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Archive Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 The West–It’s Still Wild Out There Skiing the left coast means untracked glades, few pretensions, and plenty of space to spare By Ron C. Judd Invariably, you’ll be upside down and three feet deep…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Bring on the Mac ‘n’ Cheese … and the Nintendo and Snowboarder Barbie and … By Meg Lukens Noonan If I didn’t already ski or snowboard, I think I would have started as…
Outside magazine, February 1996 The Outside Trip-Finder: Asia and the Pacific By Kathy Martin AUSTRALIA: Sea Kayaking the Great Barrier Reef The Route: A three- to eight-day Coral Sea paddle along the coral…
It takes twin litanies to sketch the life of Sir Wilfred Thesiger. Of firsts: first Westerner to live as an equal among the Bedouin of Arabia's Empty Quarter, first to set eyes on the quicksands of Umm al Samim, first to survive a trek among Ethiopia's Danakil. And lasts, the most pressing being the most poignant: last of the true adventurers.
Outside magazine, October 1993 Trail Riding: Choctaw Country on the Hoof By Sharon Martin Few states make a bigger hoopla over their equestrian heritage than Oklahoma, and few places can justify it like the state’s southeastern corner, which rises from the plains into gentle hardwood- and…
Five Trips You Never Thought Of We’re doing what this summer? How about chasing a few tornadoes, training like an Olympian, and learning to hang glide? The Hogan Way CANYON DE CHELLY, ARIZONA…
Deep into Anasazi country, and way back in time
 Family Vacations, Summer 1997 The LowDown Chart Whitewater Rafting | Mountain Biking | Kayaking | Backpacking/Hiking | Boardsailing | Snorkeling | Rock Climbing…
Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Bring on the Weekend! Quick relief for city-dwellers: ten all-natural getaways close to home Boston: Carter Notch Hut, White Mountains It’s not exactly a half-pipe in the sky, but even the surliest pre-teen will have to admit…
 Outside magazine, 1999 Family Vacation Guide Unsung Heroes Ten top-ranking parks you might not have heard of — but then, no one else has either TODDLERS…
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, 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).
Where kids can catch a faceful of the wild
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 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…