The Durango Telegraph, March 28, 2028

8 Lights out

After years of frustration, LPEA announces exit from Tri-State by Allen Best/ Big Pivots

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Ups & downs

What it’s like to be a retiree in Colorado’s mountains by Paolo Zialcita / Colorado Public Radio

4 Dust to dust

The beautifully inhospitable desert and a German who lost his way by David Feela

10 A new spin

A few worthy album releases you (likely) won’t see on anyone else’s list by Jon E. Lynch

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Ear to the ground:

“The 3-year-old is eating me alive.”

– Sure, you may boat Class V and ride your bike to Silverton with one leg tied behind your back, but can you handle parenting three kids?

Lord of the lunge

It’s another one for the books. On Fri., March 25, New Yorker Austin Head set a Guinness World Record for lunging. As in those horrible exercises they make you do at the gym until your quads freeze up.

A trainer at Life Time Fitness in Brooklyn, Head broke the record by lunging 2,825 times in an hour through his DUMBO (“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”) neighborhood in Brooklyn. That’s 47 lunges a minute for those with a calculator, enough to smash the old record of 2,358 lunges. (Yes, apparently this lunging is a thing.)

All this, and 12 days earlier, he also set a record for longest distance travelled by lunge in one hour: 2.14 miles.

Why anyone would want to do this, let alone with a crowd of New Yorkers looking on, is beyond us. But Head, 30, said he was not motivated by bikini or mountain bike season. He did it for the children. Yep – hot legs and a kind heart. During his ordeal –which we feel safe referring to it as – he raised $7,599 for the Life Time Foundation, which funds health and wellness programs for NYC youth.

Head said he was motivated by a brother with disabilities and helping his mom care for him. “This rooted in me the need to help people. I also loved acting as a kid. Being a group instructor really is a perfect balance between the two.” he said.

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Head, who teaches up to 30 fitness classes a week, said he started lunging during the pandemic, going for 45-minute stints.

One word of advice (other than to invest in beefy knee pads): rest days are OK. (We know, heresy in some circles.) “At the start I was over training way too much … I would be extremely sore from a lunge session and would have to teach a full day of classes,” he said. “I quickly noticed how important recovery was.”

Theragun massages, IVs, red light therapy, cold plunges and stretching all figured prominently in his recovery routine. He also listened to Tony Robbins and “inspirational, uplifting” music and never lost sight of his goal. “It is a big sacrifice ... find your why or purpose. Then on days you feel like giving up, always go back to your ‘why’.”

How long Head’s record will, uh, stand, is anyone’s guess. But we’re willing to bet there are a few crusty old telemarkers out there who could give him a lunge for his money. Plus, they’re already used to constantly asking themselves “why?”

The desert deceives

A BLM sign at the New Mexico Yost Draw trailhead depicts a mile-and-a-half path that ends with an overlook view of the historic 1598 route where “thousands of wagons, people and livestock migrated between Mexico City and the small New Mexican towns on New Spain’s northern frontier.” For me, this beautiful sunny morning with a cool March breeze felt great for taking a hike; for them, a harsh encounter along a rugged terrain with little or no water, firewood or forage for livestock. Spanish Conquistadors named it “Jornado del Muerto,” which translates rather flatly into “dead man’s journey.” I decided to stick with the overlook and avoid the 90-mile trek toward present-day Socorro.

My daypack provided hope: a water bottle, a spotting scope, extra sunscreen and plenty of room to stash my flimsy windbreaker as the day warmed. With a sunhat on my head, I headed out.

At first a tidy border of stones was stacked on both sides of the path, which eventually disappeared and became slightly uneven, but perfectly navigable terrain.

As I hiked, many remarkable stones lay on both sides of the path. They prompted me to continually stop, pick one up, appreciate its colors and intrusions, speculate on its geology, then drop it back on the ground. According to fitness trainers, 1.5 miles amounts to 3,0004,000 steps. It should take under an hour for someone like me ... tops. But it ended up taking nearly 2 hours, which I can only explain by my careful reading of each interpretive plaque along the way, and the generous amount of time I spent with my companions, the rocks.

death from desertusa.com.

The Spanish Inquisition crashed into North America’s Spanish territories like a riptide in the 1600s. A trader named Gruber made his living leading mules and horses packed with goods throughout the area. On Christmas morning in 1668, after chatting up his potential customers before church, he climbed into a choir loft and inscribed +ABNA+ADNA+ on some tiny scraps of paper. Then he whispered to the choir members that eating one would protect the consumer from harm for 24 hours.

Little did he know a 19-year-old who’d taken one of the papers would later that day be repeating and demonstrating the same claim to some curious Native Americans in a ceremonial kiva. After swallowing it, he pretended to stab his hand with an awl and lifted his undamaged hand for his audience to see. They must have been amazed, and he must have giggled about the trick all the way home until his wife convinced him to report Gruber to the Inquisition.

Gruber was arrested, found guilty of witchcraft and jailed, but he eventually managed to escape with meager supplies on a roan horse, heading south over “the desert trail.” Spanish authorities sent riders after him, but he wasn’t found until two years later. A trading party came upon the remains of his dead horse still “tied to a tree by its halter,” and nearby, a skull and some bones, all of them stripped clean by vultures.

I knew nothing about Gruber until weeks after I returned home, but it’s clear a desert landscape can be deadly when travelers undertake that journey unprepared or rely on shysters who supposedly “have your back.”

