Reality hurts this crowd so I figure people will try to pick her and her story apart.

People really don't understand how close you can be to this happening. Then when things don't turn around right away they all pile on. This is typical in every city in this country. Its sad that people are so afraid to even offer help. They'll argue till they are blue in the face that this is a once in a lifetime story. Like she said though, she used to be part of that crowd that looked down on the homeless as one group/one problem. Life is precious in every sense of the word.

It always amazes me the lengths people will go to for perfect green grass. It gets to be such a hot issue. Is it just a few folks that are so OCD that they freak out if they see a little yellow flower in the middle of the green perfectly cut grass? Are you supposed to take your shoes off before you step on it? Or is it best to pass laws to "keep off the grass?" Seems like such a non issue relative to other issues and the attention it gets.

I cut my grass for my neighbors so their OCD doesn't kick in, but really? Whats the fuss? I've watched neighbors let their relationships and common sense go right out the door over a misplaced tulip.

Exxxcellent! <Mr. Burns Fingers> Love it! There is always a need for good beer. Definitely a plus!

You'd almost think that the thief knew who this person was and knew there may be some data on there that would be good to grab. Much easier to steal it while its unlocked (passwords, etc...). Good reason to put a hard drive password on your laptop as once its rebooted there is no way to get that password back unless your a computer geek with the right tools to crack the password, and even then if the password is long enough, they may never be able to get to the data. Fishy.....

Awesome guys! That is sweet. Incredible fun! Beyond impressive. I enjoy climbing, but WOW, I can hardly imagine that feat! Definitely one for the books! Rock on!

I'm excited this will be run in this county. There are so many really great spots to watch this race. The top of the last climb is sweet, but its relatively short, but still fun! The top of Ned would be great as that's a good stretch. I'd love to watch them fly down the St. Vrain Canyon, but you don't get to see much as they wiz by you at well above the speed limit. Oh, the options! I'm psyched.

I wonder if there would be a way to use the helicopters tracking the race to add repeaters so that for any stretch you aren't watching, you can catch it on your cell phone.

VIP seats that don't have a good look at the finish are kind of interesting.

Can't wait!

You do nothing but find insignificant ways to rant and rave about things that aren't even true. It will not require a cable subscription, maybe an internet connection, but local stations are looking at picking the whole race up.

Maybe it would help you if you put a potato chip underneath the ENTER key on your keyboard.

Just trow.

I was pretty sure, there was bike access to 75th street. Then again I suppose I don't know where on 75th street you are thinking of. When I lived in that area, I'd head down the creek trail which is now upgraded since then (10 years ago), you'd head up, head into the twin lakes neighborhood trails and it would dump you out on 75th street and eventually take you up to the top of the water tower in gunbarrell.

At that point you can follow (it is dirt, I'll give you that, but I road my road bike) and the trail system then follows south through the bird habitat which is pretty, the cliffs where they used to run the bison off of back in the day (200+ years) and then it crosses all the main east west roads and I believe pretty much ends at the Arapahoe whatchamacallit trailhead at about say what would be 85th and Arapahoe.

Hope that helps if you want to go for an adventure.

I love the comment -&gt; "Head out to the trails on a wet, snowy or muddy day and see how many people don't want to get their tender tootsies muddy, while their dogs schlep right through." -- So absolutely true. They claim to be self policing, never break a rule in the forest and then make a small mud puddle into a mud hole. If you don't walk right through the middle of that mud puddle, you don't have any business telling others how to act.... and even then, you really don't have any business telling others how to act.

What did dogs do before we had plastic bags? Is it better to make dog bombs or to bury the stuff? Which degrades faster, the poop or the bag?

The rules coming out of these folks are nuts. If its not one thing its another. The general direction is that apparently. There are some general hiking practices that are good, but we must have one of the most legislated paths in the world. You'd think there wasn't enough room anywhere in this county for all of us with all of these rules. You'd think that the forests had been destroyed by us.

Its not the laws, its not the fact that forests fall apart when people arrive, its these nutballs continuing to lock down our parks. They truly act like a bunch of kids with no idea what they are talking about with the first sign being they are all afraid of the dark. Why don't we make sure we get them nightlights, or even better, headlamps for their shoes so they can blind us.... while we still can use our trails.

And yes... the OSMP solutions. Pass a new law, don't let people on the trails. Soon we'll have to stop in and purchase permits for groups of 5 or larger, and pick up free ones for ourselves.