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ArchiveAdventure Found, January 1998 People Are Strange… The dos and don’t-even-think-about-its of group travel By Randy Wayne White You’ve booked yourself onto a kick-butt adventure-travel exploratory. You’re a stranger in a mixed bunch of…
Destinations, June 1997 Southern Exposure To find Smoky Mountain wilderness, follow the paths not taken. You’ll know them. They’re unpaved. By Parke Puterbaugh This is what often passes for a wilderness outing in the nation’s most visited national park: Tourists…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Idling Through the Hill Country Flamethrowers, enchanted rocks, and Texas Nirvana By Stephen Harrigan The best way to drive through the Texas hill country is aimlessly. Knowing or caring where you’re headed shouldn’t be the first thing on…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Skiing With Peter Jennings By Paul Kvinta Occupation: Living Room News Fixture Favorite Place to Ski: Whistler/Blackcomb. “That whole area is wonderful. One time I went salmon fishing in the morning, skiing in the afternoon, and then I…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Skiing: Give Me Liberty…and a Lot of Monster Air Kasha Rigby’s free-heeled assault on extreme skiing By Michael Finkel “Alpine skiers,” says Kasha Rigby, pioneer of extreme telemarking, wrinkling her nose in a gesture of nordic disapproval at…
There's still California gold in the mellow space between Napa and the Sierra
February 1995 The Outside Trip-Finder 49 destinations, 96 outfitters, 163 trips, and one tenacious case of wanderlust By Meg Lukens Noonan Europe North America Central and South America Africa…
Destinations, September 1998 Hot Dam! Where to get that last whitewater fix of the season By Stephanie Gregory It’s still too warm out to mourn the end of summer, though we do get wistful for whitewater about now. But thanks to…
Outside magazine, July 1994 The Way Wet When it’s hot–really hot–hiding under the porch won’t do. You need water. By David Noland The dog days are back–those sultry, muggy midsummer afternoons when Sirius, the Dog Star, is riding high in the sky, influencing everyone…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Snowboarding: This Isn’t Baseball By Todd Balf With two rival race circuits splitting up the best international talent, several American riders, led by former world champion Mike Jacoby, were happy to devour the inaugural Grundig Snowboard World Cup tour, put…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 WINTER NORTHWEST SKIING FIRES UP “Give us amenities to match our mountains,” they cried. They’ve been heard First-class snowfall, coach-class resorts. From the day organized skiing first hit the slopes of Mount…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Maximus You can’t ski in the fast lane without plenty of high-speed quads Lake Louise Ski Area | Aspen/Snowmass Ski Area | Vail | Squaw Valley…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Trekking: Buried at the Top of the World In the wake of Nepal’s deadliest disaster, a search for answers By Adam Horowitz (with Peter Stewart) It was easily the worst calamity to strike the Himalayas in decades: a…
Or does it loathe that enraptured human touch? An earthy tale of fungal romance, fully consummated.