A short climb where the trail ended brought me to an overlook and a view of the south-north journey. Despite four centuries of wind, rain, sun and earthly upheaval, visible ruts from wagon wheels are preserved along portions of that track, but from where I stood they were too far away to see. I settled for the photo on the last interpretive panel, proof enough for me.

The moniker for the landscape, “Jornado del Muerto” was inspired by the discovery of the grisly remains of a German trader, Bernado Gruber. Why is beyond me. So much beauty exists in the desert. The vistas I encountered continue to inspire me, but not like an Edgar Allen Poe story.

Here’s my abbreviated version of a detailed account of Gruber’s sensational

Thumbin’It

La Plata Electric Association finally taking the bold step to sever ties with Tri-State and its stranded assets and coal-heavy portfolio, and go it alone in this brave new world of energy transition.

Speed demon Ross Anderson, who grew up in Durango and honed his chops at Purgatory, was inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame last week. Anderson, who is Native American, holds the American speed skiing record at 154.06 mph.

And speaking of energy transition, the D&SNG announced it has run its last coal train and converted all engines to oil. OK, oil is technically still a fossil fuel, but not one that spews embers that start massive forest fires.

My focus as I headed back to the car was to rediscover the volcanic stone that had impressed me. Ovular in shape like an ostrich egg, it was black but banded by a tan stripe like a leather belt. The British might claim it only weighed one stone. When I spotted it again I thought, what a perfect marker to place beside the thriving desert willow back home, so I put it in my backpack and continued to the parking lot.

Yes, the stone was heavy, but I had less than a mile to carry it. Only after reaching the car and putting the backpack down did I fully realize I’d just lugged a souvenir not only the size of a skull, but also heavier than a few cool, clear gallons of water, and in the desert water always carries more weight.

– David Feela

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Another thing to add to the do-not-eat list: palm oil. The ubiquitous ingredient in all things spreadable, from toothpaste to ice cream, is now the #1 culprit in global deforestation, followed closely by cattle products from Brazil and Australia.

Looks like some key institutions in Durango have high-profile help wanted signs going up, including: FLC president; LPEA CEO; and Durango police chief. Is it us?

Revelations that something as simple as fenders could have protected the Francis Scott Key bridge from collapsing. Hmmm, seems like a no-brainer on a vital water way, but what do we know? We’re just humble landlubbers.

A Leg Man

Rosendo Tellez, 27, walked by an accident scene last week in Wasco, Calif., about 20 miles north of Bakersfield, where an Amtrak train struck and killed a man. But instead of heeding the caution tape, he grabbed (warning: the disturbo-meter is about to go off the charts) a severed human leg and started running away. Before being arrested and charged with removal of human remains and possession of drug paraphernalia, Tellez was recorded in a viral video wiping his mouth with his sleeve. (For the reasonwhy, you can google the incident, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.) Of course, the lame-stream media is avoiding this story, but here at The Telegraph, we have a leg up on the competition.

Healthcare is broken

Ever wonder why our healthcare system costs twice as much per person as health care systems in other developed countries? Ever wonder why the U.S. still doesn’t cover everyone so people don’t go broke trying to pay for healthcare? Ever wonder why the U.S. has some of the worst healthcare outcomes among developed countries?

Guinn Unger, president of the Colorado Healthcare Coalition (a La Plata County-based nonprofit), will present “Our Broken Healthcare System and How We Can Fix It” on Tues., April 2 from 12 noon-1:30 p.m. via Zoom. The presentation will outline efforts that are underway to create a state-based universal healthcare system in Colorado – just like other forward-looking states (Calif., Ore., Wash.) are advocating for as well.

Can you imagine not having to worry about medical expenses? Can you imagine being able to take your kids in anytime you have health questions? Can you imagine having zero deductible? It is possible, and easier than you think.  This will be recorded

and available a day or two later on La Plata Dems’ YouTube page.

To register for Zoom link go to: www.laplatadems.org/events.

–Karen Pontius, Durango

What Putin needs to do

A few weeks ago, an Elon Musk rocket headed up to the space station with a diversified crew, including a Russian. In the last week, another Musk rocket took off 200 miles north of San Diego with supplies for the space station. Each rocket consumes 700 gallons of fuel per minute. I think Putin should pay for the gas.

Same week, a tennis tournament at Indian Wells, close to San Diego, had a Russian play in the finals at Indian Wells, losing to a Spaniard. I think Putin should contribute money to all the worldwide tennis tournaments this Russian has made millions of dollars from.

Putin still has an unbelievable seat in New York at The United Nations. I think he needs to vacate, until he starts peace talks with Ukraine.

Methinks Putin needs to stop the threats of a nuclear war and start

apologizing to the 315,000 mothers in Russia that have already lost their sons or husbands in Ukraine; ditto to mothers in Ukraine who have also lost loved ones since 2014. He should settle

for Crimea and let his bro, The Donald, move permanently away from the USA to build towers with golden showers he already experienced in Moscow.

–Sally Florence, Durango

by Stephen Trimble

UStill in the crosshairs

Culture wars at root of embattled Bears Ears National Monument

tah’s Bears Ears National Monument rarely leaves the news. The political tussle over this stunning expanse of red rock canyons exemplifies all the cultural dissonance in the rural West. Three presidents have signed Bears Ears proclamations. Barack Obama established Bears Ears National Monument in 2016, but supporters were devastated when Donald Trump eviscerated the monument the following year, reducing its area by 85%. In 2021, President Joe Biden restored the original boundaries and then some.

