Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati have unveiled absolutely world class stadiums–I’ve seen the storied grounds in London, Munich, Rome, Barcelona and Madrid–and these modern American fortresses compare and surpass in everything except history and capacity. After seeing them both, here are 10 metrics used to determine the absolute best home pitch in MLS and the […]
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Ashland father-son team scales peak in rattlesnake country — Oklahoma highpoint attempt #43
Editor’s Note This is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here. There are wild hyenas in the panhandle of Oklahoma. It was 1 a.m. and we left the paved streets 50 miles ago and […]
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Columbus in MLS Cup Final: league wouldn’t exist without Crew
COLUMBUS — Major League Soccer (MLS) is in its 25th season and continues to “drive on the roads that Columbus paved.” The MLS Cup final is Saturday at 8 p.m. at Columbus Crew Stadium (I’ll never call it Mapfre) where the Crew are looking for their second title, hosting the defending champion Seattle Sounders FC. […]
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We visited AREA 51, climbed highest peak in Nevada
Editor’s Note This is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here. The legends were true — if you could navigate your way into the never-known Nevada desert and arrive at the secret gate for […]
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May the 4th be with you: Completing the 21-hour Star Wars marathon
For Star Wars dorks like me, today is a national holiday. There have been two art bucket list things hanging over me: listening to the entire Beatles anthology all the way through, and watching every Star Wars movie in “episode order.” Finally, this rotten pandemic was going to work in my favor. The marathon began […]
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How not to climb in grizzly bear country–Granite Peak, Montana
Editor’s Note This is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here. Four strangers from San Jose, Boston, Minnesota and Ohio formed a climb team for the Class 5 summit of Montana’s highest point, Granite […]
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Fox: Snow climbing volcanoes in Hawaii
Editor’s Note This is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here. Not too many places on Earth can you start the day surfing and end on top of a snow-covered volcano at 13,803 feet. […]
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Free diamonds and 40 hours of driving — highpointing Missouri, Arkansas & Louisiana
Editor’s Note This is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here. “Over 500 diamonds been foun’ by the public this year, alone,” said the sullen teen working the gift shop at Crater of Diamonds […]