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Outside magazine, February 1996 Everyone Agreed–Nice Handling, Smooth Ride, Plenty of Headroom By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Debra Shore) “We call it a bailout,” explains U.S. Border Patrol spokeswoman Ann Summers. “A bunch of folks all jump out at the same time…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Mr. Armani, Meet the King of Beers By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Debra Shore) This month, John Tesh will pose for an ad sporting a tie splattered with Budweiser; in April, Sugar Ray Leonard will do the same…
Outside magazine, February 1996 One Giant Leap for Dudette Kind By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Debra Shore) Lisa Andersen is no suffragette, but events last November, when she clinched a second-straight world surfing title at the Roxy Hawaiian Pro, elevated the Floridian…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Fly Fishing: Hooked on Fly Tying By Donovan Webster For truly hardened fly fishermen, winter is interminable. Confronted by streams stopped with ice and snow–and left to such pale diversions as scotch, skiing, and sled-dog races–it’s no wonder they seek…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Books: The Feral Sons By Miles Harvey Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer (Villard, $23). In the January 1993 issue of Outside, in an article that was nominated for a National Magazine Award, contributing editor Krakauer…
Outside magazine, February 1996 She Who Laughs Last… By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Debra Shore) Two days before the short-course triathlon world championships in Cancún, Mexico, last November, newly crowned Ironman champion Karen Smyers was neither training nor relaxing nor touring Mayan…
Outside magazine, February 1996 No Comprendo! Yo Soy un Gringo Estupido! For the linguistically impaired, a south-of-the-border survival guide By Randy Wayne White Recently, I attended a two-week Spanish course at Conversa, an intensive language school located a few miles outside San…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Buying Right: Something Extra for the Road By Bob Howells Once you’ve got your travel bag, you’re just a few gizmotchies away from becoming a well-honed traveling machine. Start with something to hold your shampoo et al. in style.
Dispatches, March 1998 PARCEL POST Neither Rain, nor Sleet, nor Hungry Hawk … Oops Need to see yourself in all your whitewater glory? A plucky fleet of pigeons will try its damnedest Forget liability woes and pricey river permits. It…
Outside magazine, March 1998 Review: Bicycles Built for One Amid the infinity of selections, eight very particular breeds for very particular cyclists By Alan Coté BICYCLES BUILT FOR ONE | AND WHILE YOU’RE…
Outside magazine, March 1998 Out There: The Platypus Prophecy Stumbling through the Australian night and, God help him, straight into the Meaning of Life By Tim Cahill Here is the wily platypus hunter, stalking the forests of the night.
Dispatches, March 1998 SCIENCE Is This the Audition for Stupid Pet Tricks? In the name of research, a dubious idea is born “People ask me if David Letterman knows about this,” muses neurobiologist Robert Barlow, “but I can’t imagine Mr. Letterman…
CHOICE RIDE: NORTHEAST The Jay Pass Loop In Vermont, paradise is just a climb away By Kate Carter Call it fate that Vermont’s Jay Pass loop begins and…
CHOICE RIDE: SOUTHWEST The South Boundary Trail In the New Mexico wilds, only the coyotes hear you gasp By Katie Arnold Mountain biking in New Mexico is a little like riding your bike on the moon:…
For the preternaturally talented Alex Lowe, world's best climber, the path to every summit passes directly through his family room. Which, he's discovering, is a tricky route to take.