What’s clear is that Bears Ears remains reviled by Republican officials and cherished by Indigenous tribes and conservationists.

The monument, 1.36 million acres in southeast Utah, lies within San Juan County. The Navajo Nation comprises 25% of the county, and Native people account for more than half of the county’s 14,200-person population. Just 8% of the county is private land, while another 5% is state trust land.

The rest – 62% of the county – is federal land owned by the people of the United States and administered by the Departments of Agriculture and Interior. This immense commons testifies to the sublime difficulty of the place – beautiful enough to warrant preservation as national parks, monuments and forests. But it’s also arid enough to attract only a few 19th-century settlers to what had been Indigenous homeland for millennia.

I think it’s fair to say that San Juan County’s white residents never envisioned challenges to their political power. But in 2009, the feds came down hard on generations of casual pothunting by local white families. Then, after a century of oppressing their Indigenous neighbors, lawsuits strengthened Native voting rights. The county commission

Nearly seven years after it was created, Bears Ears National Monument continues to be at the center of a power struggle. Conservationists and Native tribes want to see it preserved at its original 1.36 million acres while the state’s Republican stronghold, and some white residents consider it a federal “land grab” and affront to the “pioneer way of life.”/ Telegraph file photo

became majority Navajo from 2018-22. Native influence keeps expanding. The five tribes of the Bears Ears InterTribal Coalition first envisioned a national monument and became co-stewards for these 1.36 million acres. They have a champion in Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, but such historic changes make the dominant culture uneasy.

In February, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox dramatically withdrew from a Bears Ears land exchange poised for completion. This swap of state trust lands for Bureau of Land Management lands would hugely benefit the state. Details were already negotiated; each side compromised; the stakeholders were largely content.

But in 2024, Utah politics are stark, compounded by distrust and disinformation.

At statehood in 1896, Utah received four sections per township to support public schools and universities. The Utah Trust Lands Administration manages these scattered lands – blue squares on maps – but blocking up these blue squares into manageable parcels means trading land with federal agencies.

Such trades aren’t rare and can be grand in scale. A 1998 negotiation between Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt traded Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument’s 176,000 acres of school sections for BLM land elsewhere – along with a hefty $50 million payment to Utah from the U.S. Treasury. Utah Trust

Lands still brags about the deal on its website.

But the old guard is up in arms about the draft Bears Ears Resource Management Plan released for public comment March 8. The BLM’s preferred alternative emphasizes traditional Indigenous knowledge and land health.

Any such gestures toward conservation elicit local outrage about the feds “destroying” the pioneer way of life. The subtext: the people long in charge don’t want to lose power.

Denouncing federal overreach is always a sure win for Utah politicians. In this year’s Republican primary, San Juan County-based legislator Phil Lyman is challenging the incumbent governor with fierce anti-public lands rhetoric. Gov. Cox will need to protect his right flank.

Meanwhile, school trust lands within Bears Ears remain at risk. The tallest structure in Utah, a 460-foot telecom tower with blinking red lights, could rise on state land in the heart of the monument.

It’s been approved by county planners, and the Trust Lands Administration could add poison pills on other lands proposed for exchange.

The elected leaders of Utah have decided that the monument’s integrity and the needs of the state’s children matter less than political gamesmanship.

The five tribes of Bears Ears know better: “It is our obligation to our ancestors … and to the American people, to protect Bears Ears.” Their big hearts will win in the end.

Stephen Trimble is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He lives in Utah and will publish the 35th anniversary edition of his book “The Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin” next winter. ■

Exit strategy LPEA votes to sever ties with long-time wholesale provider Tri-State

by Allen Best

In putting together their annual meetings for members, Tri-State Generation and Transmission tries to put on a happy face of good health, team spirit and forward movement. That’s what associations do, of course. That will be harder to muster when Tri-State holds its annual meeting next week at the Westminster Westin hotel. On March 25, directors of La Plata Electric Association voted to exit the co-op’s contract with TriState in two years. LPEA is the fifth largest of Tri-State’s 42 members, responsible for 5.7% of the total demand over a three-year period.

In addition, on May 1, Tri-State will lose its largest

member, United Power, which alone is responsible for consuming more than 20% of the electricity supplied by Tri-State. United serves 17 communities in the north and west of Denver.

“It’s a big day, a monumental day,” Ted Compton, chair of LPEA’s board of directors said later that day in an interview with Big Pivots. “Nobody thinks that this decision will make our lives in this co-op easy at all, but we have self-determination to make the choice that we want and our members want.”

LPEA has been studying its options for the last five years. At one point, in 2021, it chose a partial-requirements contract with Tri-State. The co-op even had an alternative supplier for 50% of its generation. But that

approach went nowhere as the formula got balled up in review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Still, it left a sour taste still evident on the tongues of some directors.

“We have kicked the tires,” Director Rachel Landis said moments before the 9-to-3 vote. “We have been staying up late at night.”

Smaller tent needed

When LPEA leaves in 2026, Tri-State will be left with 38 members. Also leaving in the interim will be Granbybased Mountain Parks Electric and Nebraska’s Northwest Rural Public Power District.

