About Charles Watkins

The Spyderco Native5 folding pocket knife by Golden Colorado knife maker, Spyderco, has been around in its’ many various iterations since 1997 and has been a mainstay in the company’s …
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The West Coast of California offers adventure seekers a huge array of options for getting out, soaking up mother nature’s rays, and honing their skills. Few of us rarely do …
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Colorado’s beautiful Vail Valley transformed itself from a luxurious wintertime ski destination and into a world-class adventure sports epicenter for the 2016 GoPro Mountain Games competition this past weekend.

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Led by former Olympic slalom racer and World Champion freestyle paddler Eric “EJ” Jackson, daughter Emily, son Dane and son-in-law Nich Troutman have literally grown up at the Mountain Games, …
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The 2016 GoPro Mountain Games return to Colorado’s Vail Valley, celebrating their 15th year as the country’s largest gathering of adventure sports athletes and the mountain culture that surrounds the lifestyle.  Professional and amateur …
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For the past three years, Wyoming has been the only state in the U.S. for racers to qualify for the Adventure Racing World Championship through the Cameco Cowboy Tough. The …
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“There is nothing so American as our national parks, and the idea behind the parks is that the country belongs to (you) the people.” President FDR

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Gale and her sister Laura Straub had been dreaming of a reunion road trip since briefly visiting Montana when they were 16. They came to Montana hoping to see mountains, …
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Part of what we do at Basin & Range is put you in touch with the people, places and things that make up the culture of “The West.”   This can take …
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