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ArchiveJon Krakauer Just curious about Pittman’s threat of libel action Question: Dear Jon, Thought your Outside article on Everest and your book were exceptional works. Could not put either down as…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 26, 1996 What other books do you recommend? How do I get published?…
Dr. Phil Maffetone February 15, 1996 I’m always hungry. How can I stop feeling hungry? I’d like to know more about this 40-30-30 diet…
Do any of your movies include telemark skiing? Q: Warren, I started telemarking a couple of years ago and I love it. Do any of your movies include segments on telemark…
Profile: Bill Pinkney By Mike Steere Photo: (We have these already) (VIDEO) (Clips TK. Where to link to them?) In his own words “Here I am a descendent of slaves making the Middle Passage not as cargo…
Jon Krakauer Why didn’t Fischer insist everyone use oxygen? Question: Jon, What are your opinions of Anatoli Boukreev’s decision to guide a team of inexperienced Indonesians to the summit of Everest this…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 19, 1996 How is his family doing? Where is the scholarship fund?…
Dr. Phil Maffetone February 15, 1996 I’m always hungry. How can I stop feeling hungry? I’d like to know more about this 40-30-30 diet…
Will you make a film devoted to wilderness skiing? Q: With the recent surge of popularity that backcountry skiing is enjoying, have you considered making a film solely devoted to wilderness…
(new header, TK) ON THE SHARP END/Do-er’s Profile by Mike Steere NAME: Bill Pinkney PHOTO: (TK) (VIDEO): (TK) TOP QUOTE: “Here I am a descendent of slaves making the Middle Passage not as cargo in the…
Jon Krakauer “Illusion of control” drives those risking their lives Question: Jon, I have just finished your book and I felt compelled to contact you and thank you for writing it. I…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild Paul Roberts Outside Online correspondent Paul Roberts is freelance writer specializing in outdoor sports and environmental politics. A novice climber, he has summited Kilimanjaro and several volcanoes in…
Dr. Phil Maffetone February 15, 1996 I’m always hungry. How can I stop feeling hungry? I’d like to know more about this 40-30-30 diet…
I want to see more telemark skiing in your movies Q: I’ve not seen one of your movies for a few years now because you have not been giving the sport…
Bob Howells on the ‘other’ National Parks Q&A with Bob Howells Writer Bob Howells answered your letters about the national parks. Must-stops on road trip out West Led astray?…
Jon Krakauer: Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer responds to your questions Do you worry about upsetting the victims’ families? If you had it to do over again, how would…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 19, 1996 How is his family doing? Where is the scholarship fund?…
Dr. Phil Maffetone February 15, 1996 I’m always hungry. How can I stop feeling hungry? I’d like to know more about this 40-30-30 diet…
Marc Twight November 20, 1995 What tortures your soul and why do you write? Can you recommend a fun climb in North America? Are you really that angst-filled,…
The Courage to Dream Outside Online Profile: Bill Pinkney By Mike Steere In his own words “Here I am, a descendent of slaves, making the Middle…
Jon Krakauer Comments on leading abilities of expedition guides Question: Mr. Krakauer, I just wanted to comment on the Turning Point broadcast this past evening which revisited last year’s climb. I…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 19, 1996 How is his family doing? Where is the scholarship fund?…
Dr. Phil Maffetone February 15, 1996 I’m always hungry. How can I stop feeling hungry? I’d like to know more about this 40-30-30 diet…
How can I get started in your line of work? Q: How would a young skier break into your line of work? I’ve been skiing for 17 years, just graduated from…
Mountain rescue: life and death on a rescue team Excerpts from The Falling Season “The fact that I’m so close with the people on the team–you may have friends for fifteen years,…
Jon Krakauer Do you worry about upsetting the victims’ families? Question: I just finished reading your book. It was quite gripping; I can’t stop thinking about it. Do you grapple at all…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 19, 1996 How is his family doing? Where is the scholarship fund?…
Todd Skinner on top April 29, 1996 How did you eat and sleep for 60 days on a rock wall? Have you ever climbed at Index, Washington?…
 Dream Towns Letters to Mike Steere The author of Outside’s “Dream Towns” article opens his mail Editor’s note: Mike answered the best letters online. Letters may have…
Bob Howells on the ‘other’ National Parks Q&A with Bob about our national parks Expert forum, August 7-11, 1995 The Park Service has been scrutinized for its management of our national parks. We…
Jon Krakauer If you had it to do over again, how would you do it? Question: If you had it to do over again, would you choose to climb Everest on your…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 19, 1996 How is his family doing? Where is the scholarship fund?…
Todd Skinner on top April 29, 1996 How did you eat and sleep for 60 days on a rock wall? Have you ever climbed at Index, Washington?…
Is there a list of all your work? What early films inspired you? Q: Is there a list of all your feature-length films in one of your books (a filmography)? Do you have some old favorite…
Mountain rescue: life and death on a rescue team Author Hal Clifford, on why this story needed to be told “The summer of 1995 will be remembered as one of the most gruesome…
Get me in your next movie! Q: I want to know if you can personally get me a spot in the “Copper Drop” (100 skiers jumping off the cornice into Copper…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 19, 1996 How is his family doing? Where is the scholarship fund?…