For many years, Tri-State had 44 members. The exodus began in 2016 when Kit Carson Electric of Taos left Tri-

The sun rises over power transmission lines. It literally is a new day for La Plata Electric Association as its Board of Directors voted Monday to terminate its contract with wholesale provider Tri-State in 2026. LPEA has been studying its Tri-State exit options for the last five years./Photo courtesy LPEA

State to pursue a different vision. Some wondered about the disaster ahead. Kit Carson had to pay $37 million to break its contract to 2040. It hooked up with a new company, Denver-based Guzman Energy, a wholesaler that had no power generation of its own – although it now does.

Instead of a disaster, Kit Carson has triumphed. In June 2023 it made the final payment to Tri-State while also completing enough new solar installations to meet 100% of daytime needs in its service territory. It has also been building microgrids and pursuing hydrogen as a storage solution.

Compton, in his interview with Big Pivots, declined to give a contract buyout figure. Tri-State, in a  statement after the LPEA decision,  said the estimated value of La Plata’s contract termination is $209.7 million, with a final amount to be calculated prior to withdrawal.

Mark Pearson, director of the San Juan Citizens Alliance, pointed to Kit Carson’s success. “It’s not like we’re the first one out of the gate,” he said. He cited a number of solar projects west and south of Durango. “There are an abundance of local energy sources that would be cheaper than our current contract with Tri-State.”

Directors supporting the exit emphasized their views that Tri-State has failed to be a viable partner. The contract to 2050 – agreed to in 2006 despite misgivings even then – does not meet LPEA’s needs now, they said.

“We need the ability to make decisions, be nimble, have flexibility, to have local generation,” Director Tim Wheeler said. “And the contract with Tri-State to 2050 does not present that at all. It represents something from 20 years ago.”

Decision to seek FERC regulation

Wheeler also cited the decision by TriState to seek regulation under FERC, which is far more complex, expensive and time consuming than regulation under the state PUC. To do so, Tri-State had to create a new class of members in 2019

who are not electrical cooperatives. For example, it added a greenhouse near Fort Lupton and a hunting guide near Craig.

Another LPEA director from Durango, Joe Lewandowski, urged LPEA members to take the long view of five, 10, even 20 years when viewing costs. He also suggested there was more risk to staying with Tri-State.

Asked about risk, Compton offered a couple of analogies.

“A lot of people simplistically see this as a decision to stay on a stable ship and get what they need or jump off and swim on your own. That is not the way that La Plata has evaluated this. We currently do not see Tri-State as a stable ship. There are a lot of chinks in their armor, and it makes us nervous to be attached to that.”

LPEA, he added, feels more comfortable charting its own future. TriState, he said, got off course by seeking federal regulation.

Tri-State went into the clean energy transition carrying heavy debt. It had pinned much hope on federal aid through the Inflation Reduction Act to cover the cost of retiring stranded coal assets even as it built lower-cost renewables and natural gas.

But Wall Street analysts in the last couple of years have taken an increasingly dim view of Tri-State, downgrading its credit-worthiness.

And Compton observed that Tri-State has encountered many problems at FERC.

In its statement, Tri-State made its case for why it should be seen as a viable wholesale provider going forward. In 2030, when 70% of its energy comes from renewables, Tri-State is forecast to achieve an 89% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado from a 2005 baseline.

Tri-State has not raised its wholesale rates since 2017 – with an average 6.36% wholesale rate increase proposed to go into effect in 2024. That is being held up at FERC.

One of the many solar arrays that has recently come online in La Plata County.

By ending its contract with Tri-State, LPEA hopes to have more flexibility in charting its own future with more renewables. Tri-State has been accused of being late to the renewables party./Photo courtesy LPEA

“Tri-State’s members have created tremendous momentum toward an energy transition that will provide longterm reliability and rate competitiveness, while reducing emissions and increasing flexibility,” Duane Highley, Tri-State’s CEO, said. LPEA’s board “has chosen not to be part of this future and go it alone on a different path, even as the region faces increasing reliability challenges.”

Why now for this decision?

Why a special meeting for the decision? And why just 10 days after Jessica Matlock, LPEA’s general manager for five years, left for a job in the Pacific Northwest?

Compton said the timing of the decision had nothing to do with Matlock’s departure.

But why not wait until April and the regularly scheduled board meeting? Because, he said, the board had decided the time was right to make the decision. It had all the information it needed.

He dismissed an observation made by the chief executive of another Colorado co-op that the timing allows LPEA to use

its 2023 financials in its application to FERC. That will make LPEA exempt from capital investments going forward, such as new generation and transmission planned by Tri-State – and hence might lower the amount it will have to pay Tri-State.

Compton repeatedly characterized that observation as speculative. “It was just one of many factors that we saw coming in the April 1 timeline,” he said.

LPEA joined Tri-State in 1992 when it and other electrical cooperatives in Western Colorado joined in the wake of the bankruptcy by their former wholesale supplier, Colorado Ute.

Colorado Ute had over-extended itself to build three coal-burning units at Craig for an oil-shale industry that never arrived. Tri-State took over Colorado Ute’s members and its coal plants at Craig. Now, Tri-State is struggling in part because of the burden of those coal plants that will be closed between 2025-30.

Allen Best is a Colorado-based journalist who publishes the e-magazine “Big Pivots” www.bigpivots.com. Reach him at  allen.best @comcast.net.

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Letting the dust settle

Now that new-release frenzy has subsided, a few obscure but worthy picks

by Jon E. Lynch

Howdy readers. Thanks for sauntering by. Hopefully we’ve all enjoyed the Worm Moon, the fake-out seasonal warm up and are anticipating (Fearing? Respecting? Ignoring?) the impending solar eclipse. There’s plenty of reasons why I hold off on blurting out a column on the records I’m most looking forward to in 2024. Usually, it’s procrastination. Also, a lot of the early reads on upcoming releases are staid, boring and predictable. Not to say this one won’t be, but at least the dust has settled.

