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Outside Magazine, February 1995 Last-Minute Essentials By Bob Howells What’s that peculiar smell in your pack? Probably your towel, that soggy mildew factory that you’re always stuffing back in before it’s completely dry. Replace it with an easy-wring, quick-dry Paktowl ($12), made of soft…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Oops, Missed a Spot News that surveyors have been inaccurately marking the South Pole for years came as a surprise, even to Gordon Shupe of the U.S. Geological Survey, who concedes that the Survey’s recent adoption of global positioning system technology has…
Outside magazine, June 1996 The Great White Philharmonic Amidst the thundering crescendos of calving ice, a beer-ad guy can find symphonic enightenment By Tim Cahill You know how guys in beer ads are always pictured doing stuff you wouldn’t do–or shouldn’t do–when…
Outside magazine, June 1996 O My Preppy Soul! Hours from anywhere but on the edge of nowhere, the rough Down East passages welcome the well heeled and unpedigreed alike By John Skow We had rounded schoodic point some hours before, or so…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Night Calls It was the last of its kind. When the red-crested heron vanished deep in Africa’s outback, a girl and her father traced the lonely rise and fall of their lives by its fading song. By Lisa…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Food and Drink Cycling Haute Cuisine By Bob Howells As many a resting athlete knows, there’s something about a malt beverage–and we’re not talking milkshakes–that soothes sore muscles and cools a hyperthermic body core. So next time…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Where the Deer and the Presidents Play From the ranger desks at our national parks, spectacular questions posed by a curious citizenry By Debra Shore With summer approaching and our thoughts returning to wide-open spaces, we residents of…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Newtie, We Hardly Knew Ye A de-evolutionary study of the surprisingly green past–and strangely murky future–of Congress’s new Mr. Big By Ned Martel “If at some point in the next 50,000 years the Earth tilts, as it…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Fallout Kudos to Outside and Alex Shoumatoff for taking on the Los Alamos National Laboratory (“Bomb City, USA,” April). The nuclear weapons money machine keeps rolling along while cleanup programs are being cut. One LANL document states that the lab’s continuing…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Ah, to Be Young, in Love, and Freakishly Huge “He’s a mistake of nature,” Robert DeLong states plainly, like a seasoned district attorney. “He’s been so destructive. I feel this is the best way.” The accused in this case is a 1,600-pound…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Well, if Nice Guys Finish Last… A late-night incident in Florence last March put the close on Alberto Tomba’s remarkable statline for the ’95-’96 ski season: three World Cup slalom victories, two world championship gold medals, and two clobbered photographers. This time,…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Sniff the Granite, Grasshopper Summiting America’s Matterhorn may not be easy, but that lingering smell alone is worth the effort By Chip Brown The night before the climb we turned in early, wasted and footsore. We had hiked…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Volleyball: Side Out, Part Two: Trouble in the Big City By Todd Balf In the final preseason event held indoors last February at Madison Square Garden, Randy Stoklos and Adam Johnson easily ousted Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes. For the…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Big Bass and the Men Who Love Them By hook, crook, and crawdad–live from the hunt for the world’s tubbiest largemouth By Brad Wetzler Shortly after Los Angeles cracked open during last year’s earthquake, Castaic Lake, a man-made…
Outside magazine, June 1997 Sin in the Wild Outdoors We Confess Pride goeth before a fall, as any climber knows. But what about the other deadly sins that flesh is heir to? Gluttony It’s…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Bring on Atlanta Canada’s Alison Sydor opened the 1996 mountain-biking season true to last year’s form. She won her second-straight Cactus Cup stage race in March outside Scottsdale, Arizona, thus quickly answering the question of how she was coping with life…
Outside magazine, June 1996 The River Intimate Kayaks to float the entry-level boater safely from gentle flows to roiling rapids By Gordon Grant If you’ve ever been whitewater rafting, you felt a little jealous–admit it!–of the kayakers who shared the river. With…
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…
Dispatches, June 1997 Sport: All the Guts, None of the Glory Tim Twietmeyer has won the Western States 100 Mile Run four times. Nuf said? Apparently not. By Brad Wetzler What draws a person to ultramarathoning is anyone’s guess.
