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Highlight video of our 2012 Leadville Trail 100 MTB Race Chris Klug Foundation Team. CKF had a ten person team competing in the famous Leadville MTB Race in 2012. Each team member committed to raising funds and awareness for CKF and life-saving organ donation. The team included Chris Klug, Ephi Gildor, Rob Bordan, Kenton Bruice,...

This video was shot in Aspen last December by a crew from the UK, with a morning show called Daybreak. They captured us at Party for Life at the Sky Hotel Aspen on December 9 as well as for the 6 pm start of the 6th Annual Aspen Summit for Life 2011 the following night.

This is the 6th Annual Aspen Summit for Life Sponsored by Novartis Highlight Video December 9-10, 2011. This was our largest Summit for Life event yet. Four hundred thirty participants climbed 3267 vertical feet over two and a half miles up Aspen Mountain at night under a full moon. Another seventy supporters and volunteers met...

Happy New Year! I hope you have enjoyed a fun and relaxing holiday. Thank you to all of my friends and family that helped make 2011 so special. After receiving a second chance at life over ten years ago every year is a blessing. 2011 was extra special. Undoubtedly the highlight of 2011 was the...

Last Friday night November 4 I was inducted into the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of fame along with four others, Charles Elliott, Ron Allred, Jack Benedick, and John Garnsey. My favorite Ski and Snowboard Club was also recognized, Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club. I was honored when I was informed earlier in the...

Missy, baby Bali and I visited New York last weekend. I played in the 27th Annual Bertan’s Cup golf and tennis tournament at Sleepy Hallow Country Club on Saturday. I’m a lousy tennis player and a worse golfer, but I had a lot of fun. Thanks to my partner Stuart for putting up with me!...

I climbed Capital Peak yesterday morning with my friend Jon. We camped along Capital Creek Thursday night on the approach to Capital Lake. It’s such an awesome valley. After enjoying a beautiful starry night, we awoke yesterday morning to clouds and rain. I thought we were going to get skunked, but the weather continued to...

On August 28, 2011 I participated in the Inaugural Power of Four Mountain Bike Race from Snowmass Village, Colorado to the top of Aspen Mountain via Cross Mountain, Elk Camp, Government Trail, Highlands, Congo Trail, Midnight Mine Road, and Hidden Treasure Trail, about 11000 vertical feet of climbing. It was awesome, a real mountain bike...

Last Sunday I participated in the Inaugural Power of Four Mountain Bike Race from Snowmass Base Village to the top of Aspen Mountain via Elk Camp, Gov’t Trail, Highlands, Congo, and Midnight Mine, about 11,000 feet of climbing. It was awesome. It was a real mountain bike race with epic single track, challenging climbs and...

This short video recaps my adventure with my race partner Jon Gibans in the 14th Annual Elk Mountains Grand Traverse 2011 starting in Crested Butte, Colorado at Midnight March 26, 2011 and finishing ten hours and forty-six minutes, and thirty-eight miles later at the base of Little Nell next to the Silver Queen Gondola in...