Many authors aggregate and rehash each other and focus heavily on the first couple months. Most are wrought with big-budget contractual obligations, with smaller indies peppered in for clout –and that’s OK. I wouldn’t genuinely be paying attention to the possible release of new Billie Eilish had I not lazily got around to hearing her 2019 debut a couple weeks ago. Not sorry; I’m firmly slow on pop happenings.

There have been solid efforts (SPRINTS, IDLES, Ty Segall, Shawn Hess, Crippling Alcoholism, Kim Gordon, Erick the Architect) on a smaller scale. With so many offerings each week, it’s a task to keep up. The past few weeks alone saw releases from Waxahatchee, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief), Pissed Jeans, Sierra Ferrell and many more. I’m industry-adjacent, and there simply are not enough hours in a day to listen to or read up on releases to stay “relevant.” And I’m totally OK with that.

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My approach is also semi-calculated. See, early in spring, bands are releasing tour itineraries and – often – album announcements. It can pay to wait a bit. This Fri., March 29, beloved (by me) indie quartet Chastity Belt will release “Live Laugh Love” via the storied Suicide Squeeze label. It’s my hope to hear some of these new songs live when they play Meow Wolf in Santa Fe on Mon., April 8. Should you go – and you most certainly should –don’t sleep on opener Peel Dream Magazine either. The L.A. post-punkers put out a favorite of mine in 2020, “Agitprop Alterna.” Whether they have a new album on the way is unknown.

The sludgy, acerbic and caustically heavy Chicago trio Shellac, featuring

controversial (reductive) engineerextraordinaire Steve Albini, will release “To all Trains” on one of the greatest imprints of all time, Touch & Go, on May 17. I’m not going to debate art vs. the artist in print, but happy to engage in person should you kindly offer me a cup of tea. It’s their first record in a decade, and I’m very much expecting a ripper, to say the least. If you’re a fan of heavier-leaning, noisy rock and roll, I’d suggest a listen. Preorder it direct from the label/band or support your local independent record store.

In 2022, the model-gorgeous and humble-as-can-be brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez – appropriately known as Hermanos Gutiérrez – released my personal Album of the Year, “El Bueno y el Malo.” On Fri., June 14, the duo will release its follow up, “Sonido Cósmico,” on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound. An inadvertent early listen to the title track promises more instrumentals diffused through their Latin American and Swiss heritage. Why the masses aren’t giddier

for this record is completely beyond me. You can catch them opening for Khruangbin (who will be releasing their latest, “A LA SALA,” on Dead Oceans April 5) not one but two dates in late April in Albuquerque. See you there. In fact, let me catch a lift and share gas. These are but a few I’m excited for. Amen Dunes, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, DIIV, Kamasi Washington, Ride, Shannon and the Clams, and Les Sav Fav (!!!) all have confirmed records soon to be released. Rumored albums from The Cure, Run the Jewels, Black Midi and My Bloody Valentine (I’ll believe it when I hear it, Kevin Shields. I’m tired of shilling for you – year after year), not to mention the scores I’ve overlooked, will undoubtedly make for yet another compelling year. These don’t account for the heaps of unknown debuts to get worked-up over. As much as one can, mind you.

Per usual, I’d love to know what you’re eager to hear . And, as always, reach out with questions, comments and gripes. Especially the gripes. KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu ■

Retiring at altitude

Air is thinner and care can be far away, but recreation abounds

by Paolo Zialcita Colorado Public Radio

At 87 years old, Carol Faust is probably logging more crosscountry skiing miles than you. About 10 years ago, the octogenarian traded in the winds of Chicago for the peaks of Summit County. She and her husband were familiar with the area from past ski vacations, so they decided to make it their home. They haven’t stopped moving since they got here.

“The skiing and snowshoeing and biking and hiking, I think that’s why everybody’s here. Because if I’m going to sit and look out the window, I could have done that back in Chicago,” Faust said. “We would never go back to Illinois. I’m going to die here. I’m not moving until they carry me out.”

Faust is one of thousands of seniors who have chosen to retire in the mountains. About 15% of the population living above 6,000 feet is 65 and older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Faust said her body has adapted well to the altitude. The only thing she’s changed is now she wears an oxygen machine at night to aid with her breathing.

Norb Chehak, a 76-year-old ski instructor has to do the same.

“The effect of not breathing up here at night has a more negative effect than at sea level,” he said. “Doctors will tell you that night and day.”

When the word “retirement” is thrown around, Colorado’s mountains may not be the first destination that comes to mind. But some seniors, like 69-year-old Alfred Vigil, said they can’t think of a more fitting place.

“We went to Florida – too hot, too humid. I couldn’t live there,” he said. “Pueblo is just dry and flat. We went to Arizona. It was desert land, and hot and dry. When I come back up here, it’s like paradise.”

Joan Newby lives in Leadville, the highest city in the United States at just over 10,000 feet. She said recent arthritis problems in her knee have slowed her down, but she still gets around at 84 years old, even during the snowiest months.

“I do all my own housekeeping, cut the grass and do everything in the summer, and I shovel,” Newby said. “So I’m active, as far as that’s concerned.”

Living in the mountains as a senior isn’t all sunshine, however.

