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ArchiveDestinations, May 1998 Continuing Education Ten more first-rate classrooms-with-a-view. By Cristina Opdahl Climbing Exum Mountain Guides and Mountaineering School, Wyoming. The granddaddy of climbing camps. Founder Glen Exum was the first to ascend Exum Ridge on the Grand…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Olympic National Park By Alston Chase and Debra Shore 600 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362 206-452-4501 Established 1938 922,653 Acres The Big Picture: Its soggy reputation and inauspicious location…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Middle East: The Peace Dividend By Todd Balf A year or two ago, adventure travel in the Middle East was virtually nonexistent, but the ongoing peace process has changed all that. Wilderness Travel’s 21-day hike through Israel’s hills of Galilee…
Outside magazine, January 1994 Into the Wild Biru Yonder On the Sipadan side of the world, diving is more soaring than descending By Randy Wayne White Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia A side benefit of exotic travel is that you…
Destinations, May 1997 Smart Traveler: We’re Learning to Fly. And It Shows. How to save yourself from the world’s worst airlines By Everett Potter B u l l e t i n s Dune Buzzers…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Bodyboarding: Just One of the Girls By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard and Alison Osius) After Brazil’s Mariana Nogueira darted around Hawaii’s famed Banzai Pipeline to win the World Championships of Women’s Bodyboarding last February, most of her rivals and…
Outside magazine, October 1995 The Florida Keys By Jeff Klinkenberg The Florida Keys, the 100-mile string of bridge-connected islands that curve southwest into the Gulf of Mexico, can put you to sleep or make you want to rumba. On one level,…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Wildlife: Who’s Afraid of the Mexican Wolf? As the long-lost lobo eyes its return, some cagey southwesterners bare teeth By Keith Easthouse Jim Winder has never seen a Mexican wolf in the wild, but for as long…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Surfing: Beach Blanket Bango Is assault and battery the next big thing on the waves? By Ken McAlpine Lacerated liver, broken ribs, broken pelvis, contusions all over his body, three bite marks, and internal bleeding,” says Geoff Allard,…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Guide to Summer: The Seamless Escape Butter up the boss and grab your pack–it’s never too late to split for the weekend By Elizabeth Royte Jack (not his real name) is between jobs. This has allowed him to…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Virgin Islands By Matthew Joyce Conditions in the Virgin Islands make even novice sailors seem like seasoned old salts: Plentiful sheltered moorings preclude long overnight sails, clusters of small islands make for calm seas, the trade winds…
The Trip Finder, January 1997 Asia and the Pacific By Kathy Martin O’Neil New Australia | China | Fiji | New India | Indonesia…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Multisport: Born to Suffer By Todd Balf John Stamstad’s taste in cycling events is simple: the longer and more weather-whipped, the better. The Iditasport, a 235-kilometer marathon pitting cyclists against cross-country skiers in Alaskan blizzards each February, qualifies on…
Outside magazine, July 1998 Where Have All the Wise Men Gone? Certainly not into the Sahara, not to race 142 miles in seven days, not to broil beneath a 120-degree sky, not to seek glory in the Marathon des Sables, the world’s most…
Outside magazine, December 1996 Hide, and Go Seek NecroSearch’s charter: Head into the woods, use nature skills, find murder victims By Mike Grudowski In the somber days after she vanished, no one had reason to suspect it would take so long…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 FALL ASIA ABOVE THE FRAY Where noise means impudent monkeys, your bivy’s a bungalow, and trail snacks drip with oyster sauce. Dynamic-moving up the Phra Nang cliffs, Thailand GUNUNG RINJANI VOLCANO LOMBOK,…
The Trip-Finder, January 1998 United States Mountain-Biking the Continental Divide Outfitter Departures Price Accommodations Adventure Cycling 800-755-2453, 406-721-1776 1 $2,800 camping, rustic lodging The Route: An epic 75-day, 2,500-mile self-supported border-to-border dirt ride from Canada to…
