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Archives for December 2015

Returning to Nature with Icelantic Skis — Adventure

By Lauren DeFilippo / Photography + Video by 4FD Studio

For our final adventure of 2015, TEDxMileHigh and Icelantic Skis teamed up for a real adventure – enjoying a powder day at Loveland Ski Area! Icelantic founder, Ben Anderson, along with members of his team (CEO Annelise Loevlie and Team Manager Scott Vermerris), showed us what the spirit of their growing Colorado-based business is about.

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After moving to Colorado as a child, Ben always knew he wanted to ski out west. His father promoted an entrepreneurial enthusiasm from a young age, creating “The Wonder Institute” and having Ben and his siblings discuss finding and chasing their passions. After learning to create skis with some friends in Boulder, Ben took his business into his parents’ garage and came up with the initial designs for Icelantic. He teamed up with friend, Travis Cook and artist, Travis Parr and the rest is history. Icelantic has now grown into its 10th year and is currently the largest USA-manufactured ski company.

Adventurers were able to not only learn from Ben’s successes, but had a chance to see first-hand his excitement and passion. The Icelantic team provided demos from their current ski line and showed them off on the snowy trails at Loveland. Lunch was provided at the beautiful mid-mountain E-Tow cabin, where more stories were exchanged about the future of their company, as well as some bumps along the way.

Spending time with the Icelantic crew was humbling and inspiring. To see a childhood dream become reality, and know it came from passion, determination, generosity, and a love of “real” interactions is an eye-opening experience we can all take home with us.

If you want to learn more about Icelantic Skis, keep an eye out for their new location opening at 1300 Washington Ave in Golden in early 2016.

By Lauren DeFilippo / Photography + Video by F4D Studio  

What’s in Denver’s Closet? An Adventure with Denver Public Library

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TEDxMileHigh teamed up with James Rogers, Senior Special Collection Librarian, and Abby Hoverstock, Senior Archivist/Librarian at the Denver Public Library’s Western History/Genealogy Department to take a peek at what is hiding in Denver’s attics! We found, what was once old and dull, is now new and cool during a fascinating during a behind-the-scenes tour of the archives hiding at the Denver Public Library.

The Denver Public Library’s archives are dedicated to sharing resources and services about African-American History, Western History, Genealogy, the 10th Mountain Division, and the Conservation Movement in the Rocky Mountain West. Collections include not only books, maps, photographs, manuscripts and art but also a digital collection of over 1.1 million images!

Adventurers flipped through enormous Sanborn maps showing Denver’s city streets and blocks through the decades and held artifacts from deep in Denver’s history. Adventurers also discussed the need for and process of trying to preserve and archive elements, as we move to a more digital society.

Several lucky Adventurers got to take home prints of historical Denver and Colorado scenes for knowing their history trivia!

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Take a visit to the Western History and Genealogy Department!

The Denver Public Library offers a Docent and Volunteer program. If you are interested in researching your family history, your neighborhood or house history, the American West, or other topics, please come in and talk to your friendly librarians!

Follow along on their work and resources!

Website – https://history.denverlibrary.org/

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Photography by Callen B. Photography.

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