27 Sep It Takes a Village to Raise a Freerider
From the local contest circuit to the pinnacle of big-mountain competition, Ross Tester’s rise to elite status can be traced back to the deeply nurturing Tahoe ski community that raised him well...
25 Jun A Life of Lofty Achievement
Imagine looking up at a vertical slab of rock twice the height of the Empire State Building. You’re not a climber. You’re afraid of heights. And you were born with cerebral palsy, a condition that impairs muscle coordination. Such were the challenges presented to Stephen Wampler...
25 Jun Making a Deep Difference
On a sunny Friday morning in May, 11 scuba divers clad in trilaminate drysuits and thick rubber wetsuits walked to the water’s edge near Edgewood Tahoe’s 17th hole. The group was on a mission: scavenge the bottom for garbage and debris, and return it to...
23 Apr The Ringmaster Behind a Stamina-Fueled Cycling Circus
While leisurely walks in the neighborhood and a toned-down approach to life may suit some during the pandemic, for someone as athletically and socially inclined as Fred Stamm, that’s just not going to work....
23 Apr Labors of (Singletrack) Love
Many of us are guilty, at least to some degree, of merrily hiking or biking over ribbons of dirt without recognizing the efforts that went into creating these trails. But to learn the stories behind Tahoe’s beloved trails is to gain a new appreciation for...
01 Dec Tahoe’s Unsung Heroes
The call often comes in the middle of the night and in the midst of a blizzard. The Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue team has thrived in such conditions for the past 44 years, using teamwork, selfless determination and sheer physical stamina to find lost...
25 Jun A Life of Adventure Caught on Camera
Tahoe-based climber and photojournalist Corey Rich has a long history of winning pull-up contests—and then benefitting from the feat....
23 Apr Tahoe’s Masters of Stone
Paul Johansen walks past stone of almost every conceivable shape, size and texture. Slabs of granite as heavy as compact cars, plate-like panels of quartzite and blocks of basalt—all are meticulously stacked in a yard that is the starting point for some of Tahoe’s most...
23 Feb From Rock and Snow to Glass
For most of his 67 years, Tom Carter has been a perpetual motion machine. The Tahoe resident has scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan 13 times, skied thousands of miles through the Sierra Nevada and ticked off impressive expeditions around the globe....
23 Feb After the Chase
Roger Carver sometimes speaks like he’s writing a movie script. He refers to himself in the third person. He finishes a thought like he’s writing dialogue for Forrest Gump: “That’s all I have to say about that.” He muses over snowboarding with throwaway buzzwords that,...