Tag: Stewart Green
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Stewart Green, climbing pioneer and prolific Colorado Springs writer, dies at 71
Of all the beautiful places he visited around the world, one of Stewart Green’s favorite places was the porch of his Colorado Springs home. He called it his “outdoor office.” A prolific author, photographer, rock climber and historian of his native city and of the sport he pioneered, Green would sit there at the porch…
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Colorado author’s new hiking book explores state’s ‘hidden gems’
While writing his next guide to Colorado’s outdoors, Stewart Green heard the naysayers. “I did get a bunch of crap from a few people,” says the Colorado Springs native with a bibliography spanning the better part of 40 years. “‘Oh, you’re giving away all this information, and all the trails are gonna be trampled, and…
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Ancient petroglyphs permanently damaged by Colorado Springs man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last Friday evening, Darrin Reay left his home in southwest Colorado to meet friends at a remote camping spot he loved surrounded by sandstone cliffs in the desert beyond Moab, Utah. When he arrived, he was alarmed to hear the suggestion of climbing a bolted…
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New Pikes Peak guidebook features lesser-known sectors of America’s Mountain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Stewart Green, Colorado Springs’ prolific guidebook writer, hasn’t been traveling as he normally would for various research. “So I decided, ‘You know, I should finish that book on Pikes Peak,’” he said. The result is his self-published “Climbing Pikes Peak,” which…