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ArchiveThe Trip-Finder, January 1998 Cuba Mountain-Biking Off-limits Territory Outfitter Departures Price Accommodations International Bicycle Fund 206-767-0848 1 $990 rustic lodging Adventures Unlimited 800-567-6286 2 $1,300 rustic lodging Company of Adventurers 604-687-5856 4 $1,300 rustic lodging…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Mountain Biking: Who Needs Brakes? By Todd Balf French downhiller Christian Taillefer isn’t known for his success on the summer tour, but put him on the iced-over speed-skiing course at Vars, France, and he’s a sonic blur. Taillefer again proved…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Renegade Spirits on Highway 3 Cruising history with Oregon’s last warrior By Annick Smith In the remote northeastern corner of oregon, there is a sacred land to which I sometimes go. To get there, I drive U.S. 12…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Smart Traveler: Carving Out Some Bargains How to get on top of ski-industry discounting By Seth Masia With lift tickets at major resorts running about $45 a day and lodging at least twice that, skiing is justifiably considered…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Skiing: Step Up and Win a Stigma By Todd Balf (with Derek Rielly) With two-time winner Doug Coombs a mysterious last-minute scratch, last April’s World Extreme Skiing Championships in Valdez, Alaska, was anybody’s contest. In fact, the three-day extravaganza was decided on…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Arc de Triomphe or Bust With the recent news that the Tour DuPont, set to kick off on the first of this month, has had its status upgraded by the Union Cycliste International–making it the most prestigious cycling race outside of Europe–perhaps…
Outside magazine, June 1999 DETOURS Going Skiabout It’s August. It’s Australia. It’s nordic nirvana. Imagine midwinter Vermont, without the maple trees. Limitless rolling terrain, almost no avalanche danger—a nordic skier’s paradise. Now imagine it’s your summer…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Holidays on Ice Skate and glide your way through the season at five snowbound lodges Mirror Lake Inn, New York Walk into Lake Placid’s Mirror Lake Inn, and it’s possible for all of your lofty…
Destinations, June 1997 Off Season: Kiwi Ski Where else can you get snow and cheap digs in June? By Eric Blehm It starts so innocently. As the mechanic at your bike shop finishes tweaking your crash-mangled GripShift, you limp over…
Outside magazine, April 1992 Mountain Biking: Full-Blown Fat-Tire Tours By Bob Howells Mountain bikers and other “user groups” might still be duking it out in certain congested recreational areas, but there are other places where bikers aren’t just accepted–they’re embraced. It’s taken years…
Outside magazine, October 1995 The Exhaust-Free, Self-Propelled Foliage Tour Let the motorized leaf peepers have their New England. It’ll keep them far away from ours. By Todd Balf Migrationally speaking, almost everything leaves New England in autumn. The exception?…
Outside magazine, March 1998 The Mountain is Ready for its Close-up This month, the most astonishing images of Everest ever caught on film premiere for all the world to see. And to coax this performance from the 29,000-foot headliner took the one filmmaker…
Is to attract (specifically to draw my wandering kayak to the Philippine archipelago). And to beguile (specifically me).
