21 Pairs of Shoes: Steamboat Sports & Adventures

In his worst moments, Mike Schlichtman was huddled under a tree high in the Rocky Mountains suffering from hypothermia, or sweating in brutal 111-degree temperatures in Oklahoma. He said all the hurdles he had to clear in his coast-to-coast mountain bike ride across the United States were worth it, however.

The details all the way down to the color of the uniform can make a difference in the elite world of Winter Olympic sports, according to Bryan Fletcher, a 2014 Winter Olympian and United States Nordic combined athlete. Fletcher sits down with us to talk about his career, his life off the snow and everything athletes do to try to gain an edge on the snow.

Steamboat Springs climber Kim Hess couldn't reach the summit of Mount Everest on her first attempt, her plans disrupted by a natural disaster in Nepal. Her second attempt, however, worked a bit better. She shares the story of how she stood on the top of the world

Verne Lundquist won the sports lifetime achievement Emmy this week. We sat down with the man, the long-time voice of SEC football on CBS, and a long-time Steamboat Springs resident. He told us about everything from learning to call Olympic figure skating to appearing in Happy Gilmore.