In the annals of unsuccessful exploration, no mystery has remained more puzzling than the endless wrangling among historians and New York literary agents over the fate of the legendary lost expedition of Colonel Sir Edward Fallow Pike. In light of the tremendous excitement over the recent discovery of an authentic fragment of Pike's journal in an Argentine wax
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 All-Inclusive Resorts Margaritas for nothing and the chips for free By Matthew Joyce In the notoriously high-priced Caribbean, it doesn’t take long to max out a credit card or burn through a wad of traveler’s checks–those $50-per-day equipment…
Top Family Finds These ain’t no roadside motels: Sleep in a tented camp in California, a secret hideout in Belize, a former lime mill on St. Lucia. . . EARLY WINTERS CABINS | WASHINGTON…
The Magnificent Seven Make Family Vacation Shots a Snap By Bob Krist For some families, taking vacation photos is a painful duty, like taking the kids for flu shots or having a root canal. Following are a few suggestions to take the…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Park Places Room with a view: How to find your own space in North America’s premier national parks By Peter Shelton PARK PLACES National Pastimes…
Vacation Bulletins, Summer 1998 The Summer Calendar By Stephanie Gregory BULLETINS The Summer Calendar The fun begins June 4! Solutions for Single…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Rockies Resorts You’ve Never Heard Of Wolf Creek, Colorado Straddling the Continental Divide on Wolf Creek Pass, this 1930s-era hill has one terrific natural gift: Wolf Creek gets an average of 465 inches per year, nearly twice the snowfall of Colorado’s…
Outside magazine, December 1997 Roam for the Holidays Easy ways to assuage that seasonal wanderlust By Cristina Opdahl C H R I S T M A S No Hot Toddies Here…
Outside magazine, August 1994 Long Weekends: The Pedaler’s Haute Route Summertime hut-hopping on Colorado’s Tenth Mountain Trail By Peter Shelton The highlights of our five-day hut-to-hut bike tour on Colorado’s Tenth Mountain Trial came on the downhill glide from the Peter…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Access & Resources: Deep in the Karakoram; By Sara Corbett In Pakistan’s northeast corner, where blossoming apricot, peach, and cherry orchards proliferate under robust, 25,000-foot Karakoram peaks, the Hunza Valley is nothing short of dazzling. Prime trekking season is June…
Outside magazine, October 1994 Paddling: What? You Prefer Natural Rapids? By Todd Balf (with Greg Child and Dan Dickison) After a trying World Cup start in Nottingham, England, American kayaker Scott Shipley put himself back in the running for the overall championship with a gold-medal performance…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Extreme Measures Wherein steep becomes the mantra By Peter Shelton EXTREME MEASURES | BUNK TO BUNK | DETAILS | THE SNOW FINDER |…
Let’s ALL Go to Camp Why should the kids get all the s’mores? At these adventure retreats, families are in it together–from hiking, biking, and rafting, to the inevitable campfire singalong NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY FAMILY…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Venezuela: We’re Not in France Anymore By Paul Kvinta When students at the Universidad de los Andes in the town of M‹rida, Venezuela, aren’t playing speed chess in the Plaza BolŒvar, chances are they’re thinking about one thing–flying. How could…
< The Trip-Finder, January 1999 Trans-Africa Trucking Overland from Nairobi to Capetown Outfitters Price Accommodations Himalayan Travel 800-225-2380, www.gorp .com/himtravel.htm $3,320 camping Safaricentre 800-223-6046, www.safari centre.com $3,320 camping The Route: An epic…
The Trip-Finder, January 1999 Romania Hiking the Transylvanian Alps Outfitter Price Accommodations Exodus Walking Holidays 011-44-181-675-5550, www.exodus travels.co.uk $940 camping, tourist hotels Executive Wilderness Programmes 011-44-171-832-5620, outworld. compuserve.com/ homepages/ EWP_uk $1,320…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Where to Two-Step By Sara Corbett Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX 76106; 817-589-1711. A turn-of-the-century cattle barn dressed up in neon, Billy Bob’s plays host to some of the country’s rowdiest boot-stomping. This month’s headliners…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park By Alston Chase and Debra Shore Estes Park, CO 80517 303-586-2371 Established 1915 265,669 Acres The Big Picture: It doesn’t have a catchy name, it doesn’t have…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 In the Lapland of Luxury… By Meg Lukens Noonan Ever want to get out of town for a while . . . and just chill? In Sweden’s northern town of Jukkasjärvi, the finishing touches are being put on the world’s…
