The Tale-Telling Days Are Over
Whatever happened to an outdoorsman’s sacred right to exaggerate? In the age of digitized adventure, the fish that got away is gone forever.
Ian Frazier
16. Leave a Motel Room
The act touches on mortality. It offers a small dose of the autobiographical sadness you feel after the moving van has gone and you take a last look around the place where you used to live. Travelers ...
The Rambling Gene
Outside writer Ian Frazier discusses what makes some prone to wander.
The Longest Yarn
A new film chronicles the classic story of a daring prison break from a Soviet gulag. We dispatched our crankiest critic to weigh in on the somewhat true story.
Return of the Road Trip
The great American road trip is resurgent. Hallelujah.
Who's Your Daddy?
Pay attention, young adventurers—school's in session
City Sanctuaries
Can't skip town this weekend? No problem
Outfoxing the Fox
To catch a caveman like Osama bin Laden, who's at home in some of the earth's most remote mountains, what you really need is a great outdoorsman.
Yo, Frank!
In the unlikeliest of places, in the waters off JFK airport in New York, IAN FRAZIER lands a few big fish with Captain Frank, a guide who matches his passion striper for striper and knows why fishing ...
Fishing with Jack
Why I love Jack, even if he does copy everything I do
A Kielbasa Too Far
Why do we get sick when traveling in out-of-the-way places? Join IAN FRAZIER, plus some liver flukes, dysentery, and cholera, on an enlightening journey that will make your stomach...
Crunch Time
When critters are getting eaten, I'll be there
Does the Mushroom Love Its Plucker?
Does the Mushroom Love Its Plucker? Or does it loathe that enraptured human touch? An earthy tale of fungal romance, fully consummated.
I See a Little Silhouetto of a Man, (SCARAMOUCHE, SCARAMOUCHE, Will you do the FANDANGO?)
Lofty ideas that pop into one's head and refuse to leave
Things That Go Bump in the Wild
Sure, the wilderness is beautiful. But it can also frighten you out of your mind.