Dispatches, June 1997 Expeditions: What Price Glory? Two old friends earn their spot in the record books — with tragic consequences By Todd Balf Ross and Ramsden, reunited in Massachussetts Suffering from the effects of food poisoning, a…
Destinations, June 1997 What Do You Mean, No Knobbies? The park can’t sate every adventure appetite. But you needn’t go far. By Parke Puterbaugh B U L L E T I N S…
Dispatches, June 1997 Science: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, De-Clone ‘Em A revealing look into a future clouded by double vision By Bruce McCall For The Record Just Smush It…
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…
Dispatches, June 1997 Jurisprudence: Hey, Get Your Ropes Off My Cathedral! A Wyoming judge is left to answer a thorny question: To whom does Devils Tower belong? By Bill Donahue For The Record…
Dispatches, June 1997 Surfing: www.bythepowersvestedinme.com By Sarah Horowitz If there’s anything more romantic than a traditional June wedding, it’s a June wedding alfresco, vows exchanged beside a gurgling stream or beneath a weeping willow. But how best to find that magical spot?…
Destinations, June 1997 Drat. I Bogeyed That Outhouse. Found too much solitude in the Smokies? Gatlinburg will fix that. By Parke Puterbaugh Gatlinburg, Tennessee, holds fast to the northern boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park like…
Outside magazine, July 1999 EXPLORATION Deep Blues Forty fathoms down, divers have been dying on the wreck of the Andrea Doria. Will this be the worst summer ever? A Mystery Endures Not long after…
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, July 1999 Wild Winds, Rough Going, No Blarney On Ireland’s western fringe, the mystic highlands of Connemara hide an unexpected kingdom of adventure. By Michael Dolan Tribes of the sea: a Connemara pony…
Outside magazine, July 1999 INNS AND LODGES The Refuge at Ocklawaha Ecocorrectness and gator tails in the heart of Florida Despite its surfeit of sunshine, bargain airfares, and cheap car rentals, central Florida has long been…
Outside magazine, July 1999 TRAVEL Safari Verité Africa’s Bushmen offer tourists a taste of the real thing VITAL STATISTICS To visit Namibia’s Ju’Hoansi Bushmen, contact Okavango Tours and Safaris…
Outside magazine, July 1999 So You Want to be a Superstar? With a touch of hard work and a whole lot of pizzazz, you can master the ten coolest moves of the season. Dive right into the…
Review, June 1997 Move Over, Spandex And make way for a variety of threads appealing to cyclists of every tread By Dan Wildhirt Nike jersey, Dirt Designs shorts, Nautica vest Time was, tight-fitting cycling clothes were limited to the…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Diving Dig The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Rock-a-Copter The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble |…
Review, June 1997 Essentials: Lids that Fill the Bill By Dan Wildhirt Bell Image Pro Each year, helmets get safer, lighter, and more comfortable. This makes choosing one mostly a matter of style, and the current point of decision is visor…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Twisting Somersault The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble…
Review, June 1997 Extras: Rounding Out the Two-Wheeled Wardrobe By Dan Wildhirt Louis Garneau Ergofit Route gloves A few accessories selected in the name of comfort can make cycling much more pleasant. Rarely do I ride without Pearl Izumi’s Sleeveless Base…
Outside magazine, July 1999 ATHLETES Thorpedo Away! Ian Thorpe has really humongous feet, and he’s a damn good swimmer Say, Honey, What’s This Next to the Frozen Vegetables? “We do encourage the salvaging…
Review, June 1997 Buying Right: Roomy Packs for the Lower Back By Nancy Prichard Waltz into any reputable gear shop and announce that you’re looking for a fanny pack, and you’ll be politely corrected: They’re called lumbar packs, if you please. It’s…
Outside magazine, June 1997 Dr. Pepper For the seasoned traveler, the world is but a backdrop in the quest for the perfect chili By Randy Wayne White Perfection is a goofball pursuit, one that’s not only subjective but ultimately self-defeating:…
Outside magazine, July 1998 Review: A Little Bright Out? Think Polarized. By Bob Howells SAILBOATS | SUNGLASSES | THE OTHER STUFF | BOOKS Those who work…
Outside magazine, July 1998 Review: The Small-Boat Revolution Single-handed sailing’s golden age is upon us, thanks to the wonders of plastic By Mike Steere SAILBOATS | SUNGLASSES | THE OTHER STUFF…