Outside magazine, January 1994 New Year’s Trips: Ringing It In Outdoors By Bob Howells New Year celebrations being among the most tedious of social obligations, the best way to get through them is to be irrevocably out of town. Out of any town,…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Puerto Rico By Jonathan Runge For whatever reason, PR gets bad PR. True, the capital, San Juan, deserves its reputation as a honky-tonk haven for gamblers, other hedonists, and entrepreneurs looking for a tax break. But once…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Idaho Falls, Idaho A town where you can have a real job, a real life, and still get to move in with the scenery. Several reasons to split the city and head for the Big Outdoors. By Mike…
Outside magazine, September 1994 Inns & Lodges: Nereledge Inn, New Hampshire By Michael Lanza After a long day of feeling the burn on the Classic Rock of New Hampshire’s Cathedral Ledge, sometimes the last thing you’re in the mood for is sleeping on the ground. Fortunately,…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 A Sportif Guide to Hawaii The fish are jumpin’ and the waves are high-how to play like a kamaaina Surfing You can slink to makaha or over to Kauai’s Hanalei Bay, Honolua Bay on Maui, or the Big…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Sailing: Down and Out on the Indian Ocean Wicked waves end Isabelle Autissier’s run in the BOC Challenge By Dan Dickison For French sailor Isabelle Autissier, December started badly and then really tanked. Three days after Christmas, the…
Camping Special, April 1997 The Dandelion Says Go Home Do-it-yourself meteorology, as taught by the flora and fauna By Steven M. Krauzer What’s the best way to predict the weather when you’re in the backcountry? “Carry a radio,” says Peter…
Outside magazine, September 1995 Resources: Where to Go to Row By Chris Dray A scull costs anywhere from $1,500 to $8,000 and takes up a good bit of space in the garage, so most people don’t jump into rowing with both oars. Instead, they…
January 1996 Dispatches: News from the Field Skiing: Outta My Way, Girlfriend! Hilary Lindh is the most successful woman downhiller in U.S.history. So why is she trying so hard to play catch-up with Picabo? By…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Boardsailing: Freedom Jiber By Todd Balf How long had he planned the daring crossing, reporters wanted to know last February. Eugenio Maderal Roman, who’d just arrived in Marathon, Florida, after a nine-hour, 110-mile boardsailing odyssey from Cuba, hadn’t planned…
Destinations, July 1997 W E E K E N D G E T A W A Y S Seattle from the Sea Find the best of Puget Sound without crowds, fossil fuels, or hiking boots By Tina Kelley…
Outside magazine, December 1997 Smart Traveler: www.getmeoutofhere.com Or how I went geek-friendly on the Web before my trip, saved cash, and avoided crisis By Everett Potter The World Wide Web is loaded with travel-related sites, from the savvy (the Association for…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 FALL DESERT ESCAPES Ride a sudden whim or a sturdy steed to arid expanses where solitude reigns HORSEPACKING IN NAVAJOLAND Drop over the South Rim and ride along the sandy…
The Trip-Finder, January 1998 Morocco Trekking the High Atlas Outfitters Departures Price Accommodations Adventure Center 800-227-8747, 510-654-1879 20 $490-$525 camping, rustic lodging, tourist hotels Himalayan Travel 800-225-2380, 203-359-3711 10 $895 camping, rustic lodging, tourist hotels Wilderness…
Outside magazine, August 1992 Inns & Lodges: Lakeside Inn, Michigan By Lisa Chase Mention the Lakeside Inn to the residents of this placid bed-and-breakfast hamlet on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan, and you’ll raise eyebrows. They all know the place–it’s hard to…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Euro-Ski Deals If you pick the right package, a trip from New York to the Alps can cost about the same as trip to the Rockies. The following prices are per person for one-week trips that include airfare from JFK, lodging, ground…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Skiing: It’s Good To Be Alberto…Once Again By Todd Balf Several years ago, Italy’s Alberto Tomba said that his dream slalom run included a glass of wine at the start, a cigarette on the way down, and a first-place finish…
