(From the Feb/March Zephyr) Take it or Leave it: 1976: WHEN COLORADO SAID ‘NO’ TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS…PLUS!! ON THE EVE of our 25th ANNIVERSARY…by Jim Stiles

An excerpt:

In 2014, at a time when the American West is being transformed into one vast  recreational venue, where every high-risk, adrenalin-induced sport pours more fire (and money) on the tourist/sport economy that benefits from it, where even BASE jumping is being touted as a possible Olympic sport of the future, it’s hard to grasp that there was a time when Westerners turned their backs on this kind of shameless and greedy exploitation. It wasn’t all that long ago, but it feels like it happened in a different world and era…

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