Adventure
ArchiveOutside magazine, June 1999 Wave Good-bye to the Fiberglass Moose Beyond the yacht clubs and the outlet malls, you’ll find the Maine that’s worth stopping for My Delta, Myself |…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Voice Part for a Duet The biology and mystery of monogamy By David Quammen Two intriguing statistics recently grabbed my attention. They concern that remarkable form of social behavior known as monogamy. Roughly 92 percent of all bird…
Outside magazine, September 1997 Onward, Fluffy Soldiers Getting down and dirty with Swampy and his mates in an untidy but very British war By Bruce Schoenfeld At the edge of a rolling meadow in England’s Bollin Valley, on a bright…
News from the Field, February 1997 Snowboarding: No, Seriously…I Am the World Champ Jeff Greenwood’s Olympic-size struggle to prove he’s the best By Mike Finkel It was snowy mayhem: a pack of boisterous, red-cheeked boys, Jeff Greenwood’s teammates on the U.S.
The Downhill Report, December 1996 Free Skiing! And a slew of other ways to hang on to your cash By Meg Lukens Noonan The next time you hear someone gripe about the high cost of skiing, speak up. You could say,…
 Outside magazine, October 1997 Roof of the World, Center of a Universe Jostling between the spiritual and the secular in Kathmandu, once and future base camp for all manner of quests By Bob Shacochis “And the wildest dreams…
 Outside magazine, December 1996 Come to Happyland Discover Burma, the dictators say, Southeast Asia’s most beautiful and friendly country. And so he did. A visit to an anesthetized state. By Michael Paterniti In the monsoon twilight, the clamor of Rangoon…
In the telecentric world of the X Games, only when it's not on the tube
Dispatches, September 1998 Law Blue Eyes, Medium Build. Last Seen Heading West on a Vintage Hartail. What does a mountain-biking pioneer do when his cocaine-smuggling past finally catches up with him? He rides like hell. By Hampton Sides There’s…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Ballooning: Let the Hot Air Begin By Todd Balf (with Joe Glickman) Get out your telescopes: No fewer than three international teams are scheduled to lift off this month in hopes of becoming the first to circumnavigate the world nonstop…
Outside magazine, June 2000 Peter Bray in the Drink: A play-by-play account of the plucky kayaker’s 30-hour attempt to keep his leaking boat afloat By David Friedland At about 8 PM on June 17th, Peter Bray…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Just Don’t Call Us Shredders By Eric Blehm Snowboarders despise hearing people yell things from the lifts like “Dude, shred it up!” almost as much as they despise the snowless summer. Why? Because the terms are usually out of date.
Outside magazine, March 2001 Down with Ed THANK YOU FOR your enlightening profile of Ed Viesturs (“The Immovable Object Meets the Unstoppable Force,” December). As a novice mountaineer with a family of my own,…
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…
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, 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…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Don’t Get Used to It. Get Good at It. Falling happens, but it doesn’t have to hurt Good balance is essential, sure, but as spectacularly demonstrated by the…
Dispatches, August 1998 Cuisine How ‘Bout We Just Nibble on Them a Bit? In Vietnam a scourge of rats puts the crimp on fine feline dining By Jonathan Birchall Ok, it’s now official: by formal government…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Cowboy Nation: King of the Yee-Hah He knows everything there is to know about life in the saddle. Catch him at a 100-mph gallop, and he’ll tell you all about it. By Tim Cahill Four or five…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Not As Bad, But Still Not Nice Seven other places where you can expect the unexpected By Debra Shore Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee This is a drive-through park, so it’s not surprising that…
Outside magazine, August 1996 Are you Ready for the Bubbalympics? With a skybox rife with sponsors and a slate of flashy new events–plus 10,000 supremely gifted athletes–the pinnacle of sports breaks from its past. By Paul Kvinta There’s a reason they…
Outside magazine, August 1996 Will Work for…Several Million Bucks With Lance Armstrong dominating the Tour DuPont last May, many wondered why his team’s sponsor, Motorola, chose the occasion to declare that it wouldn’t be backing the squad in ’97. Actually, the timing for the announcement…
Outside magazine, October 1994 Essentials: Dry-Land Precautions By John L Stein It’s not the wear that usually ruins dive gear–it’s the care, or rather the lack thereof. Some precautionary tips to keep things in good working order above the surface, so you’ll encounter no surprises below:…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Books: War of the Green Soothsayers By Miles Harvey In a Dark Wood: The Fight over Forests and the Rising Tyranny of Ecology, by Alston Chase (Houghton Mifflin Co., $29.95); The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless…
Review: Hardware and Software, November 1996 Audubon CD-ROM Bird Guide By Gregory McNamee Identifying the avian cackling in your campsite or the little brown jobs swarming around the feeder on your deck–often a befuddling endeavor–just got easier. The tower of ratty field guides…
Outside magazine, December 1995 Expeditions: These Sneaks Were Made for Atoll-hoppin’ An encompassing chat with the World’s Most Traveled Man By Michael Finkel Seventy-year-old John D. Clouse, who holds the Guinness Book of Records title of the World’s Most Traveled Man,…
Women Outside, Fall 1998 Strategies Teglamaniacal The secret of the world’s top marathoner: It’s not how far; it’s how fast By John Brant GEAR | TRAVEL | FITNESS |…