Outside magazine, October 1991 Inns & Lodges: The Ark, California By Charlie Haas Even without the framed photos of student-hippie carpenters at work, vibes from the seventies would flow right through the walls of The Ark, a tiny cottage in the…
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 Family Adventure Camps On belay, Mom! Eight learning centers where it’s recess all day long By David Noland Tell any red-blooded American kids that they’re going to spend their cherished summer vacation learning stuff instead…
Waterworlds, Family Vacations 1998 Sailing Wind in your spinnaker, a harbor ahead, and a ready-made crew to swab the decks By Dan Dickison WATERWORLDS…
Pedal On, Summer 1998 Road Cycling Freewheeling it along a canal-side towpath, country lanes, and converted rail beds By Peter Oliver PEDAL ON Mountain…
Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide The Art of the Quick Exit Long weekends made easy — because even die-hard city dwellers need an occasional campfire-and-pine-needle fix From Boston … Tucked into a sheltered cove on…
Outside magazine, April 1993 Mountain Bike Tours: Esprit de Knobby By Johnny Dodd Time spent tricking out your mountain bike is inversely related to time spent bumping down the trail. But come a spell of warm spring weather and even the most discriminating…
Outside magazine, July 1996 You’re Only as Good as Your Preparation All the logisitics, equipment, techniques, and shortcuts you’ll need to become a campground superchef By Paul Kvinta While we camp cooks are often content to let our gastrointestinal…
Family Vacations, Summer The Itinerant Toddler What Terrible Twos? A parental primer on where to go, what to bring, and how to stay sane TODDLERS…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Utah Five-O What Ranger Rick does between nature talks By Debra Shore From the Bullfrog subdistrict dispatch log, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, May 28-30, 1993. FRIDAY 9:16 A.M. Large group of underage youths drinking at…
Family Vacations, Summer Holy Rollers! ‘Blading through Amish country On Zephyr Inline Skate Tours’ roll through Pennsylvania Amish country, your guide might be an Amish 18-year-old who’ll show kids some wicked skate moves while filling them…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Walk the Casbah A Moroccan ramble and five other foot-worthy trails Waimanu, Big Island of Hawaii One of seven amphitheater valleys carved from the extinct Kohala Volcano along the northern shore of the Big…
Women Outside, Fall 1998 Adeventure Classics: Trekking More Pad Thai, Dumbo? Soothing yourself — and some wanton beasts — in Thailand’s hill country By Robert Earl Howells GEAR | TRAVEL |…
 Outside magazine, January 1999 The Nile at Mile One On the rough road in Uganda, where visions past and future clash. And all things flow from the mighty river By Mark Hertsgaard Where the Nile…
The Trip-Finder, January 1999 Utah Trekking in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Outfitter Price Accommodations Red Rock n’ Llamas 877-955-2627, www.gorp. com/redrock $1,275 camping Escalante Canyon Outfitters 888-326-4453, www.gorp. com/escalante $795 camping, tourist hotels…
Outside magazine, January 1993 Access & Resources: Sea Kayaking Baja By Adam Horowitz Though it’s become big business, sea kayaking off Baja isn’t just another programmed trip; you get to make choices. Do you want to join a guided tour or plan a…
Outside magazine, June 1992 A Guide to the Guide A word about some of our terms By Debra Shore The Big Picture: A thumbnail sketch of the history, geography, myths, and peculiarities of each park, as well as its little…
Outside magazine, June 1994 Sea Kayaking: The Alternative to Old Faithful By Cynthia Hunter It’s an old saw that the typical visitor to Yellowstone National Park is attached to his car by a 100-foot rope. But even backcountry diehards might be surprised to…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide All This for $50 a Night? 12 weeklong tropical escapes from $650 per person to $14,000 — what’s your vacation worth? By Everett Potter HAWAII: ————— BUDGET — $750 PER PERSON…
Outside magazine, April 1996 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn–or Else By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta “Those guys deal with rapes and murders all day,” says New York City parks official Bradley Tusk of the city’s criminal court judges. “They never took environmental…
Outside Magazine, August 1999 TRAIL TOOLS Backcountry 3-D Glasses Sold Separately Skip McWilliams, a veteran guide and lodge owner in Mexico’s Copper Canyon, doesn’t like topographic maps: “They’re geographical pornography, reducing a…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Well-Outfitted Skier Smiley’s knit and fleece Bormio Peak ($26) is also available with a Gore-Tex lining ($32). Thanks to nylon frames and polycarbonate lenses, Bolle’s Coach Whip sunglasses ($60) stay light and deter scratches. The boxed finger construction and rubber…
