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ArchiveOutside 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…
Outside magazine, March 2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Hut, Hut, Hike If you’re still feeling guilty about Y2K extravagances, repent by ensconcing yourself…
 The Magnificent Seven Our Favorite Parks t h e f u n f i l e: Outback Boredom Busters Uno It takes up almost no room…
Camp Outs, Summer 1998 Campsite-Finder Ten drive-up campsites with a backcountry feel Which campground sounds good? Fern Hammock Loop, Florida Sage Creek,…
Vacation Bulletins, Summer 1998 Solutions for Single Parents By Beth Johnson BULLETINS The Summer Calendar The fun begins June 4! Solutions for…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Ek’ Tun, Baby By James D. Gollin To find the other Belize, beach your kayak and head inland to Ek’ Tun, a new lodge two hours west of Belize City. Hike, canoe, or ride horses around the resort’s 200 acres…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Mountaineering: One Per Continent By Todd Balf (with Derek Rielly) Working in the vast publicity shadow of climber and Seven Summits contender Sandy Pittman (“Rock and Hype,” May) Alaska’s Dolly Lefever walked up Australia’s Mount Kosciusko last March to become the first…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Houseboating on Lake Powell By Zac Korth For the past 20 years, my family has spent two weeks of the summer aboard a houseboat on Lake Powell in Utah. I’m 19, so I’ve been doing this my whole life. My…
 Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Islands We’d Love to be Stranded On From the South Pacific to the Mediterranean, the Keys to Waterbound Bliss Palau The republic of Palau is the original Waterworld. No particular dollop of land among…
Outside magazine, October 1994 Scouting Reports: Wheeler Geologic Area, Colorado By Jeff Spurrier Pulitzer prize-Winning photographer Jack Dykinga lives in the southwestern United States, and much of his work has showcased that region’s deserts. His affinity for the landscape is clear–as witnessed by his ability to…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Island-to-Island Sailing THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA In the Antipodes, even the yachting scene feels upside-down. Instead of places like Newport, Rhode Island, where stiffly coiffed Republicans sip Dewar’s in members-only clubs, Australia has Shute Harbour: Deep in…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 A Lake of One’s Own: Cabins for Rent By Anne Moore Full-fledged resorts can be a great way to go, but sometimes all you want is the simplicity, privacy, and flexibility of your own housekeeping cabin in the woods. Herewith,…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Africa: Surf ‘n’ Safari By Ann Jones East africa still offers the best wildlife parade on the planet. You can view it from the window of a minivan, as tens of thousands of visitors to East Africa do each year,…
Hardware and Software, February 1997 Patagonia Storm Cycle By Alan Coté Working out in foul weather, swaddled head to toe in crinkly, three-layer Gore-Tex, feels like doing yoga in a business suit. Sure, any waterproof-breathable fabric will keep you dry, but most simply…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Great Smoky Mountains National Park By Alston Chase and Debra Shore Gatlinburg, TN 37738 615-436-5615 Established 1934 520,000 Acres The Big Picture: In the early 1920s, the fledgling National Park Service…
 Outside magazine, August 1999 Into Kosovo A Reporter’s Diary of Two Months on the Road Across a Ruined Landscape, Over the Accursed Mountains, and Down to a Place Where Nightmares Come True By Joshua Hammer…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Ecuador: Survival of the Smartest The right way to cruise Darwin’s Isles-no ifs, ands, or butts By Everett Potter Let’s start with the food poisoning and the congealed spaghetti suppers and move on to the organized line-dancing classes…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Madison, Wisconsin 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 Travel Essentials For the Discerning Vagabond Just when you think you’ve thought of everything, you discover an ingenious solution to a travel problem you’d decided to live with. A few revelations. By Bob Howells Sangean ATS606P World…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Hawaiian Calendar By Stephanie Gregory October 26: Watch 1,500 buffed competitors swim, bike, and run their way through 12,500 gallons of water and 2,000 bottles of sunscreen at the 20th Ironman Triathlon World Championships on the Big Island.
Outside magazine, January 1996 The Outside Prognosticator: Put Sizzle in Your Single-Track Is this any way to travel? “It has a big ol’ flame coming out the back,” says Bernie Schreiber, an Albertville, France-based American who’s developing the Kamikaze Regulator RP 220, a hydrogen-peroxide-powered…
Dispatches, April 1997 Environment: Come One, Come 1.4 Million A proposed new road to Prince William Sound raises the question: How many tourists is too many? By Tom Kizzia For The Record It Is a Small World, After…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Let There Be High Water By Hampton Sides Thirty-three years after Glen Canyon Dam strangled the West’s most celebrated river, the Grand Canyon gets its first regularly scheduled flood. Only Jehovah could have done it better. We tether our…
Outside magazine, January 2000 As a third-generation Scout, an Eagle Scout, and the survivor of two expeditions to the Philmont Scout Ranch, I took great pleasure in reading Adam Goodheart’s “Thrifty, Clean, and Brave” (November). Philmont was indeed a magical…
Outside magazine, May 1994 A Rebel in Big-and-Tall Wear Breaking the age rules with Al Oerter, fitness explorer By Randy Wayne White “One of these days,” Al Oerter told a sportswriter back in 1963, “I might try to put out a…
Destinations, July 1997 Seattle from the Sea Find the best of Puget Sound without crowds, fossil fuels, or hiking boots By Tina Kelley As you paddle into Hammersley Inlet on Washington’s Cascadia Marine Trail, a crowd of small heads pops up.
Outside magazine, December 1997 Adventure: To the Pole … the One-Brick-Short-of-a-Load Way A group of fearless “expeditioners” rings in the new year with an aerial assault on Antarctica By Susan Enfield Next Time You Feel Like Whining…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 1999/2000 Annual Travel Guide Traveler’s Almanac Space Camp for Amateur Astronauts; Name and Claim a Virgin Island; Where to Be on 12/31/99; Adventures in Veracruz; Millennium Blowouts; New Ways…
The Trip-Finder, January 1998 Cameroon Mountain-biking the Western Highlands Outfitter Departures Price Accommodations Bicycle Africa 206-767-0848 1 $1,090 rustic lodging The Route: Self-supported mountain-biking across the shoulders of 13,541-foot Mount Cameroon and the Bamileke Highlands. Trip…
Adventure 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…
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
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,…