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Second Apron, Mount Evans
High on the flanks of Mount Evans, rising above Summit Lake to meet the west ridge at more than 14,000 feet, there are several impressive rock slabs known as the Aprons. These rock faces offer 500 to 600 vertical feet of mostly moderate, technical climbing. 

 
Gearing Up
Clear choice:
The designers at Lug make sturdy little collapsible coolers, vinyl totes and other storage bags in bright colors with quilted fabric accents and fun shapes. They're sized to be mixed and matched for picnics and other outings. My favorites are the Clearview transparent totes. 

 
Gearing Up
Doubletree Hotel, Grand Junction, Colorado
Stay here if you: want to be right off the highway on Horizon Drive and like a hotel that supports local events. 

 
GeoQuiz
Guyana, Maldives, Sweden
1. To see the Castillo del Morro and the Jose Martí Memorial, you would travel to Havana in which Caribbean country? 

 
Sign Spotting
Spoiling all the fun
Talk about overprotective parents. Next I suppose they'll want to move the target shooting range away from the day-care center. 

 
Travel By Numbers
World's Top Five Scariest Bridges
Last week, we had the five most jaw- dropping from TripAdvisor; this week, the scariest (visit denverpost.com/travel for last week's list). 

 

Travel News

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Edinburgh offers history and haggis on the cheap
Genteel Edinburgh would never want to boast — but its tea, scones and palatial history is every bit as enthralling as London's — and can be had for a fraction of the price and at a much more leisurely pace. 
Find Anne of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island
As the surf laps at your feet and sand dunes stretch for as far as the eye can see under a sky filled with billowing clouds, it becomes clear that your search for the enchanting island the irrepressible Anne Shirley falls in love with is complete. 

Visiting the Maginot Line: Relic of World War II
FORT DU HACKENBERG, FRANCE — In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's border with 

Take your leaves, go leaf-peeping
When it comes to autumn color, New England's reputation is five-star. So are Westerners blowing it out their cowboy hats when they claim their golden aspens and cottonwoods can go head to head with Northeastern maples and oaks in October? 

Bay Area lure hard to resist
Chris Isaak has had hit singles ("Wicked Game," "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing"), acted in feature films ("The Silence of the Lambs," "The Informers," "From the Earth to the Moon") and toured the world.  

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