(Check out the Healthy Travel Guide to Aspen if you're suddenly itching for a cold-weather vacation.)

In recent years, Outside Online has reported on groundbreaking research linking time in nature to improved mental and physical health, and we’ve kept you informed about the unprecedented threats to America’s public lands. A Colorado native, Christy Mahon grew up skiing and playing in the Rocky Mountains. Ted and I left work at 5 P.M. Tuesday and drove to Telluride, went to bed at 9, woke up at 3 A.M., skied El Diente and Mount Wilson, got back in the car by 9 P.M., drove back to Aspen, and were at work the next morning.

Yeah, this "average" badass is nothing short of extraordinary, although she's quick to say "I'm not an athlete.
If I hadn't had my helmet on, it would've been a big problem. (So you could say she's where she belongs.) Christy Mahon has 531 posts on their Instagram profile. Twenty months and 17 pounds later, I came away with 10 big lessons. Find more newsletters on our newsletter sign-up page.

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The ultimate 30-day squat challenge, featuring 12 squats that tighten and tone. Quia ad et quia. But then you just go try again.". At 42, Christy Mahon calls herself "just another average woman." We hope you’ll support us. By 2015, along with Ted and Chris Davenport I had skied those same peaks, the 100 tallest mountains in the state. She and her husband often chart her wild adventures in their Instagrams, @aspenchristy and @tedmahon.

Afficher les profils des personnes qui s’appellent Christy Mahon. I think there's an incorrect notion these days that if something doesn't happen online, then it never happened. Mahon's accomplishments multiplied when she moved to Aspen-a town that she describes as being populated by normal people, not paid athletes, who make it a way of life to get out and do amazing things. Art Connoisseur Christy Mahon has 531 posts on their Instagram profile. You are now subscribed to Dispatch
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Mahon, who's the special-events director at the Aspen Art Museum, doesn't understand the fuss. I was twice nominated for Colorado Sportswoman of the Year in Ski Mountaineering. CHRISTY E. MAHON. A highlight on her long list of alpine accomplishments: becoming the first woman to ski all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks, a feat she accomplished in 2010. She works a 50+ hour job as the development director for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, comes home exhausted, and tries to make time for getting active outdoors-usually running, skiing, or hiking. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation. A challenging climb for those looking for something more than just a hike, it offers fun 4th class scrambling and a real sense of accomplishment. Any close calls?A big cinnamon-roll chunk of snow fell off South Maroon Peak and hit me in the head. Saturday we skied Pyramid. I remember having total sewing-machine legs just thinking about it. It was my first 50-degree line, where if you fall you're going to die.

But because Mahon didn't publicize her final descents, her announcement on May 16 ruffled some feathers. Apart from her backyard adventures in the Centennial State, Mahon climbs mountains in Nepal and volcanoes in Equador, Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. In 2011 and 2016 I was honored to be nominated for the Sportswomen of Colorado Award for ski mountaineering.

Her roommate would run 7 miles to work, and Mahon found she too could jog that distance before clocking in. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. That's because another woman—fellow Coloradan Brittany Walker—was (and still is) bearing down on the feat but had no idea how close Mahon was and whether she could still catch her.