Adventure Special, March 1999 The Alpha Class A few more unrivaled masters By David Roberts The Explorer: Borge Ûusland If any explorer deserves to inherit the mantle of Roald Amundsen ù regarded as the finest…
Cycling Special, March 1999 Live to Ride The dedicated biker’s dream? Simple: a sweet bike, supple skills, and a very cool place to deploy them. By Florence Williams “Between the Idea / and the Reality…
Outside Magazine, March 1999 Our Business is People. Well, People and Trout. Actually, People and Trout and Some Ancillary High-Margin Items Like Neoprene Waders and Midges and the Like, Because, You Know, That’s Where the Real Profits…
 Cycling Special, March 1999 With the Wind At His Heels A gusty adventure in the wilds of Patagonia, both on bike and very suddenly off By Mark Levine Be the Sag Wagon How to…
Destinations, March 1999 Adventure Ready for Takeoff? Required reading for any would-be heli-skier By Susan Reifer In April of last year, after three weeks of storms, the Chugach Mountains near Valdez, Alaska, were ù…
Outside magazine, March 1999 Remember, Fear Is Your Friend And other strategies gleaned from a hike through Yellowstone’s grizzly alley By Patrick Symmes There’s no bear in this story ù I want to make…
Destinations, March 1999 Milestones Auld Lang Climb Celebrating Mount Rainier’s centennial one step at a time By Claire Martin “I did not mean to climb it, but got excited and soon was on top,”…
Destinations, March 1999 A Green Lining? Ten years after the tragic spill, Exxon’s loss is Kachemak’s gain By Doug Fine A decade ago this month, when the Exxon Valdez hemorrhaged 11 million gallons of crude…
Destinations, March 1999 Right Time, Right Place, Right Now Fifty-odd years ago, a young guy’s visit to Vanuatu inspired the legend of Bali Hai. Thankfully, the good life’s still here. Why aren’t you? By Bob Payne…
Outside magazine, March 1999 Review: Always in Touch (if, That Is, You Want to Be) The latest mobile electronics put the backcountry online By Brent Hurtig ELECTRONICS |…
Outside magazine, March 1999 Who Needs Steroids? The legal (if odd) new way to give yourself a boost By Rob Coppolillo Blood-doping or injecting yourself with EPO may have alluring results, but shouldn’t there be…
Outside magazine, March 1999 And the Placebo Costs Less, Too The results ù such as they are ù have come in on the latest wonder herb By Michael Kessler Before bustling off to the…
Outside magazine, March 1999 Drop and Give Me … a Nap Why hitting the sheets may be better than hitting the streets By Peter Lewis In our endless quest to stay fit and healthy,…
Outside magazine, March 1999 Proprioceptive Neuromuscular What? These days, there’s a lot more to stretching than feeling the burn By Andy Dappen A month or so before the 1989 U.S. summer National Championships, swimmer…
Bodywork, March 1999 It Pays to Be Flexible A few new moves to get you out of that stretching rut The best way to choose a type of stretching that suits your style is, of course, to try them all. But whether you…
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…
Outside magazine, March 1999 Books: The Real Deal By James Zug ELECTRONICS | BUYING RIGHT | THE OTHER STUFF | BOOKS…
Outside Magazine, March 1999 Review: The Other Stuff ELECTRONICS | BUYING RIGHT | THE OTHER STUFF | BOOKS BOB…
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, April 1992 Trout Fishing: Missouri Mayhem By Brad Wetzler Wade into the cool, steady current of south-central Missouri’s Bennett Spring on the first weekend in March and you’ll feel like you peeked into the wrong circus tent. All around you, 3,000…
Outside magazine, April 1995 The Indestructible Cowboy By Larry Burke We are, it is safe to say, a nation of cowboy fanatics. Whether it’s Eastwood or Autry, the Virginian or the Marlboro Man, no hero has a firmer purchase on the American imagination than…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Intake: Backcountry Dining Without Regression By Ami Walsh For Tim Loveridge, program coordinator of the Boston-based Appalachian Mountain Club, a trip into the backcountry is an excuse to indulge in the sort of grub most of us haven’t stocked the…
