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Is Hot-Air Ballooning Safe?
I saw the video of that awful hot-air balloon crash in Egypt. I’m going on a trip to Switzerland soon and am thinking of taking a hot-air balloon ride while I’m there. How safe are they?
Seven Days in the Desert
DEAN KARNAZES talks about racing in the most extreme conditions on earth.
Apocalypse Nile
A daring upriver expedition gets back on the water after a deadly attack
Hook, Line, and Regulator
A compressed air pilgrimage to the Red Sea, where hobbyists become compulsives in the blink of a piscine eye.
Sheikhs and Freaks
The Rise and Fall and Exile and Triumphant Possible Return of Rod of Massachusetts to the Battle-Torn Bedouin Kingdom of Dahab