 Outside magazine, November 1996 There Must Be a God In Haiti Beyond the madness, beyond the fatalism he had succumbed to, was a far more complicated and blessed place. A possibly redemptive journey through history’s most battered nation. As close as the…
Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide The Islands of Summer Where your only concerns will be what time the tide will turn and where you left your flip-flops Santa Catalina Island, California It may seem hard…
Outside magazine, February 1996 The Outside Trip-Finder: Africa By Kathy Martin BURKINA FASO/ TOGO/BENIN: Cycling West African Villages The Route: A 14-day, 510-mile pedal along the back roads of rural West Africa,…
Destinations, September 1998 A Bali High at a Low, Low Price Why now is the time to dive the unsullied reefs of Menjangan By Kay Chubbuck If the usual tropical-isle inducements of orchid-scented breezes and palm wine on the beach remain…
Outside magazine, September 1997 And After Your Vacation, Take a Vacation To fully understand the appeal of multisport adventure tours, remember this: More is definitely more. By Paul Kvinta But the Brochure Said… You can’t believe everything you read…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Alpine Skiing: The K2 Four By Will Gadd I’m wary of any piece of equipment touted as having a “brain,” as K2 touts its new Four alpine skis. I don’t care how “smart” the piezoelectric damping system sounds; I prefer…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 THE SNOW FINDER, cont. SKI AREA: Steamboat, Colorado Information: 970-879-6111 Reservations: 800-922-2722 THE DRAW: A terrific resort for the family. Mom and…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Medium Kirkwood Resort | Mount Bachelor Ski and Summer Resort | Telluride Ski Resort | Stowe Mountain Resort | Crested Butte Mountain Resort |…
Outside magazine, April 1992 Himalayan Travel: Upping the Trekker’s Ante By David Noland The litany I heard on a Kathmandu street last November was all too familiar: “Hey, man, change dollars? I give you black-market rate.” Less familiar, though, was the young man…
Just another day of the extreme science at Mauna Kea, the most breathtaking observatory in the world
The Fab Five They may have paved paradise and put up a parking lot, but you don’t have to languish in the exhaust fumes–here’s how to keep some adventure in the blockbuster parks…
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 Who Loves Ya, Keiki? No place celebrates the family quite like Hawaii Resorting to Perfection Say Aloha to Kids’ Camps By Bob Krist Short of Disneyland, families have it best in…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Home Bases A cottage, a dude-ranch cabin, a multisport resort — just unpack and call it your own By Meg Lukens Noonan HOME BASES Why…
1999 Family Vacation Guide, Alaska, One Humongous Zoo Ten Perfect Days Day 1: After your arrival in Anchorage, settle in downtown at the Copper Whale Inn (877-267-7371), an old-fashioned-looking clapboard house with 15 rooms overlooking the ocean. Kids…
Destinations, October 1996 Huachinango! (That’s Rockfish to You!) Eating Well Along the Coast By Jeff Spurrier More often than not, the best food on the Mexican coast is found in enramadas, the ubiquitous, open-air, thatch-roof restaurants that line the beaches. Even…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ¡Viva Veracruz! Bordered by white-sand beaches to the east and the verdant Sierra…
Destinations, July 1997 I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S Patagonia’s Cold War Heats Up The scenery isn’t the only reason to visit the ice fields this year By…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Now, He Can Really Start Carousing After a near crash at the top of the course, in which he momentarily skidded on his hip, Alberto Tomba recovered spectacularly to capture his first-ever world championship gold medal last February at Sierra Nevada, Spain.
Outside magazine, October 1994 Access & Resources: Where the Truchas Roam By Dianna Delling Mythologized by Magellan, Darwin, and Bruce Chatwin, among others, the barren grasslands, wild rivers, and towering glaciers of Tierra del Fuego represent some of the planet’s most unforgiving and ferociously beautiful real…
Traveler’s Almanac, 1999 Annual Travel Guide On the Fly Indoorphin Rush Inside is now a whole lot closer to outside The only sane response to the idea of climbing into a flying squirrel suit and swooping around inside a silo-shaped building…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Don’t squander your summer break on another vacation cliche. Be inventive. Be bold. Make more of… Travelling En Famille By Julie Salamon “An African safari? with a three-year-old? Are you completely insane?” That was the response, from in-laws…