Outside magazine, April 1995 This is Spinal Fact By Dana Sullivan I’m barely 30 years old. Exercise every day. Have decent posture and never lean over to pick up anything heavier than a PowerBar without bending my knees and flexing my hips. Still, every…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Regimens: The Cure for Spinelessness By Dana Sullivan “The spine alone is really just a flimsy stack of bones,” says physiatrist Jeffrey Saal of Standford University. “It fully relies on the muscles and ligaments that surround it for support.” Here’s…
Outside magazine, April 1995 How Low Do You Go? The Answers By Paul Kvinta Give yourself five points for each correct answer. If you score 40-45, John Muir would be proud of you; 35-39, don’t throw away your hiking boots, there’s hope;…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Wilderness Made Easy Ten campsites you can get to in mere hours, but feel light-years away from the workaday world By Larry Rice It’s early on a Friday afternoon, and claustrophobia has set in: You have to flee…
Outside magazine, April 1995 How Low Do You Go? A self-proctored exam to gauge your backcountry impact By Paul Kvinta Low-impact camping doesn’t have to mean tiptoeing naked through the forest and not bathing for weeks. But it does involve treading lightly,…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Wilderness Education: The School Bell Tolls… Five ways to get the backcountry skills you need By Dana Sullivan Thus far your treks up marked trails, where other campers are within shouting distance, have gone off as smoothly as…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Inns & Lodges: Doe Bay Village Resort, Washington By Kit Cody Back when the waters off Orcas Island were still teeming with the namesake whales, Lummi Indians from the surrounding archipelago held potlatches in a protected cove on the island’s…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Art: The Celestial Obsession of James Turrell With vision, chisels, and bulldozers, a sculptor makes a megastatement By Tim Vanderpool From afar, James Turrell’s big dream looks like your average volcanic heap. A massive brown pile that rises…
Outside magazine, May 1997 Diabolique It’s not the fact that Jeannie Longo crushes her cycling rivals so effortlessly that bothers them. It’s that she’s so unpleasant in victory. By Dana Thomas It should have been,…
Outside magazine, May 1997 Letters: Island Life Tad Friend’s article “Lost at Sea” (March) speaks the truth about a would-be paradise. The Marshall Islands could attract tourists, but first the islanders need to be freed from the intoxicating effect of Uncle Sam.
Outside magazine, May 1997 So What Did You Do Today? Seven extraordinary reasons to start getting up a little earlier in the morning By Paul Kvinta You’ve trained 12 grueling months for your first…
Review, May 1997 Seaworthy Kayaks The best craft for cruising, from intimate inlets to wide-open seas By Jonathan Hanson Eddyline Merlin XT Exploration just isn’t what it used to be, what with the continents having been mapped and the…
Review, May 1997 Books: Adrift in the Flow By Miles Harvey Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, by John M. Barry (Simon & Schuster, $28). This gripping account of the epic flood that killed at…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Mountain Biking: The Stair Master By Todd Balf (with Derek Rielly) From the give-the-people-what-they-want department: There’s nothing like a no-holds-barred sprint-finish down multiple flights of steep wooden stairs to make 50,000 Spanish fans scream their lungs out. Switzerland’s Thomas Frischknecht and Americans…
Review, May 1997 Buying Right: A Few Essentials for the Well-Prepared Paddler By Jonathan Hanson Since sea kayak accessories don’t change fashion with the seasons, you’ll be owning your gear for a good long time. Choose wisely. Paddles The paddle…
 Outside magazine, May 1997 The Killing of Wolf Number Ten When Chad McKittrick murdered the pride of the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction project, he became the prey By Thomas McNamee A man in a blue 1988 Ford pickup truck turns…
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…
Destinations, December 1998 Bold Lines, with a Daring Verticality Getaways Escaping the artistes and poseurs on the singletrack of San Miguel By Jeff Spurrier Off-road is an adjective not usually associated with…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Essentials: Board Care By Seth Masia Why is it that we’ll carefully ponder how to spend $1,000 on ski equipment but not think twice about how we transport or store it? Here are some strategies for protecting your investment.