Sin in the Wild Outdoors, June 1997 Covetousness How much is that bivy sack in the window? And can I get it in all three sizes By Bill McKibben At a recent mammoth outdoor-equipment show, I stopped by a seminar…
Outside magazine, September 1996 Exploration: Gentlemen, Start Your Regulators In perhaps the most contentious race ever held beneath the earth’s surface, two teams rush to claim the world’s largest underwater cave system By Dave Plank On Saturday, June 15, the moment that…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Skiing With Bruce Babbitt By Paul Kvinta Occupation: Head Tree-Hugger Favorite Place to Downhill: “When I’m traveling out West, I usually try to route my trip through Salt Lake City because the slopes are so accessible to the…
Dispatches, March 1997 Surfing: Up Close and Way Too Personal By Sarah Horowitz All hail the World Wide Web. Not only does it give us instantaneous access to results from any sporting event we care to follow; it now also…
The Tenderfoot’s Almanac Walk This Way The Hysterical Parent Bear attacks Bears are shy animals who tend to hightail it out of the vicinity when they hear you and your brood approaching. Experts suggest wearing bells and jingling down…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Inns & Lodges: The Inn on Winter’s Hill, Kingfield, Maine By Scott Sutherland Winter in western Maine’s Carrabassett Valley means throngs of powder hounds swarming the slopes of Sugarloaf. Spring and summer, by comparison, are the calm after the storm–especially…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Our Favorite Ski Resorts for Urban Dwellers Take a sick day and go By Ron C. Judd WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, PRINCETON, MASSACHUSETTS Distance: Fifty-two miles, one hour from Boston.Take Massachusetts 2 west to 140…
 Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Vacation Bulletins News for adventurous families BULLETINS The Summer Calendar The fun begins June 4! Solutions for Single Parents An increasing…
 Outside Magazine, November 1994 The Resort Report: Monster Resorts: From mega to mini, ten ski areas that’ll fit just right By Meg Lukens Noonan Every winter, it’s the same dilemma: Do you head for a massive, all-encompassing resort where you’ll have…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Mountaineering: Alison Hargreaves Wants to Know… Why shouldn’t the world’s best climbing mom leave home for Everest? By Nancy Prichard “I think I was being quite conservative,” says British alpinist Alison Hargreaves, defending a climb of the Eiger…
Searching and Fleeing and Hoping are the verbs that populated Atlin, an almost-mythical town at the very end of the road. Here, the free spirits blew in and settled like random leaves, dreaming of a life amid the wilderness. But society, it turns out, isn't so easily escaped.
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…
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 Wet as You Wanna Be Six great family rivers, from tame to tumultuous by Peter Shelton Inflatable Journeys The Fun File: What to do when the water’s calm…
Who Loves Ya, Keiki? Resorting to Perfection By Jim Gullo Hired Hands Ocean Voyages (800-299-4444) offers customized seven-day island-to-island all-inclusive sailing trips aboard a 50-foot sloop; you decide when to go and where to stop. Rates start at…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Open Roads Throw some juice boxes in the cooler, toss your tent in the trunk — it’s high time to hit the highway By Ron C. Judd OPEN ROADS…
1999 Family Vacation Guide, Backseat Bliss Detailed Road-Trips California’s Central Coast Day One: Oceano to Montaña de Oro State Park. Mileage: 32. Drive time: About 2 hours. Route: California 1/U.S. 101 to Avila Beach. Take Canyon…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Anatomy of an Adventure As you sift through the multitude of trips out there, it’s wise to know exactly what you’re paying for By David Noland Flip through the pages of this year’s Trip-Finder, our annual directory to…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 The Zen of Car-Camping Since you can haul as much stuff as your car can hold (and even if you drive a Hyundai, that translates into considerably more cargo space than even the roomiest expedition pack), car-camping is pretty much the…
