{"id":2442228,"date":"2019-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=302694"},"modified":"2019-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T06:00:00","slug":"on-the-ready-getting-a-list-set-for-my-summer-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/on-the-ready-getting-a-list-set-for-my-summer-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"On the ready: Getting a list set for my summer adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"
Local guide Brandon Soucie helps instruct Anna Stonehouse during a fly fishing trip down the Roaring Fork River last summer.<\/strong>
Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m starting to catch that spring fever.<\/p>\n

For the first time in the three winters I\u2019ve lived in Aspen, I\u2019m actually ready for warmer weather. My problem, however, is that when it comes to outdoors activities, about the only thing I have locked down is snowboarding. I don\u2019t really have a go-to activity in the summer, and I desperately need one.<\/p>\n

My co-worker, Rose, inspired me with her bucket list column (see Wednesday\u2019s paper<\/a>). So, instead of coming up with something original, I decided to do the same. Although, she looked back on the winter season and I want to look ahead to the summer and decided to jot down five things I need to get into over the coming months. And, as always, I\u2019m looking for adventure buddies.<\/p>\n

1. Become a river rat<\/p>\n

At the top of my list is to spend more time on, or in, the water, whether that is by rafting, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding or any other watercraft you can come up with. I truly love being on the water, but haven\u2019t had much of an avenue to do so over the past few years. Other than a quick fly-fishing adventure last year and a brief canoe trip with Erik Skarvan in the Northstar Nature Preserve, I haven\u2019t had a serious river adventure (does tubing qualify?) since I lived in Steamboat Springs about three years ago. My problems here are lack of equipment and friends to make this happen. I\u2019ll figure something out. If all else fails, I\u2019ll just sneak into one of the hotel pools and call it a day.<\/p>\n

2. Pick up fly fishing<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve only been fly fishing once, which was last year when my co-worker, Anna, and I tagged along with local guide Brandon Soucie for a day on the Roaring Fork. From what I was told, I have a knack for it, although maybe Anna was just being nice. Fly fishing is certainly easy when you have Brandon there to tell you what to do every second. Yet again, I don\u2019t own the required equipment, but a fly rod seems within my wheelhouse to make happen. Learning to catch trout without an expert guide at my side might be more difficult.<\/p>\n

3. Finally climb a fourteener<\/p>\n

This was a bucket list thing last summer, too, and it didn\u2019t happen. So let\u2019s try again. I\u2019ve spent roughly four years in Colorado now and, no, I have yet to climb a fourteener. For whatever reason, all my friends seem to freak out when I mention them tagging along because to them it sounds horrible. And, honestly, it sounds horrible. But it\u2019s something I need to do. Obviously I\u2019ll start with a mountain like Elbert and save my trip up Capitol for a few summers down the line.<\/p>\n

4. Embrace the two-wheel life<\/p>\n

I love being on a bike, whether that is a mountain bike or a road bike. I would enjoy it even more if I wasn\u2019t so awful at it and had some updated equipment. I don\u2019t actually own a road bike, which hinders my cycling endeavors, but I can certainly up my game on the mountain bike. Maybe a trip to Fruita this spring would be a good idea. As much as I love riding around here, my sissy Kansas legs throw a fit when it comes to all the vertical you\u2019re expected to climb. When does the Snowmass Bike Park open?<\/p>\n

5. Free solo el cap<\/p>\n

I\u2019m joking. I\u2019ve watched \u201cFree Solo\u201d a few times and it\u2019s easily one of the best documentaries I\u2019ve ever seen. Alex Honnold is an amazing rock climber, albeit a bit crazy. But between watching his film and getting to hear Tommy Caldwell speak in person when he came to Aspen for Winter Words has me wanting to give rock climbing a go. I\u2019ve climbed indoors a few times, but nothing authentic out in nature. Not even sure where to begin. But if someone wants to show me the ropes (yes, unlike Honnold, I do want to have ropes), that would be grand.<\/p>\n

acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Local guide Brandon Soucie helps instruct Anna Stonehouse during a fly fishing trip down the Roaring Fork River last summer.Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times I\u2019m starting to catch that spring fever. For the first time in the three winters I\u2019ve lived in Aspen, I\u2019m actually ready for warmer weather. My problem, however, is that when it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 21:52:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}