Lions, animal tracks, Henry David Thoreau, Deer, elk, BobCat, coyote

Surfing the avalanche — 2 comments

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: Ellen thinks maybe the second avalanche was still moving when we drove through it. I’m not sure, bec … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Road Trips West, Confessions of a Grandpa, Red Mountain Pass, avalanche debris, Family Reunions, Lizard Head Pass, Avalauncher, Avalanche Control

A Bear Creek Chess Game — 2 comments

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: OK, let us review. A year ago, the setup seemed, to a casual observer, pretty simple. The Telluride … more →

Tags: Watch columns, ski history, how the west was lost, Telski, Thomas Chapman, dave riley, Telluride Ski and Golf, bear creek preserve, Backcountry skiing

A country boy in the big city

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: Boston Common, September 11. The woman striding along the path in the sun has just a little bit of a … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Boston Common, American Revolution, koran burning, headscarves, 9/11, Edward Everett Hale, Tea Party

The irresistible pull of fire

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: We woke up Thursday morning to the bang of thunder. It was that kind of shock-wave crack that comman … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Firefighting, wildland fire, Controlled Burn, john n. maclean, nornan maclean, A River Runs Through It, Young Men And Fire, Lightning Strike

Back on the Bike Again

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: It’s so good to be back on the bike again. Breathing hard. Dripping sweat onto the top tube. Seeing … more →

Tags: Watch columns, More Sport, Tour de France, mountain bikes, Bicycle Racing, bike parts, Peak To Peak Bicycles, Ridgway Colorado, Shimano

An old man rewrote my Wiki page

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: I, Scott McInnis, have been accused recently of going in and altering my Wikipedia profile. This is … more →

Tags: Watch columns, how the west was lost, Scott McInnis, plagarism, Colorado governor race, The Denver Post, The Washington Post, Wikipedia, Wilderness areas

What if you couldn't see?

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: I was moving through an aspen jungle. It was a jungle. White columbine and waist-high bluebells hid … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Animal Dreams, bird songs, aspen leaves, Lightning, thunder, david brower, Sierera Club, blindness

Schön, The Beautiful Game — 1 comment

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: (Well, Paul the prognosticating octopus picked Spain to defeat Germany in their semifinal, and he wa … more →

Tags: Watch columns, More Sport, FIFA World Cup, Soccer, World War II, Germany, Paul the prognosticating octopus

Bentley Boys Do Skyway Loop — 1 comment

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: What do Queen Elizabeth II and your humble reporter have in common? We both drive Bentleys. Well, ac … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Road Trips West, telluride, Bentley Supersports convertible, san juan skyway, Durango, Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Bentley limousine, new vehicle launch

How Grandparents Get Their Names — 2 comments

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: “How could any woman think Tiger Woods is sexy?” Ellen barked at the television on Father’s Day, whi … more →

Tags: More Sport, Watch columns, Confessions of a Grandpa, Grandparenting, toddlers learning to speak, Tiger Woods, world cup soccer, The Dalai Lama

A View from the Hill — 1 comment

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: I’m walking up the hill behind our house. Colona Hill some people call it. Or Colona Mountain. Thoug … more →

Tags: Watch columns, how the west was lost, cattle ranching, telluride, Colona CO, ute indians, Smith Ranch, The New West

Hand Me That Monkey Wrench — 2 comments

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: Tim DeChristopher came to Mountainfilm representing a new generation of environmental monkey wrenche … more →

Tags: Watch columns, At the Movies, Gas Pains, Civil Disobedience, Dave Foreman, Earth First!, Ed Abbey, environmental activism, Freedom Riders

When filmmakers become their stories

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: Some documentary films advocate unapologetically for change. Gasland, for example, which screened la … more →

Tags: Watch columns, At the Movies, Gas Pains, Mountainfilm in Telluride, Gasland, Bag It, waste land, sons of perdition, health hazards from natural gas drilling

Tim DeChistopher's Peaceful Uprising — 1 comment

pshelton wrote 2 years ago: Clean-cut University of Utah senior Tim DeChristopher didn’t know what he was going to do when he wa … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Gas Pains, oil and gas industry, BLM, Tim DeChristopher, Civil Disobedience, Mountainfilm in Telluride, peaceful uprising, canyonlands national park

The Zen Stick

pshelton wrote 3 years ago: There I was a couple of weeks ago writing about The Idiot’s Guide and taking care of our cars and ho … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Road Trips West, Confessions of a Grandpa, the idiot's guide, highway breakdowns, towing, car repair, karma

Oh, Baby. — 1 comment

pshelton wrote 3 years ago: A car pulled up alongside us at the light, windows down in the afternoon Albuquerque heat. Instead o … more →

Tags: Watch columns, Confessions of a Grandpa, Grandparenting, New Babies, Parenting


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