Family Vacations, Summer Keeping Up with the (Indiana) Joneses Essential outdoor toys for kids Whether they’re on a 10-day wilderness safari or a quick trip to the compost pile, kids can go gizmo gonzo with…
Destinations, May 1997 Getting Around: Anchors — and Bombs — Aweigh See Alaska from the deck of a minesweeper By Peter Nelson In recent years, Southeast alaska, with its 10,000 miles of coastline, towering old-growth spruce, and almost guaranteed…
Destinations: News for Adventurous Travelers, November 1996 Long Weekends: Yosemite, Unplugged In winter, see the park as the Miwok did: in solitude By Andrew Rice When the bumper-to-bumper traffic of summer disappears and the snow begins to fly, tranquility settles over…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide 2 Hours, 46 Minutes, 20 Seconds to Freedom Ten easy getaways from ten big cities — because sometimes a weekend is all you need … From San Francisco Weekend vacations for my husband and me…
 Open Roads, Summer 1998 Oh, the Places You’ll Go OPEN ROADS Oh, the Places You’ll Go Day-by-day itineraries for four family road trips…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Barbados By Matthew Joyce At first glance, Barbados seems like a tropical version of England: cricket players in starched white uniforms and tea-and-crumpet socials at sedate hotels. But while 300 years of uninterrupted British rule have given…
Outside magazine, April 1998 International: Launched By Martin Dugard BULLETINS Wet Shoes Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort defies the onset of spring — and slush — with its annual…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Yellowstone National Park By Alston Chase and Debra Shore Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 307-344-7381 Established 1872 2,219,823 Acres The Big Picture: Yellowstone is both flagship and fishbowl of…
Outside magazine, November 1997 Island of Forbidden Delights Adventuring in today’s Cuba, where forests remain uncharted, rum is cheap, rats fall from the sky, and even the dictator goes diving By Wil S. Hylton The Souvenir Pistols Make Nice Gifts…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Foreign Travel: Planet Marsupial Kangaroo Island, a pocket-size Australia By David Hochman If everything you imagine Australia to be were crammed into one 90-by-40-mile landscape, that microcosm would be Kangaroo Island, a place that Dr. Suess might well…
Outside magazine, April 1996 Climbing: Schoolhouse Rock Katie Brown’s milk-and-cookies assault on the vertical world By Stephanie Pearson Now that 85-pound teenager Katie Brown has taken the sport-climbing world by storm, will we soon see the day when rock climbing, like women’s…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Spokane, Washington 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 Steere…
Outside magazine, October 1995 Hawaii–Paradise Without Customs Sure, those lei-drapers are pesky–but at least they don’t make you wait in line. A quick jaunt to the wild, actively volcanic U.S. of A. By Curt Sandburn The great thing about…
Outside magazine, February 1994 Regimens: Keep It Fun, But Keep ‘Em Moving Quality time that’s good for both heart and soul By Kit Cody Tossing a ball with your kids is as American as Cub Scouts and training wheels, but it…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Spelunking: And Please, No Flash Pictures of the Blob By Hannah Holmes “It’s very rare, but occasionally you find a really big example of a cockroach,” Vadim Mikhailov says, with oddly upbeat emphasis. Mikhailov, 29, is trying to drum up…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Guide to Summer: Flatwater Is for Sissies Fear not the aerated froth–canoes can handle whitewater, too By Marni Jackson If you’ve never canoed whitewater before, by all means cut this out, tape it to your paddle, and have…
Destinations, October 1996 Surviving Mexico 200 Armadillos, burros, truckers and you Mexico 200 is winding, narrow, and elevated way above the surrounding landscape, with no discernible shoulder. There’s more livestock on it than on any other major artery in Mexico, so expect delays. Our…