Todd Skinner Profile: Todd Skinner By Jason Lathrop Outside Online “The goal then was really to climb those mountains for the fact that we could see them from…
Jon Krakauer How did you take notes while climbing Everest? Question: Jon, Once again fantastic writing. Despite my feeling that I had read enough about your trip from all the articles, I…
Q: Do you know of any great alpine backpacking destinations in Baja? Advice from the Experts For more wisdom from the Adventure Adviser, and the chance to ask your own questions, CLICK HERE.travel questions answered —Cory Whitney, Bar Harbor, Maine Adventure Adviser: A: A four-day backpacking trip up Baja’s…
Bodywork: Fitness for the Outside Athlete, November 1996 The Symmetrical Solution Correcting your natural imbalances may just be the secret to superior fitness By Cory Johnson At first it was merely a blister on her left foot. Lynn Doering had just…
Outside magazine, April 2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Spin Control Clay Ellis…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 There’s a Reason They Call It a Brewski Six of America’s Best Microbrews The Brew: Long Trail India Pale Ale The Ski: Stowe, Vermont Our Hopsmeister Says:…
Outside magazine, January 1999 Take Two of These and Call Me from the Podium Will a new wonder drug replace exercise? By Theodore Spencer Here it is, the news we’ve all been patiently awaiting…
News for Adventurous Travelers, February 1997 Bad Birds, Bad Birds By Paul Kvinta Get on the wrong side of a Texan and he’ll kick your ass-even if he’s a bird. Famous for their orneriness, the following avian toughs are not birds you’d…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Cowboy Nation: Viva Calf Ropers For ten days each year, Las Vegas is rodeo heaven–and the boys with the pigging strings are Wayne Newton By Lynn Snowden For ten days every December, Las Vegas becomes cowboy country.
Outside magazine, May 1998 Field Notes: How Swede It Is Few races reveal as much about those who run in them as the all-but-flawless O-ringen By Bucky McMahon Before anything else happens, the moose need to be moved. And so,…
Destinations, May 1999 Cabo? Sure. But Not That Cabo. East of San Lucas’s sun-drunk hordes, the Baja that was still is By Jeff Spurrier Hustle and bustle, East Cape-style: an amphibious traffic jam…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Paddling: Last One There is a Soggy Egg By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard and Alison Osius) Churning across the flatwater speed course at Ellen Trout Lake in Lufkin, Texas, last April, two-time Olympian Traci Phillips earned the title “fastest…
Dispatches, August 1997 M O U N T A I N E E R I N G More of the Same Another season on Everest brings eight deaths — and plenty of close calls By Andrew Tilin…
Shark Alley, August 1998 The Shark Blotter When man meets fish By Mike Grudowski More people perish each year, it’s been said, from coconuts falling on their heads than from shark attacks. These luckless victims probably would’ve preferred to take…
Outside magazine, November 1997 Whither the Eco-Warrior? Amid financial crisis and disturbing allegations, Greenpeace USA heads in a familiar new direction By Florence Williams Girls Will Be Boys When you’re the top-ranked female surfer in the world,…
Out Front, Fall 1998 Activism Butterfly is Free And so, in this case, is the publicity she seeks By Bill Donahue In the beginning, she was but a pilgrim with a decidedly funky name. Julia “Butterfly” Hill, a 24-year-old…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Bet You Never Thought Of… By Laura Billings SOUTH PACIFIC Bikini Bottoms For nearly 50 years the only civilians to set eyes on the shipwrecks off the Bikini atoll–site of atomic bomb tests between 1946 and 1954–were…
Outside magazine, January 1996 The Outside Prognosticator: I Don’t Want To Tell You: A GOP Candidate Forum “Dear Republican Presidential hopeful,” our polite letter began. “We’d like to hear your views on a couple of major environmental issues and pose a character-testing essay question: ‘If…
Outside magazine, January 1996 The Outside Prognosticator: Coping With Atlanta the Violent Mood-Swing Way If you’re like us, you have mixed feelings about the Atlanta Olympics. Ponder the dynamic performances to come, the pageantry, and the first-time medal status of deserving sports like mountain biking, and…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Evaluation: Matchmaker, Shoemaker? By Sara Corbett We’re not all fortunate enough to have a knowledgeable running-shoe salesperson at the local sporting goods store — someone who’ll gently intervene when we snatch up the first comfy pair we find, who’ll deftly…
Outside magazine, September 1994 Boots for the Path of Most Resistance With a big load on your back, your footwear standards had better be rigid By Glenn Randall Stiffness–in backpacking boots, anyway–is next to godliness. Stiffness is what shields your feet from roots and…
Outside magazine, April 1996 Big Water: Will the Real Colorado River Please Rise Up? A $4.5 million experiment unleashes a deluge of habitat-restoring froth By Rob French It will begin with the touch of a human finger. An engineer will press a…
Outside magazine, August 1999 Hey (Hey!) You (You!), Get Off of My Trail! Can’t we all just get along? Apparently not. By Jill Danz Temporary détente at New Jersey’s Tourne County Park…
News from the Field, February 1997 Design: All the World’s a Workshop Forever in search of the perfect backpack, peripatetic tinkerer Patrick Smith says he’s found the answer deep in the woods By Michael McRae The backcountry is filled with loners,…
Winter Olympics Preview, February 1998 THE HORROR The Schmucks of Winter They cheated, they sniped, they taught us the true meaning of “loser.” God bless ’em. By Mike Grudowski Every rose, a great philosopher once said, has its thorn.