Outside magazine, July 1999 BUSINESS Wall-to-Walls Climbing gyms go high-tech, top-dollar, and mainstream I’ll Stick with the Miso Soup It sounds like a Zen riddle: When is a sumo wrestler too fat? Recently, sumotori who…
Outside magazine, July 1999 BOOKS The Perfect Sell Buy this book! Adventure books have gone so mainstream over the last two years…
Bodywork, July 1998 Pulling It All Together To boost your upper-body strength, go with a classic By Lolly Merrell In setting the world record for crossing the English Channel in 1978, Penny Lee Dean faced a lot of…
Outside magazine, July 1999 Take the Stairs The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble…
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, August 1991 Escape from Route 1 How to achieve modified rapture on the coast of Maine By John Skow Back in the late 1930s, people who hadn’t owned a car since the Crash of ’29 talked wistfully about “pleasure driving,”…
Outside magazine, July 1999 Size MattersùOr Does It? The evolution of the modern surfboard has been largely aùhow to put it diplomatically?ùfickle affair. From the long, ultrastable, not terribly maneuverable sticks of the 1950s, to the shorter,…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Saved by the Thruway Rise up, ye subway riders, and grab the car keys. Ten quick trips for the city dweller. By David Noland Consider your life. You’re a working stiff, bound to the city, unable to spend…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Down The Coast Of Imprecision Paradise–and paradox–in the realm of Flora-Bama By Geoffrey Norman At the western end of the florida panhandle, and along the very bottom of eastern Alabama, the best roads go on for a while,…
 For daily coverage of the 1999 Tour de France, please click here. Outside magazine, July 1999 Playing Dirty The out-of-control spectacle that was last year’s Tour de France confirmed once and for all what really…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Righteous Gitis The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Into The Big Empty On a roll to nowhere in California and Nevada By Phil Garlington The roads that take you there are shoulderless, straight as yardsticks, black as tar, and skunk-striped. They’re narrow and seemingly endless, these…
Outside magazine, June 1999 A Lethal Dose of Salvation Plutonium was born to kill at the Hanford Site, but its birthplace gave life to a perfect stretch of river By Tim Cahill It was the greatest…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Crossover Dribble The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble…
Outside magazine, August 1994 Foreign Travel: Beyond Reykjavík On foot, bike, and pony through untrammeled Iceland By Michael Paterniti To drive 30 miles across the black lava flats from the Keflavik airport to Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital, is to realize that you’ve…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Cartwheel The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble |…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Intake: Claims You Can Swallow? By Mark Jannot Perhaps you missed it in the international headlines about war and peace elsewhere, but a détente of sorts has been negotiated between the dietary supplement industry and the Food and Drug Administration,…
Outside magazine, July 1999 The Figure Four The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble…
Outside magazine, August 1991 The High Plains Gallop Blazing a lonesome trail through the Rockies By Jim Fergus It has been suggested that there is no romance left on the American road, that it has been tamed and homogenized and is now…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Good, Long Rides September 2, Juneau, Alaska: Juneau Century Ride. Rolling terrain. 50 riders. $5. Juneau Freewheelers, 907-463-3095. September 10, Wauconda, Illinois: Harmon Hundred. Rolling terrain. 1,300 riders. $10 until September 1, $14 thereafter. Wheeling Wheelmen, 708-362-5997.
Outside magazine, July 1999 Stealing Home I found your recent article on dream towns (“Are You Where You Ought to Be?” May) quite interesting and wanted to raise two important issues everyone should consider before moving.
Outside magazine, August 1995 Conditioning: Preparing for 100 Miles in 11 Saturdays Flat By Douglas Gantenbein Training for a century ride, the 100-mile benchmark of road-cycling fitness, doesn’t mean sacrificing much more of your life than spending several Saturdays in the saddle. In fact,…
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…