News from the Field, January 1997 Around the World on an IOU With momentum, if not sponsors, firmly on their side, a team of female sailors tacks toward the record books By Lolly Merrell It was 1988 when Tracy Edwards first…
Outside magazine, May 1994 The Enlightened Camper: The Locals are Always Right Tim Cahill’s tips for making friends By Tim Cahill Three days of walking, and, ah, you arrive at the outskirts of a remote village. Doesn’t matter where, really. Could…
Gone Summering, July 1998 This Is the Panhandle? Southwest canyon country, where you’d least expect it By Annick Smith Deep in the Heart of Palo Duro The history of human occupation in Palo Duro…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 WINTER SUBEQUATORIAL BLISS South America, Australia, New Zealand: The adventurous best of the other hemisphere SOUTH AMERICA Fly-Fishing Junín de los Andes Patagonia Patagonia is trout…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 SUMMER CANADA WILD From Newfoundland to B.C. to the great in-between, four adventures in the unfrozen north Grey Islands, Newfoundland The concept may be appealing—exploring an uninhabited island off the northeast Newfoundland…
The Trip-Finder, January 1998 Papau New Guinea Touring the Southern Highlands Outfitter Departures Price Accommodations Asia Transpacific Journeys 800-642-2742 1 $6,995 rustic lodging, tourist hotels, boat accommodations Journeys International 800-255-8735 3 $2,295 rustic lodging, tourist…
Adventure Found, January 1998 The World Is My Crispy Maggot A spot or two of earthly advice, from the perspective of Michael Palin By Adam Platt Five years ago, when we last checked in with Michael Palin (“And Now…
Outside magazine, July 1999 Riding with the Ozarks Gang Hole up in the mountains of Missouri, and you’ll find shady singletrack, languid rivers, and the coolest of caverns Back in the 1870s, Jesse James often avoided capture…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Endurance: Is That Legal? By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard) It’s not easy being an ecoathlete. (Not that we’re entirely clear on what an ecoathlete is.) Last May’s Eco Challenge Adventure Race, a seven-stage competition in the high desert of…
Outside magazine, January 1994 Expeditions: Fly the Unhinged Skies Off on a “crazy” hopscotch of the Andes, it’s Didier Favre, sky pilot By Brad Wetzler “‘Crazy’ is better than ‘insane,'” says Swiss hang glider Didier Favre in his hyperactive French accent.
Dispatches, March 1998 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Taking It Outdoors Three old camping buddies try to live the dream, hanging their fortunes on an RV of tents When Jeff Basford, Mike Greaves, and Bob Pecoraro talk about the way their pipe dream is…
Dispatches, June 1998 Environment I See Your Runway and Raise You a Heron Reserve Embracing a landfill, greens deal with the devil to save San Francisco Bay By Pam Squyres Ralph Nobles smooths a crumpled nautical chart over…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Sled-dog Racing: Like, Mush By Todd Balf Up North, where men are men and Susan Butcher is still the biggest name in sled-dog racing, there’s a new name to learn: Jessica Royer, a bona fide teen phenom who took…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Skiing: Thanks Coach By Todd Balf Apparently those most astonished by the U.S. alpine team’s performance in the Winter Olympics last February were the coaches. Case in point: After Diann Roffe-Steinrotter won the gold in the super G, Paul…
 Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide Backseat Bliss If you wanna keep the pint-sized critics happy and the moveable food fights to a minimum, there’d better be something pretty awedome in store when the seat belts come off…
Outside magazine, November 1991 Let’s Ski: Says Who? Enough with the one-note wonders. Here’s a case for the I’ve-only-got-a-week-to-ski monster resort. By Donovan Webster In the preceding pages you’ve read about midsize ski areas, the precious little places whose personalities–when you get right down…
Outside magazine, February 1996 The Outside Trip-Finder: Central and South America By Kathy Martin ANTARCTICA: Cruising the Peninsula The Route: An epic ten-day to four-week ship voyage along the Antarctic Peninsula, with…
Three regular guys prepare to venture into orbit in a helium balloon. And thus is Amended the Grand Roll of Space Heroes: Shepard. Glenn. Armstrong — and Dave, John, and Bob