Self-sufficiency is almost mandatory in the mountains, especially if your family isn’t nearby, according to Rachelle Collins, a coordinator for the Lake County Senior Center.

“We don’t have a ton of resources up here for people that are retiring,” Collins said. “There are no nursing homes within a 50-mile radius or even further.”

Because of the lack of assisted-living facilities, many seniors who require aid are eventually forced to move to Denver or another urban area with more resources. Collins also said seniors with chronic medical conditions could come across trouble finding treatment in the mountains.

“There are days that you can’t get over the pass,” she said. “We provide what we can here in town, but you absolutely have to go over the mountain pass to get to any sort of a specialist.”

Science still doesn’t know much about how altitude impacts aging. But that’s something researchers are increasingly starting to analyze.

Dr. Benjamin Honigman is a retired University of Colorado professor who has spent his career studying the impacts of altitude on the human body.

Members of Durango’s Seniors Outdoors hike a peak in the San Juans on one of their summer outings. More active seniors are moving to the mountains for their golden years./ File photo

He’s currently the chair of an advisory group with the High Altitude Research Center at St. Anthony Summit Hospital in Frisco.

“(The) High Altitude Research Center is involved in a project that we call the Healthy Summit Project, and what we’re trying to do is determine what the impact of living at 8,0000-10,000 feet is on common disease … such as heart disease or lung disease, diabetes, sleep disorders; those sorts of things,” he said.

Dr. Honigman said studies show some apparent benefits of living at altitude –there’s a lower death rate from heart disease and certain kinds of cancers are less common. But he said there’s a possibility those could be coincidental.

“It could be a selection process where people who are healthier on some level decide that can tolerate and adapt to the altitude more than people who aren’t,” Dr. Honigman said.

The High Altitude Research Center hopes to study more than 3,000 subjects over a long period of time to see how diseases at altitude progress from youth to old age.

Until then, Dr. Honigman says the only way to know if Colorado’s mountains are right for retirement is to see if you can tolerate the high altitude firsthand. The world-class skiing, hiking and outdoors might help keep you alive, too.

For more from Colorado Public Radio, go to www.cpr.org. ■

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Tubing Hill Glow Party, 4-8 p.m., Tubing Hill at Purgatory Resort

Manufacturer’s Edge and SCAPE’s Manufacturer’s Meetup, 5-7 p.m., 2615 Main Ave.

Live music by Randy Crumbaugh, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.

Durango Green Drinks, 5-7 p.m., 11th Street Station

Music from Tim Sullivan, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Trans Day of Visibility, Thurs., 6-8 p.m., FLC Campus Student Union Ballroom

Bluegrass Jam, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.

Live music by Rob Webster, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Live music by Horseshirt, 6-9 p.m., Durango Hot Springs, 6475 CR 203

Drag Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

“Drum Tao 30th Anniversary,” 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College

Friday29

Piano music by Gary B. Walker, 10:15 a.m.-12 noon, Jean-Pierre Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave.

Vietnam Veterans Day Wreath Ceremony, 1212:30 p.m., Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Iris Park, 1235 Camino Del Rio

Durango Celtic Festival, 1 p.m., Community Concert Hall at FLC

Protect Women’s Reproductive Healthcare petition-signing event, 2-6 p.m., Sunnyside Farms Market, 1305 Escalante Dr. and 3-4:30 p.m., Durango Rec Center, 2700 Main Ave.

Ska/Venture Snowboard Giveaway, 3 p.m., Purgatory Resort Bear Bar

Hozhoni Days Powwow youth contests, 4 p.m. Whalen Gymnasium, Fort Lewis College

“Blunt Conversations,” group exhibition with oil painter Keith Smith (Diné), 5–6:30 p.m., 11th Street Gallery, 1135 Main Ave.

“Cool Water: A Toe Dip into Neo-Western” artworks by Jared Reed, 5-8 p.m., The Light Box at Stillwater Music, 1316 Main Ave., Ste. C

Live music by Jack Ellis & Larry Carver, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Live music by Pete Giuliani, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Public House 701, 701 E. 2nd Ave.

Balloon Glow, 6-7 p.m., Village Plaza, Purgatory

Vietnam Veterans Dinner, 6-9 p.m., VFW Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave.

Live music by Mike Testa, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

“Hand to God,” performed by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center.

Magic Beans & Desiderata, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive

Aria PettyOne presents Aria’s Pizza Party, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Father’s Daughters Pizza, 640 Main Ave.

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Easter Egg and Easter Keg Hunt, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Purgatory Resort

Easter Egg Scramble, 9:45 a.m., Santa Rita Park

Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Durango Harley-Davidson, 750 S Camino Del Rio

Animas City Kids Ski Easter Egg Hunt ages 412, 11a.m.-12 noon, Purgatory Resort

Durango Celtic Festival, 12 p.m., Community Concert Hall at FLC

Hozhoni Days Powwow adult and golden age contests, 1 p.m. Whalen Gymnasium, Fort Lewis College

Live Music with Nathan Wheeler, 5-7 p.m., Four Leaves Winery, 528 Main Ave.

“Hand to God,” performed by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

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Durango Celtic Festival, 10:30 a.m., Community Concert Hall at FLC

Irish jam session, 12:30-3 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.

Durango Food Not Bombs mutual aid and potluck, 2-4 p.m., Buckley Park

“Hand to God,” performed by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Durango Palestine Solidarity rally, 4 p.m., Buckley Park, 12th St. and Main Ave.