CHOICE RIDE: PACIFIC The Point Reyes Seashore Absorbing California’s great shake, rattle, and roll By Langdon Cook Unclipping from our pedals and dismounting, we stare out over the…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Diving: Next stop…real deep By Todd Balf (with Jim Kelly, Martin Dugard, and Alison Osius) About to attempt a world-record 416-foot breath-hold dive off Key Largo last December, Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras assumed the lotus position on the edge of his…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Genghis On My Mind He plundered half the known world and then disappeared back into Mongolia without a trace, leaving only tales about a lost tomb filled with clues to his legendary–and mystifying–reign. Seven centuries later, a Khan-besotted Maury Kravitz…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 Foreign Travel: Beyond the Bío-Bío Chile’s forgotten Lake District comes of age By Kathy Martin O’Neil Never really a stop on the adventure traveler’s worldbeat, Chile’s serene Lake District has long been overlooked in the…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Ultra: Take That, Partner By Todd Balf Of the many surprises at the 100-kilometer national championships in Sacramento, California, last February, perhaps the biggest was the dominance of newcomer Rich Hanna. “He’s a marathoner,” says Tom Johnson, the prerace…
Outside magazine, October 1996 Once Again in the Land of the Viets A war correspondent considers the dragons of his history By Robert Stone Early last year, shortly before the Vietnamese Tet holiday, I found myself aboared a bright yellow pilot boat,…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 SPRING HAWAII OFF THE BROCHURE-BEATEN PATH From a tropical treehouse to a funky little beach cottage, six hostelries in paradise that your travel agent never heard of Tranquil Kee Lagoon at Haena…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Aviation: It’s a Bird’s Life Hang-gliding legend Larry Tudor’s 400-mile dreams By Joe Bower It must be nerve-racking being a bird. The unexpected downdrafts. The bullying jet aircraft. Those disgusting contrails. “I’m as comfortable in the air as…
 Outside magazine, January 1998 Me, My Thoughts, and I A few months in a cabin on the near edge of the wilderness. With only nature for company, and time — lots and lots of time — for contemplation. By Charles…
The Trip-Finder, January 1998 Italy Hiking the Dolomites Outfitter Departures Price Accommodations Above the Clouds Trekking 800-233-4499, 508-799-4499 3 $1,700-$1,950 rustic lodging, tourist hotels Alternative Travel 800-527-5997 7 $3,000 rustic lodging, tourist hotels Butterfield & Robinson…
Outside magazine, February 1994 Inns & Lodges: Blueberry Hill, Vermont By Adam Horowitz Upon reaching the small clearing amid the forested peaks of Vermont’s Green Mountains, after five miles of jouncing along under the evergreen canopy on…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 The Ever-Essential Art of Trip-Planning These days, the trickiest parts of your journey often come before you leave home. A stress-reducing guide to getting off on the right boot. By David Noland, Everett Potter In this era of…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Escape from Route 1 How to achieve modified rapture on the coast of Maine By John Skow Back in the late 1930s, people who hadn’t owned a car since the Crash of ’29 talked wistfully about “pleasure driving,”…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Access & Resources: Roaming Honduras By Dianna Delling Mention Honduras and the words tourist destination probably aren’t the first ones that spring to mind. But soon they may be. Central America’s second-largest country is home to lush cloud forests,…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Access & Resources: Skiing the Promised Land By Kathy Martin A Lesson in the holy land of skiing won’t take care of life’s unruliest problems–like the mortgage–but don’t underestimate the redemptive powers of a few well-carved turns and a stein…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Big Sky Bargains BULLETINS Turbulence over Moab New air service makes Slickrock City more accessible. Is that a good thing? STEALS June in northwestern Montana means a…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Expeditions: Yet More Souls On Ice By Todd Balf Late last December, Liv Arnesen, a former schoolteacher from Oslo, Norway, became the first woman to reach the South Pole alone. Beginning at Hercules Inlet, near Patriot Hills, she skied 745…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Snowboarding–It’s a Right, Not a Privilege Accept no flak from those hostile two-plankers: seven resorts that want you By Eric Blehm During the mid-to-late eighties, if a ski resort allowed snowboarding at all, it was automatically considered friendly.
