Another perfectly good day wasted on the Colorado River with ma Bird!
FROM THE TRAIL #48, EQUANIMITY!
FROM THE TRAIL #47, DADS
While I just published this video today, I shot the frames for it a couple of weeks ago while my son Ethan and his friend fished a special lake together. Since that day on the water my Aunt JoAnne passed away and just last weekend my dad-in-law Corky also passed away. What a year of grief and sadness and while their deaths were not covid related, they compounded what has been a sad year for my family. But we rise above and keep the beautiful memories atop our minds and that lifts our frowns to smiles. Welcome to #47 From the Trail. It stinks to lose people close in your life. Those who raised you. Those who shaped you. Those who loved you. And those who took you fishing. For this I'm grateful for my Dad, my Aunt JoAnne and my dad-in-law Corky. Too much loss but so many good memories, of being free....
On the Corner Vol. 14 Issue 2, 2020 Year in Review
Holubars put Boulder on the map for outdoor gear
By Carol Taylor
Imagine a time when outdoor recreation equipment was difficult to find in
Boulder. That changed in the 1940s, thanks to Roy and Alice Holubar.
The couple made significant contributions to the outdoor gear industry
and their success encouraged a legacy of Boulder outdoor entrepreneurs.
LeRoy Holubar met his future wife and business partner Alice
Freudenberg at the State Preparatory School, now Boulder High. LeRoy,
known as Roy, grew up in the mountains of Boulder. Alice was from a
German immigrant family. Both took full advantage of their education
and graduated at the top of their class. They earned scholarships to the
University of Colorado. After college graduation, Roy accepted a job
teaching mathematics at CU and the couple married in 1937.
They became passionate about mountain climbing early in their marriage.
Both were active in the Colorado Mountain Club, though at the time there
were few technical climbers in the group. Roy was involved with starting
the first climbing school in Boulder as well as the Rocky Mountain
Rescue Group, formed in 1947.
Finding suitable gear for their adventures was difficult for the Holubars
and their mountain climbing friends. So they tapped into a network of
Alice’s relatives in the Alps for recommendations. Soon the Holubars
were importing the best hiking boots, ski boots, ice axes, tents and other
gear from Europe to Boulder…
HATCH FROM THE TRAIL #42, WITH THE GOOD KIND AND FRIENDS
HATCH FROM THE TRAIL #41, WE WILL GET BY, WE DID SURVIVE!
Hi friends, I wanted to tell you our story of dealing with the CV19 and that we survived and made it through a nasty bout with so many awful symptoms for almost 2 weeks and that Kristin and I are on the other side and feel 100%. And out kids never got sick thankfully. Please call us if you have questions or concerns or if you need anything at all. And remember to please thank your health care provider and local restaurants and retailers and check in with your parents obviously and make sure they're tucked in and safe. Love to all, HATCH
HATCH FROM THE TRAIL #40, THE VIRUS
This message went viral in Italy last week... let's follow suit? “We come to understand that this is a struggle against our habits and not against a virus. This is an opportunity to turn an emergency into an opportunity of solidarity and unity. Let's change the way we see and think. I will no longer say "I'm afraid of this contagion" or "I don't care about this contagion", but it is I who will sacrifice for you. I worry about you. I keep a distance for you. I wash my hands for you. I give up that trip for you. I'm not going to the concert for you. I'm not going to the mall for you. For you! For you who are inside an ICU room. For you who are old and frail, but whose life has value as much as mine. For you who are struggling with cancer and can't fight this too. Please, let's rise to this challenge! Come together...nothing else matters.”