Book Signing with Rachel Stark, author of “Perris, California,” 6-8 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.

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Architecture of Durango Area, 5-9 p.m., Create Art and Tea, 1015 Main Ave.

“A Recent History of Big Foot on San Juan Public Lands,” 5:30 p.m., Durango Public Library

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College Connection & Coffee, 7-8 a.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E 2nd Ave.

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Drugged out, cameo role and Chex mate

Interesting fact: General Mills actually removed bagel chips from Chex Mix in 2009. Feels like it never happened.

Dear Rachel,

With all the ads on TV like Botox, Fasenr, Vyvgart, Arexvy, Gasrdasil and Caplyta on solving our medical health, why do they run ads to tell us to tell our docs what we need? The doctors know what to give us. That’s why we pay them. Guess that’s why med prices are so damn high. TV ads to tell us what to tell the doctors. Give me a break. Your thoughts on why they brainwash us on TV to solve medical issues?

–Doc Strap

Dear Pill Popper,

Probably the same reason they bombard us with yogurt ads even though they know damn well we’re going out to eat. We’ll look smarter, healthier and probably more attractive if we ask our partners and roommates to pick up yogurt at the store. Same idea, just with doctors. Also a bit like learning a couple car parts before going into the mechanic so you can drop lingo like “distributor” and “gasoline.” Or, just make up words like I’m pretty sure you did with your list o’ meds.

––Rec’d by four out of five doctors, Rachel

Dear Rachel,

I’m reading a novel, and all of a sudden there’s a character who is undoubtedly me.

Cowboy Tuesdays, 12 noon, Strater Hotel/Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

“Our Broken Healthcare System and How We Can Fix It,” presented by Guinn Unger, President of Colorado Healthcare Coalition, 12-1:30 p.m., online via Zoom www.laplatadems.org/events

Slow Bluegrass Jam, 5:30-7:30 p.m., General Palmer Hotel, 567 Main Ave.

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Restorative Yoga for Cancer, 9:30-10:45 a.m., no cost for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers, Smiley Room 20A. register cancersupportswco.org/calendar

Yoga With In the Weeds, 10-11 a.m., The Hive, 1150 Main Ave., Ste. A

Meet & Greet for police chief candidates, 5:307:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 949 E 2nd Ave.

Live music by Gary Watkins, 5:30-9p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Live music by Terry Rickard, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Word Honey Poetry Workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., The

My name, my place of residency, some other vaguely general identifying characteristics, none of which is incriminating. But put them all together, and it’s an undeniable constellation of ME. Coincidence? I think not. I met the author at a signing in the past and chatted for a few minutes. Enough to incriminate! Do you think I’m due royalties? Or at least a signed copy?

- Bit Part

Dear Almost Famous, No, you don’t have a case! Haven’t you seen that disclaimer on TV shows that say “any resemblance to any persons living or dead is entirely coincidental?” I once saw that on a show that then had JFK as a character. Coincidental! If the Kennedys couldn’t get that taken off the air, you aren’t going to get diddly for a book. But maybe you should take that writer out for coffee next time they’re in town. Writers like coffee. –Hint hint, Rachel

Dear Rachel,

Other people load up on Christmas cookies. I load up on Chex Mix. November to January, it’s all I eat. Not sure I add weight, but I definitely take on water from all the salt. Well, I just found a bunch of ingredients in the back of the pantry, enough for two or three more batches. I would ask you about alternate uses, except it’s a given I don’t have enough will-

Hive, 1150 Main Ave., Ste. A

“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” FLC Theatre production, 7:30 p.m., Main Stage Theatre, Fort Lewis College. Also takes place April 4-7.

Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.

Pacific Dub Smell with special guests Dale and the Zdubs, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.

Ongoing

“Emergence,” exhibit by The Art Squirrelsthru midMay, Smiley Cafe Gallery, 1309 E. Third Ave.

“The Return of the Force,” art exhibit exploring the influence of “Star Wars” on Native artists, FLC’s Center for Southwest Studies. Thru August 2024

63rd annual Juried Exhibition, guest juror Emily Grace King, thru April 3, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery

Upcoming

Big Brothers and Big Sisters 40th Birthday Gala, April 18 RSVP by April 1, 5:30 p.m., River Bend Ranch

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com

power to wait for your answer. So I’ll ask instead: can I eat Chex Mix in public in March? Or should I hide my shame in private?

–Out of Season

Dear Mixed Up, Dude, you can buy Chex Mix in a bag at the store all year long. How do I know? Because the stuff in the store comes with bagel chips, and no one – and I mean no one at – Christmas puts bagel chips in their homemade stuff. Where do you even get bagel chips? That’s what I want commercials for: Ask your doctor about adding bagel chips to your diet.