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Don’t Be a Lard Puppy* *N: an out-of-shape, weekend leisure rider By Lisa Twyman Bessone Whitewater Kayaking The School: Sundance Kayak School and Expeditions, Merlin, Oregon The Drill: In the wilderness alongside…
 Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 The Snow Finder EXTREME MEASURES | BUNK TO BUNK | DETAILS | THE SNOW FINDER | ESSENTIAL GEAR…
Outside magazine, February 2001 A Long, Brave Trip I FIRST RAN INTO Rick Ridgeway (“Below Another Sky,” December) some years ago when he was giving a talk about his K2 adventures. Halfway through the…
Within the instructive story of four American adventurers gone to Colombia on vacation, we encounter dozens of armed rebels, several ransom demands, one daring escape, many hard feelings, and a single elusive, slightly drab, certainly-not-worth-risking-your-life-over bird
Outside magazine, October 1991 Bicycling: Last-Chance Tours of Fall By Bob Howells October is the coolest month for bike touring–a last test for your summer-hardened legs amid lingering sunshine and the carotenoids of fall. These three tours offer all the right…
Deep into Anasazi country, and way back in time
The Tenderfoot’s Almanac Backpack Time Line By Douglas Gantenbein Backpack Time Line Three- to five-year-olds can hike under their own power, albeit for maddeningly short intervals. A perfect kids’ knapsack is the Tough Traveler Ruffian ($63; 800-468-6844), a…
Waterworlds, Family Vacations 1998 Rafting How to turn your rug rats into river rats: five rides from tame to wild By Lisa Jones WATERWORLDS…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Cheap Thrills When bucks count (and when don’t they?) you need all the dollar-stretching strategies you can find. Try these ten. By Everett Potter Attempting to save money on your family holiday isn’t easy when…
Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide Brat Packing Hiking with kids doesn’t have to be one big whine fest. All you need is the right trail, the right gear, and a few time-tested tactics.
Outside magazine, April 1992 Trout Fishing: Missouri Mayhem By Brad Wetzler Wade into the cool, steady current of south-central Missouri’s Bennett Spring on the first weekend in March and you’ll feel like you peeked into the wrong circus tent. All around you, 3,000…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Windward Ho! The ocean is the source of all life. Get one By Melanie Neale Our Favorite Places | The Hysterical Parent | Inside Skinny |…
Family Vacations, Summer Australia’s new multisport playground Like Miami, Acapulco, and Waikiki, Australia’s sunny Gold Coast in Queensland’s southeast corner has been overrun by too many tourists and forests of high-rise resorts and condos. But now a much…
Outside magazine, August 1996 Long Weekends: Whistler While You Play By Bob Howells When you’re sipping your first morning latte at Moguls and you hear one Whistler local tell another, “Saw a bear on the Valley Trail this morning,” your ears perk up. The…
Family Vacations, Summer An Eco-School in Vail? Summer classes your kids will want to attend Happily, Colorado’s Vail Valley isn’t entirely consumed by golf courses — yet. And residents are doing their best to preserve…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 The Puddle-Jumper’s Reward: Carriacou By Bob Howells Laid-back, authentic, endearing, and mostly overlooked, Carriacou is Grenada’s smaller sister island, about 23 miles to the north. You can see most of its 13 square miles in a day,…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Outside’s Family Trip-Finder First pick your place Alaska Australia Belize Bolivia Canada — cycling Canada — hiking…
Outside magazine, January 1992 Windsurfing: Going Off to Boarding School By Bob Howells Learning to windsurf all too often comes down to not learning to windsurf. A friend gives you five minutes of the basics of balance, uphauling, and tacking and then, at…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Introduction By Alston Chase I was 12 when I discovered the magic of national parks. In 1947 our family was living in Fort Lewis, Washington. My father, an army officer, bought a small trailer, shaped like…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Intake: An Herbal Handbook for the Training Table By Sara Corbett For those who dismiss herbal supplements as the stuff of Mia Farrow’s disappearing acts in Alice, there’s a small body of recent research showing that the athletic benefits…