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ArchiveCHOICE RIDE: MIDWEST The North County Trail Snooping out Michigan’s finest off-road secrets By Gretchen Reynolds Could tell you, but then, well, you know.” Yeah, yeah. “And if you tell anyone else, there’ll be some…
Destinations, April 1997 The Suburban Jungle In praise of the East Coast’s most unfiltered wilderness experience, the Adirondack High Peaks By Thurston Clarke It’s This or Bivouac High Peaks inns range from rustic to luxe The high peaks region,…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Strategic Packing: Weigh Your Options By Sara Corbett “When you don’t have time to plan, the easiest thing to do is to overpack,” says Bethel, Maine-based Outward Bound instructor Jim Dowd. “And a backbreaking load of life’s little unnecessities can…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 The Rum File By Jonathan Runge Rum is to the Caribbean as corn is to Iowa or chile is to New Mexico. More than 300 years before tourism became the region’s major industry, rum was big business. Even now, every…
The Trip Finder, January 1997 Central and South America By Kathy Martin O’Neil Argentina/Bolivia | Belize | Chile | Colombia/Costa Rica | Costa Rica…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Vive le Poutine, Eh? By Mike Steere There’s more pulling at canadian harmony than francophone Quebec’s never-ending struggle for autonomy. Mistake a British Columbian for an Ontarian, and a quick “sorry” will be in order. Ron James, Nova Scotia-born…
Bodywork, July 1998 Ready, Set, Summer Some essential advice to get you past the hot season’s pitfalls By Brenda DeKoker Goodman At last, that damn fine time of year when you can blow out the door in nothing…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 LIVING LIGHTLY IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS Seven discrete retreats in Guatemala and Belize where the adventures range from underground paddles to lost-city forays GUATEMALA…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 HOW THEY DO IT Tips from the pros Wu: Coral grouper in the Red Sea Macduff Everton is a Santa Barbara–based photo documentarian and…
The Trip-Finder, January 1998 South Georgia Island Overland Arctic Trek Outfitter Departures Price Accommodations Adventure Network International 011-44-1494-671-808 1 $8,800-$11,000 boat accommodations Quark Expeditions 800-356-5699 1 $8,800-$11,000 boat accommodations The Route: A 21-day journey by…
Adventure Found, January 1998 You Will Follow Him How to settle on the most critical component of your trip: the guide By David Noland It was early afternoon, and our group had almost summited…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 Medicine: The Right Pill for the Pain By Dorothy Foltz-Gray With the introduction several months ago of Aleve, the first new over-the-counter pain reliever to appear since ibuprofen products made their debut in 1984, there seem to be as many…
Outside magazine, July 1999 TRAVEL Safari Verité Africa’s Bushmen offer tourists a taste of the real thing VITAL STATISTICS To visit Namibia’s Ju’Hoansi Bushmen, contact Okavango Tours and Safaris…
 Outside Magazine, November 1994 Welcome to Honduras. Beware the Laughing Fish. Tourism arrives in yet another Third World country. But out there beyond the fire, Wasa is still muy profundo. By Tim Cahill Once upon a time, in the past and…
Outside magazine, November 1993 Maybe It’s Time for Ski School Got a problem subject? Bumps? Powder? Steeps? You name it, there’s a place that can help. By Peter Shelton A teenage kid who joined my class one afternoon in Telluride said he wanted to…
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).
Australia finally lays tracks to the outback from Adelaide to Darwin
Outside magazine, September 1999 Reasonable Rockies Ah, post-Labor Day domestic travelù those glorious weeks of low hotel rates and no crowds. To further entice, Key to the Rockies Lodging is charging just $64 per person per night for a four-night condo-stay in Keystone,…
The Tenderfoot’s Almanac Essential Backpack Recipes By Lorien Warner Cooking up menus that the kids won’t wrinkle their noses at is difficult enough; it can seem next to impossible when camping. But follow advice from the experts–from outfitters…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Far-Flung Adventures Sure, the flights can be long and the fares high — but how else can your kids come face-to-bill with a blue-footed booby? By Mike Harrelson The Hysterical Parent…
Family Vacations, Summer Summer Calendar Moose Mainea May 16-June 12 Greenville, Maine At the eighth annual monthlong festival honoring Maine’s favorite four-legged celebrity, there’s something for everyone: moose safaris, a seven-mile canoe and kayak race,…
Outside magazine, April 1992 Inns & Lodges: Coloma Country Inn, California By Stan White Late risers, beware: There’s no sleeping till noon at Coloma Country Inn. Soon after daybreak guests are levitating high above the oak woodlands of the Sierra Nevada foothills in…
The World’s Great Towns, June 1997 Pack Up the Grill, Honey, We’re Moving to Reykjavík You don’t have to live where you’re living now. You could head for an exotic town. By the Editors You’ve dreamt it, right? Who hasn’t…