Outside magazine, December 1998 Manifest Destiny How to track your days in the quest for that elusive “zone” By Paul Keegan Jim Loehr wants you to be a control freak. Not the kind who…
Dispatches, December 1998 Exploration Calamari for Everyone! A pack of researchers pursues the elusive giant squid By Michael Menduno “A vast pulpy mass,” wrote Herman Melville in Moby-Dick, ” lay floating on the water, innumerable long arms radiating…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Volleyball: One of Those Stages By Todd Balf (with Jim Hage) Having been to the winner’s podium as often as he has, you might think Karch Kiraly would have the hang of it by now. However, Kiraly took a scary…
Outside Magazine, December 1998 Winter? These Guys Made Winter. Seven Olympic venues, one charming Main Street, and a host of High Peaks — it all adds up to Lake Placid, America’s original snowbound resort By Bill McKibben Lake Not-So-Placid All…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Ultra: No, Thank You By Todd Balf (with Jim Hage) Perhaps Kawika Spaulding of Hawaii would have been in the running for the Huntington Beach-to-New York City Trans America Footrace had he chosen to stay away from whiskey at rest…
Outside magazine, December 1998 Strength in a Bottle? What you should know about the latest nutritional supplements By Paul Keegan Pepping up your game with performance-enhancing concoctions just isn’t necessary, contends nutritionist Kristine Clark…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Cycling: The Curse Strikes Again By Todd Balf (with Jim Hage) Before the start of the season, Motorola star Lance Armstrong reasoned that the world champion’s curse, a malady coined by the European tabloids after a succession of recent winners…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Paddling: Painfully Close By Todd Balf (with Jim Hage) “We’re disappointed but we’re not devastated,” said a spokesman for French kayaker Mathieu Morverand, who on August 14 abandoned his solo voyage across the North Atlantic a mere 170 miles from…
Outside magazine, December 1998 The Perfect Fit ù Part Three A good workout doesn’t end with the body ù you’ve also got to train your brain By Paul Keegan Jim Loehr It’s cold and…
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, November 1994 Books: Ravage of the Rainforest By Andrea Barrett The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston (Random House, $23). Mess with the rainforest and see what you get: predatory viruses that tear into the human species like a tiger through a…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Running: A Tarahumara Storm By Todd Balf (with Jim Hage) Last August’s leadville trail 100, the grueling ultra-marathon waged mostly above 10,000 feet, wasn’t your typical media-free, footpath-less-traveled ultra. Scott Tinley was there, with microphone in hand, filming a CBS…
Dispatches, December 1998 Environment Pipe Dreaming The oil industry covets yet another Alaskan paradise. And this time it looks like no one can stop them. By Dirk Olin The vast, treeless expanse of arctic coastal plain that lies along…
 Outside Magazine, November 1994 Bill Stone in the Abyss His life’s obsession has been to get to the bottom of the world’s deepest cave. Two team members have already died. How much farther is he prepared to go? By Craig Vetter…
T H E H O L I D A Y G I F T G U I D E For the BACKCOUNTRY For the COLD For the…
Outside magazine, December 1999 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 Learn from Those Who Fell Before You Think injuries are a necessary evil? According to Dr. William Sterett, an orthopedist at Vail’s Steadman-Hawkins…
Outside magazine, December 1999 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 BE THE FIRE KEEPER “Hypothermia,” says James Wilkerson, editor of Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries (The Mountaineers, $13), “is a disorder…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Staying Safe: Eye Protection Fat-tire trails teem with pebbles, dirt, and low-hanging tree branches-all of which can wind up in your eyes. Invest in a good pair of sport sunglasses to protect you and yours from these trail hazards, and specify…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Essential Gear: Dry Bags There’s nothing quite like shimmying into your sleeping bag after a hard day of paddling, only to find (yech!) that it’s damp. Whether the vessel is a raft, canoe, or kayak, whatever you pack-clothes, cameras, food, tent…
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…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 All You Need is Dirt Want to be a hero? Repeat Us. Fat tire, is good, fat tire is good… By Vincent Sanchez Our Favorite Places | The Hysterical Parent…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Hey There, All you Buckaroos: Wilderness Horsepack Trips in the Northern Rockies By Nancy Debevoise On the first morning of my first wilderness horsepack trip, I awoke to the murmur of voices and the crackle of the campfire outside my…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Be Amphibious If Sea kayakers were any closer to the water, they’d have gills. By Bill Heavey Our Favorite Places | Inside Skinny | Hysterical Parent |…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Essential Gear: Hydration Systems It’s axiomatic that you need to drink water when exercising, particularly outdoors. Still, most people underestimate the amounts of water required for proper hydration–as well as the seriousness of failing to maintain it. Herewith, a crash course…