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ArchiveMarc 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…
Mountain rescue: life and death on a rescue team When things go very wrong No matter how much you train for it, rescuers say, nothing quite prepares you for the shock and tragedy of…
I was in one of your old movies. How can I get a tape of it? Q: I was in one of your movies in the early 1970s called In…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 26, 1996 What other books do you recommend? How do I get published?…
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?…
Jon Krakauer Do trekkers climb past base camp on Everest? Question: What is the difference between a trekker and a climber? Are trekkers hikers or low-altitude climbers? Susan Allen is shown in…
Mountain rescue: life and death on the line Colorado’s beautiful peaks can be deceptively dangerous. Each year, scores of people are lost; some die. Meet the author of a new book that takes you inside one of America’s premier mountain…
What’s the best family resort in Europe? How does Whistler rate? Q: Two parts: 1. Where in Europe would you recommend for a good family ski vacation? 2. How does Whistler/Blackcomb…
Dr. Phil Maffetone Dr. Phil Maffetone Dr. Philip Maffetone is an applied kinesiologist who has been in private practice since 1977. He’s an authority on alternative medicine, has a background in biochemistry and exercise physiology, and…
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?…
Jon Krakauer Just offer jet rides to top of Everest for rich folks Question: John, I’ve enjoyed reading your articles over the years and was especially impressed with your piece on the…
Jon Krakauer How can we prevent similar tragedies? Question: Jon, Is there any reason to believe that we can prevent similar tragedies in the future? Not that I want mountaineering itself to…
Who is the greatest skier in the world? Q: You have filmed the greatest skiers in the world. Who is the best as far as technique and sheer ability? Jonathan…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 26, 1996 What other books do you recommend? How do I get published?…
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?…
Jon Krakauer How important is experience at high altitude? Question: Hi Jon, Enjoyed the Outside account of the Everest climb; certainly it conveyed the difficulty of climbing at high altitude, and…
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,…
Jon Krakauer What’s the reason behind your self-criticism? Question: Jon, You have repeatedly criticized yourself and your actions when speaking and writing about the events last May. It’s hard for me to…
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…
Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild February 26, 1996 What other books do you recommend? How do I get published?…
What equipment do I need to start making ski films? Q: I would like to make films like you but I don’t have the right equipment. What kind of camera would…
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…
Outside magazine, December 1995 Law and Order: Does This Man Belong in the Hoosegow? The continuing saga of Paul Watson, eco-pirate By John Alderman Having stared down the barrels of Japanese guns,” says a defiant Paul Watson, “being on trial didn’t really…
News from the Field, January 1997 Celebrity: Up Next…Naomi’s Polar Quest? By Lolly Merrell Say you’re a lanky, 32-year-old woman who has it all: classic good looks, legions of adoring fans, and a job at which you’re paid top dollar to travel to…
Outside magazine, March 1994 Sport: Mush! Haw!…And Shake, Don’t Stir! A comfier variation on Alaska’s Last Great Race By Hampton Sides Three days after the last Iditarod team skitters from the starting chute in Anchorage, Alaska, early this month, another convoy…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Ride With Pride: It Pays to Keep a Level Head How to wear your helmet right By Dana Sullivan Wear a helmet whenever you’re on your bike — that’s all there is to our lecture. But to help…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Silly Yanks, Tricks Are for Losers By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Brooke DeNisco, Martin Forstenzer, and Eileen Hansen) At the World Surf Kayak Championships last September in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, tempers flared when an eve-of-the-race rules meeting evolved…
Review, April 1997 Books: Lighting Out By Miles Harvey No Mercy: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo, by Redmond O’Hanlon (Knopf, $27.50). The author of Into the Heart of Borneo and In Trouble Again has built an…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Sport: Let the Blur Spins Begin! The Extreme Games will be hip and on the tube for 50 in-your-face hours. Oh, boy… By Paul Kvinta What would you make of guys in yellow leather bodysuits schussing down your…
Outside magazine, July 1996 The Ultimate Hardware Camp stove (Coleman Peak 1 Apex II or MSR WhisperLite Shaker Jet) fuel bottle (MSR or Sigg). In summer, figure on one-third of a quart of fuel per stove per day. Small funnel for filling stove…
Outside magazine, December 1995 Books: Contrarian Carols By Miles Harvey The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean, by Paul Theroux (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, $27.50). You’re not likely to find a better holiday gift for armchair adventurers than this wild…
Outside magazine, April 1997 That’s a Lovely Fish. Is There a Scarf to Match? On the leisure coast of California, the locals display the secrets of dressing for fun–without looking like something that washed ashore. Spring Fashion By Vicky Mcgarry…
 Outside magazine, January 1997 Veni, Vidi, œre Og Berùmmelse! Was a wintery time when little Telemark, Norway, invented a sport. Then infidels from America snatched it away. But now the Norwegians have come to North America, and to skiing’s most punishingly brutal…