Outside magazine, January 1996 One False Move? By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Brooke DeNisco, Martin Forstenzer, and Eileen Hansen) Canadian high-wire walker Jay Cochrane expected last October’s jaunt above China’s Yangtze River to be the performance of his life. His host, the…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Up, Up, and…Ach! By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Brooke DeNisco, Martin Forstenzer, and Eileen Hansen) “Party pollution!” exclaims Jim DeForge, decrying the thousands of helium balloons that revelers will unleash this New Year’s Eve. In a pointed attack,…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Ride With Pride: The Spin Doctor Says: Pair Up Wisely By Dr. Ruth Westheimer “The most important consideration is that your partner really likes that wind blowing and seeing new vistas — and does not only ride to please the…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Reluctant Provider Why bamboo waits so long between incarnations By David Quammen The novelist Louise Erdrich recently published a lapidary one-paragraph essay, excerpted from something longer, that begins, “I would be converted to a religion of grass.” The…
Outside magazine, September 1995 Sport: Excuuuse Me for Living Can Dave Cullinan, cocky heart patient, recapture the worlds? By Eric Hagerman “I’m going to serve John Tomac a big can of whup-ass when I get fit,” says 25-year-old professional mountain biker Dave…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 The Grenadian Spell It starts with a whiff of nutmeg on the tarmac. A few jungle pools and plates of lambie later, you may never go home. By Bob Howells Twelve degrees north latitude is…
Outside magazine, April 1999 I’ve Fallen, and I’m Pretending I Can’t Get Up In the perilous quest to produce state-of-the art wilderness medicine, our writer is just what the doctor ordered By Ken Kalfus It…
Outside magazine, January 1997 Letters: Haitian Spell Bob Shacochis’s “There Must Be a God In Haiti” (November) was the best thing I’ve read about the battered Caribbean nation. Having studied its music, dance, and a bit of voodoo, as well as sponsoring a…
Bodywork, April 1999 Push. Pull. Explode. Repeat. Old-fashioned exercise with a latter-day twist Dynamic calisthenics essentially takes classic moves — squats, lunges, push-ups — and modifies them to prep your joints, boost reaction time, and improve your balance. The idea is to…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Mountain Biking: Eat My Mascara! Champion downhiller Leigh Donovan’s unpopular crusade By Eric Hagerman Downhill mountain bikers are like butterflies. They show up every spring, flapping their wings, showing off their colors. This year Missy Giove, 1994…
Outside magazine, July 1997 Letters: Bad Intentions I am appalled that killer Chad McKittrick got off with such a light sentence (“The Killing of Wolf Number Ten,” May). At the very least, his restitution ought to include the cost of his capture,…
Dispatches, July 1998 Environment Divided We Fall? The Sierra Club’s debate over immigration may be just the beginning By Dirk Olin When it was finally announced that the Sierra Club’s rank and file had scuttled a proposal to…
Outside magazine, October 1997 Jane Goodall We’re all equal in her eyes By Michael Nichols I met Jane Goodall at the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 1989. I was there to…
Outside magazine, October 1997 I Was a Prisoner of the Mudpeople It could have been the Fly-Fishians that got me. Or the Marathon Men. Or even the dread Golf-oids. But the fiendish Congregation of Dirtheads had already claimed my soul. From the cults…
News from the Field, December 1996 Wildlife: Hasta la Vista, Poultry Celebrities share their favorite recipes to aid a carnivorous friend By Mike Steere If the gray wolf knew of the bathos perpetrated in its name, the species might have boycotted…
Outside magazine, June 1994 Wildlife: Who’s Afraid of a Little Blood and Guts? One entrepreneur’s sticky plan to bring man and shark closer together By Brian Alexander Jon Cappella still believes his idea is a blue-chipper: Dump bucketfuls of fish innards…