 Family Vacations, Summer Hawaii for the Whole Ohana Perfect family weeks on Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island By Alex Salkever HAWAII The Molokai Alternative…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide One-Stop Options The guides, the reefs, the mountains, the masseurs — at these multisport resorts and spas, you just step out of your room and it’s all there Costa Azul Adventure Resort, Mexico Heading north…
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 It’s a Big, Big, Big, Big World Way beyond the border, cowboys ride camels and birds have blue feet By David Noland Thirty-four years later, we still talk about it in mythical terms: The Trip to…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Welcome to the Bottom of the World New trips to the deep, deep South By Laura Billings CHILE Fjord Explorers Patagonia’s howling winds, pelting rains, and Andean chubascos can make a visitor wonder how…
The Trip-Finder, January 1999 New York/Vermont Inn-to-Inn Sea Kayaking on Lake Champlain Outfitter Price Accommodations Paddle Ways 802-660-8606, www.paddle ways.com $695 tourist hotels Zoar Outdoor 800-532-7483, www.zoar outdoor.com $405 tourist hotels The…
Dispatches, April 1998 EXPEDITIONS As Cold As It Gets A trio of Russian climbers pulls off a daring midwinter ascent of Mount McKinley By Todd Balf When Russian mountaineers Artur Testov, Vladimir Ananich, and Alexandr Nikiforov reappeared in Talkeetna,…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Everglades National Park By Alston Chase and Debra Shore Box 279, Homestead, FL 33030 305-242-7700 Established 1947 1,506,539 Acres The Big Picture: Subtle, even brooding, Everglades leaves the traveler with a…
Outside magazine, June 1993 Wilderness Areas: Grand Canyon East By Toby Thompson Surveying the enormous expanse of Pine Creek Gorge from an overlook on the east rim, you could easily mistake it for the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Hiking down to the…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide The (Almost) Final Frontier Don’t expect the cell phone to work Cape Leveque, Australia If you’ve ever wondered what it felt like to be a deranged Victorian explorer, try driving to Cape Leveque via…
Outside magazine, April 1996 Climbing: Little Half Dome on the Prairie Rising from the bean fields, a big wall is born By Kathy Martin Basically I live like a spider,” Chris Schmick says, sounding oddly upbeat. Schmick, 27, and his wife, Pam,…
Outside magazine, July 1996 The Route Stuff Five tours, seven states, two provinces, and who knows how many byways and back roads for velo cruising By Bob Howells A bicycle tour magnifies every sensation–that’s what creates both the allure and the…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Costa Rica To Go Let an Outfitter Do the Work By Bill Patrick Mountain Biking in a Country of Mountains The pleasures of mountain biking in Costa Rica range from cruising through a serene countryside…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Mushing: It’s an Alaska Thing. You Wouldn’t Understand. Stung by critics and sponsorship pullouts, Iditarod boosters rally around the Last Great Race By Brian Alexander It would be naive to say that the Humane Society’s decision does not…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Expeditions: Vaughan on Vaughan By Todd Balf (with Jim Kelly, Martin Dugard, and Alison Osius) It took him 65 years, but last December 16, at 8 A.M., Norman Vaughan stood atop Mount Vaughan, the previously unclimbed 10,302-foot Antarctic peak named…
 Outside magazine, July 1996 How The West Was Bogeyed One word said it all about how Lewis and Clark had moved him: FORE! By Bill Vaughn One word said it all about how Lewis and Clark had moved him:…
Outside magazine, December 1995 Shred Sessions By Eric Blehm Lesson 1: The Dynamic Slide Turn “The DST,” says Kevin Delaney, “is snowboarding’s most basic building block. You’ll use it a lot as a beginner, but it will also come in handy later,…
Outside Magazine, January 1997 Be Afraid. Be Ever-So-Slightly Afraid. Because even the most inveterate can stand to be prudent By David Noland Don’t drink the water. A clich‰, sure, but GI distress is the Third…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Long Weekends: Head for the Hills In the heart of Texas, the Hill Country offers more than fences By Peter Nelson The mere mention of the Texas Hill Country, just west of Austin and northwest of San Antonio,…
Outside magazine, July 1998 Tell Us Now the Saga of the Self-Styled Viking, of His Epic Voyage Over the Frozen Sea, of His Trusty Vessel, His Bravery, His Valor, His Battles Won and Maidens Wooed, His Glorious and Stirring Triumph. OK, Maybe Not.
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 DOWN UNDER Blackwater Rafting Waitomo, New Zealand I have a theory that brain cells are sucked from our heads when we cross the equator. There’s…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 FALL DEEP BLUE SOUTH Dive the undived, paddle the unvisited, and otherwise indulge your Pacific island fantasies Traditions die hard in Vanuatu SOLOMON ISLANDS DIVING After the recently launched Solomon Islands…
Outside magazine, February 1994 Let the Vinterleker Begin! Thank Thor they’re back. An armchair Olympian’s guide to the Winter Games By Alex Heard No point denying it: as a concept, the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics have sounded a little off-key, like a…
The 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, 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 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…