Outside magazine, April 1999 Scorching the Earth to Save It Conciliation may indeed be a trend in the new environmentalism, but if so, the folks at one firebrand group never got the memo. Which, to judge by…
Outside magazine, June 1996 Environment: A Man, a Plan, a Foursome of Kalahari Bushmen James Blanchard’s grandiose scheme for the mozambican coast By Bill Donahue James ulysses blanchard III has a new plan for Mozambique. In the late eighties, you’ll recall,…
Dispatches, July 1997 P R O T E S T Sympathy for the Rebel Celebs try to free the Sea Shepherds’ captain — and option the movie rights By John Galvin For The…
Outside magazine, September 1996 Environment: OK, Meet You at Eight on Super-Unleaded Loop Hard up for cash. California’s state parks reach out to the multinationals By Bill Donahue You’re wending through an alpine meadow, savoring the melodious twee-twee of the avifauna,…
Dispatches, October 1998 Endurance My Name is Don, and I’m Addicted to Skydiving Will someone please get this man some help? By Bill Donahue Don Kellner of Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, recently became the first American sky diver to notch 25,000…
Outside magazine, December 2000 Perfect Pitch I HAVE TO TELL YOU that the article on El Capitan by Dan Duane (“Up on the Big Stone,” October) was quite simply one of the best pieces…
Outside magazine, June 1994 Running: Rabbit’s Revenge By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard and Eric Hagerman) Wen Paul Pilkington reached the halfway point at last February’s Los Angeles Marathon, he glanced over his shoulder, glanced again, and then estimated he had a quarter-mile…
Outside magazine, March 1996 Soaring Fortunes By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Brian Alexander and Steve Law) Things are suddenly looking up for America’s long-woeful nordic skiing teams. Last December, Todd Lodwick won an early-season World Cup event in the nordic combined–which features…
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…
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.
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, September 1996 Jong-yul of the Desert On Thursday, June 6–seven months, seven pairs of shoes, and innumerable sandstorms after leaving Nouakchott, Mauritania–38-year-old South Korean Choi Jong-yul strolled into Suakin, a Sudanese port on the Red Sea, to become the first person ever to walk…
 Outside Magazine, November 1994 Radioactive and Here to Stay Say it loud and say it proud: Uranium City, Saskatchewan, boomtown, ghost town, antimecca of the atomic age, is still a great place to glow in. By Rebecca Lee From above, it’s…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Skiing: Outta My Way, Girlfriend! Hilary Lindh is the most successful woman downhiller in U.S. history. So why is she trying so hard to play catch-up with Picabo? By Hal Clifford “I always wind up looking like a…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 Running: A Chip Off the Kip By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard) University of Arizona senior Martin Keino, son of Kenyan Olympic champion Kip Keino, went wire to wire to win the NCAA cross-country championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on November…
Dispatches, March 1998 INNOVATION Spray Skirts Are for Sissies Kayaking pioneer Jeff Snyder rocks a sport back onto its heels Five years ago, Jeff Snyder had a rather tragic mishap. Kayaking over a 45-foot waterfall in Mexico, Snyder misfired and his…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Paradise Browsed Eight Fine Bookstores Chessler Books, Box 399, 26030 Highway 74, Kittredge, CO 80457; 800-654-8502 (303-670-0093 in Colorado). The largest mountaineering book dealer in the world- the majority of its sales through mail order-with more than 30 titles…
Dispatches, June 1998 Lifestyles Chitty Chitty Wonk Wonk Steve Roberts, cycling technogeek extraordinaire, nears the end of the road By Jean-Francois Hardy When Steve Roberts finally decided to free himself from the tyranny of “working a job I…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Environment For Thine Is the Kingdom, Dude Santa Barbara’s surfers turn to the cleansing power of prayer “We are calling on the archangels!”exclaims Hillary Hauser in the take-no-prisoners tone…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Paddling: The Lugbill Factor By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard) Before last May’s U.S. Canoe and Kayak whitewater slalom trials on the Ocoee River in Tennessee, canoeist Jon Lugbill told a friend he couldn’t remember the last time he showed…
Outside magazine, September 1997 Boots That Will Transport You Midweight leather backpacking boots are the ticket for most treks you’ll take By Douglas Gantenbein Essentials Saving Your Hides BOOT CARE IS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE. Clean them. Grit…
Outside magazine, April 1998 Field Notes: 50 CC of Pampering for the Skier-Stump, Stat! A peek under the rug of Aspen’s ER, where Very Important Ligaments come to be healed By Florence Williams You want Chris Martinez to be…
Out Front, Fall 1998 Mountaineering Whither the Big One? Climbing Everest can be a ho-hum affair — unless, that is, you have a gimmick By Mike Grudowski There was a time — 23 years ago, to be precise —…
 Outside magazine, May 1997 Everest a Year Later: False Summit After a lifetime of wanting, Jon Krakauer made it to the world’s highest point. What he and the other survivors would discover in the months to come, however, is that it’s even…
Like Buford Pusser before him, Sheriff Harry Lee is mad. For his brazen archenemy--the nutria, a large, burrowing, oversexed rodent with an insatiable appetite for flood-control canals--that means a dose of maximum justice.
Outside magazine, September 1999 Swing Shift A simple routine that’ll take your hips from out of whack to in the groove “An athlete’s platform of strength, balance, and quickness needs to be based on good range of…