Muddled up, Rachel

“SkyWords” author reading & book signing, April 4, 6-7:30 p.m., FLC Campus Student Union Ballroom or via zoom

“Echolalia,” artwork by Jenn Rawlings, 4 – 8 p.m., Fri., April 5, Smiley Bldg., Room 27

Dark Sky Celebration, 6-8:30 p.m., Fri., April 12, The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino Del Rio

Pond Skim, 12-3:30 p.m., Sun., April 14, Purgatory Resort. Last day of daily operations ; open Fri.-Sun thru April 28 or weather permitting

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FreeWillAstrology

by Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming days, your hunger will be so inexhaustible that you may feel driven to devour extravagant amounts of food and drink. It’s possible you will gain 10 pounds in a very short time. You might even enter an extreme eating contest and devour 46 dozen oysters! APRIL FOOL! Although what I just said is remotely plausible, I foresee that you will sublimate your exorbitant hunger. You will realize it is spiritual in nature and can’t be gratified by eating food. As you explore your voracious longings, you will hopefully discover a half-hidden psychological need you have been suppressing. And then you will liberate that need and feed it what it craves!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus novelist Lionel Shriver writes, “There’s a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk.” In accordance with astrological omens, I recommend you experiment with Shriver’s strategy. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, Shriver’s comment is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Why would anyone want the cheap, damaged liberation that comes from feeling indifferent, numb and passionless? Please do all you can to disrupt and dissolve any attraction you may have to that. In my opinion, you now have a sacred duty to cultivate extra helpings of enthusiasm, zeal and ambition.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): At enormous cost and after years of study, I have finally figured out the meaning of life, at least as it applies to you Geminis. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to reveal it to you unless you send me $1,000 and a case of Veuve Clicquot champagne. APRIL FOOL! Most of what I just said was a dirty lie. It’s true that I have worked hard to uncover the meaning of life for you Geminis. But I haven’t found it yet. And even if I did, I would of course provide it to you free. Luckily, you are now in a prime position to make dramatic progress in deciphering the meaning of life for yourself.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): For a limited time, you have permission from the cosmos to be a wildly charismatic egomaniac who brags incessantly and insists on getting your selfish needs met at all times. Please feel free to have maximum amounts of narcissistic fun! APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating, hoping to offer you medicinal encouragement so you will stop being so damn humble and self-effacing all the time. But the truth is, now is indeed an excellent time to assert your authority, expand your clout and flaunt your potency.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Michael Scott was a character in “The Office.” He was the boss of a paper company. Played by Leo actor Steve Carell, he was notoriously selfcentered and obnoxious. However, there was one famous scene I will urge you to emulate. He was asked if he would rather be feared or loved. He replied, “Um, easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” Be like Michael Scott, Leo!

APRIL FOOL! I was half-kidding. It’s true I’m quite excited by the likelihood that you will receive floods of love in coming weeks. It’s also true I think you should do everything possible to boost this likelihood. But I would rather that people be amazed and pleased at how much they love you, not afraid.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now would be an excellent time for you to snag a Sugar Daddy or Sugar Momma or Sugar NonBinary Nurturer. The astrological omens are telling me that life is expanding its willingness and capacity to provide you with support and maybe even extra cash. I dare you to dangle yourself as bait and sell your soul to the highest bidder. APRIL FOOL! I was half-kidding. While I do believe it’s prime time to ask for and receive more help and cash, I don’t believe you will have to sell your soul. Just be yourself!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Happy Unbirthday, Libra! It’s that time halfway between your last birthday and your next. Here are the presents I plan to give you: a boost in your receptivity to be loved; a constructive relationship with obsession; more power to accomplish the half-right thing when it’s hard to do the totally right thing; the disposal of 85% of the psychic trash left over from the time between 2018-23; and a provocative new invitation to transcend an outworn taboo. APRIL FOOL! The truth is, I can’t possibly supply every one of you with these fine offerings, so please bestow them on yourself. Luckily, the cosmic currents will conspire with you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Now would be an excellent time to seek liposuction, a facelift, Botox, buttocks augmentation or hair transplants. Cosmic rhythms will be on your side. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just said was a lie. I’ve got nothing against cosmetic surgery, but now is not the right time to alter your appearance. Here’s the correct oracle: Shed your disguises, stop hiding anything about who you really are, and show how proud you are of your idiosyncrasies.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I command you to love Jesus and Buddha! If you don’t, you will burn in Hell! APRIL FOOL! I was being sensationalistic to grab your attention. Here’s my true oracle for you: Love everybody, including Jesus and Buddha. And I mean love them all twice as strong and wild and tender. The cosmic powers ask it of you! The health of your immortal soul depends on it! For your own selfish sake, you need to pour out more adoration and care and compassion than you ever have. I’m not exaggerating! Be a lavish Fountain of Love!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you gave me permission, I would cast a spell to arouse in you a case of ergophobia, i.e., an aversion to work. I think you need to take a sweet sabbatical from business as usual. APRIL FOOL! But I do wish you would indulge in a lazy, do-nothing retreat. If you want your ambitions to thrive later, you will be wise to enjoy a brief period of delightful emptiness and relaxing dormancy. As Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein recommends, “Don’t just do something! Sit there!”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I suggest you get the book “Brain Surgery for Beginners” by Steven Parker and David West. You now have the power to learn and even master complex new skills, and this would be an excellent place to start. APRIL FOOL! I don’t really think you should take a scalpel to the gray matter of your friends and family members – or yourself, for that matter. But I am quite certain that you currently have an enhanced power to learn and even master new skills. It’s time to raise your educational ambitions to a higher octave. Find out what lessons and training you need, then make plans to get them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the religious beliefs of Louisiana Voodoo, one God presides over the universe but never meddles in the details of life. There are also many spirits who are always intervening and tinkering. They might do nice things for people or play tricks on them – and everything in between. I urge you to convert to the Louisiana Voodoo religion and try ingenious strategies to get the spirits to do your bidding. APRIL FOOL! I don’t think you should convert. However, I believe it would be fun and righteous for you to proceed as if spirits are everywhere –and assume you have the power to harness them to work on your behalf.

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