January 1992 Dispatches: For the Record Triathlon: An Iron Grip Destinations Windsurfing: Going Off to Boarding School…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Cowboy Nation: The Eternal Sidekick: God Bless the Horse Take Old Paint out of the picture and all you’ve got is a man who chases cattle By Jim Fergus Sure, you can drive a candy-apple-red Chevy pickup…
Dispatches, May 1998 BOUQUETS Mulch Madness Seattle takes a deep breath — and braces for another putrid spring By Lolly Merrell Stepping onto the porch of his home one morning last spring, State Representative Brian Thomas leaned back…
Outside magazine, May 1999 The Art of the Upgrade Whether you need the whole or just a few of the parts, here’s how to make sure your steed is up to speed Bikes | Pedals |…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Marathon: Threepeat and Repeat By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard and Alison Osius) Cosmas Ndeti got a foothold in the record books last April when he became one of three runners in history to win the Boston Marathon, the country’s…
 Outside magazine, August 1997 No Surrender In the summer of 1876, Custer and Sitting Bull squared off at the bloodbath known as Little Bighorn. For the descendents of those who died or walked away scarred — and for those who squabble over…
Dispatches, August 1998 Controversy But Captain, I Played the Seal Last Time! The late great Jacques Cousteau takes another posthumous hit By Dirk Olin “We always said that we would be looking at the man, warts and all,”…
Outside magazine, November 1997 My Dizzying Depths In the turbulent waters of the Pacific Northwest, a seaman confronts old demons By Jonathan Raban In 1990 I moved from England, where I kept a boat on the Blackwater estuary, to…
Out Front, Fall 1998 Expeditions Race Boat Around Planet Alone. Set Record. Lose Boat. Almost Die. Repeat. Think the life of a top solo sailor is a little crazy? Right you are. By Francine Prose Isabelle Autissier seems…
Women Outside, Fall 1998 Technology Artifical Ingredients Added A stronger, faster better you is as close as the nearest lab By Cristina Opdahl GEAR | TRAVEL | FITNESS |…
Outside magazine, January 1996 The Outside Prognosticator: Don’t Wake Us When It’s Over Psyched for a presidential election year in which the centrist incumbent battles the right with a passionate defense of the environment? Well, send us a postcard from wherever that happens. Here in the…
The Outside Prognosticator: Come Spawn With Me You feel a tad slimy, but mostly smooth and sleek in the water. Your pink-bellied brethren are beside you, deftly slicing upstream through the current. You are salmon. Actually, you are a paying customer, and you’re on Vancouver Island with…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Honoring the Day of Active Rest Go ahead and exercise in your downtime, but thou shalt keep it easy. That’s a command. By Ken McAlpine Spring beckons, and with it the temptation to hack out a new you:…
Outside magazine, December 1995 The Board Report: Outta My Flight Path, Peewee! Bend those knees, square those shoulders, and kiss your ghost date good-bye. The 48-hour path to postadolescent snowboarding. By Hampton Sides I was unaware that they made ibuprofen bottles this…
Outside magazine, April 1996 Ruling the Cs By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta Sure it’s overshadowed by its more famous sibling, but what the Little America’s Cup sailing race lacks in hoopla it makes up for in flat-out speed. That much was obvious in…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Cycling: Will the Next Tour de France Champ Please Rise Up? Indurian goes for his sixth, but it won’t be a gimme. A bettor’s guide to the Big One Yawning observers insist the 1996 Tour de France is no race…
Outside magazine, August 1999 THE PRESERVATIONIST Guranteed to Last The distinguished professor of worn-out boots is hell bent for leather The doctor is in: cobbler Dave Page Describing the loyalty of Dave…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Planet of the Apes Have Banana, Will Travel By Laura Billings For opportunities to rub elbows with very, very distant relatives, sign on for the Orangutan Foundation International Research/ Study Tour in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park. Each…
Winter Olympics Preview, February 1998 THE UP-AND-COMERS Hold the Ice Now that America’s top lugers have proven they can match the Europeans drink for drink, they have something to prove on the track By Julian Rubinstein THE DOPE ON…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Monkey See, Monkey Shoot? By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta (with Brooke DeNisco, Martin Forstenzer, and Eileen Hansen) “You can’t go shooting someone’s monkey, just like you can’t shoot someone’s cow,” argues Robert Trimble, attorney for the South Texas Primate…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Ride With Pride: Road Bike Skills: Take It From Mr. Persistence Steve Bauer’s tips from a lifetime on the road By Scott Sutherland In a tip of the helmet to cycling Darwinism, Motorola Cycling Team’s Steve Bauer, 35,…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Ride With Pride: Shop Talk: A Phrase Book for the Bike Bazaar By Scott Sutherland CNC: Computer numerical control, as applied to hunks of raw aluminum, is the hot way to machine weight from components — and to put…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Tomato Wars High noon in the garden of good and evil By Randy Wayne White I don’t need a newspaper to tell me that life is a predicament. I can look out my back door and suffer the…
Outside magazine, September 1995 Expeditions: The Iceman Conquereth Richard Weber and Misha Malakhov skied to the top of the world and then skied home, without help of any kind. Can anyone top that? By Jon Bowermaster It must have been quite a…
Outside magazine, October 1996 Recreation:Warning: Trail Closures Next 3,000 Miles The Park Service settles out of court, and an ominous new era looms By Florence Williams Upon learning that two government agencies had agreed to pay him and his fellow plaintiffs…
Outside magazine, April 1996 Kiss, Kiss, It’s Uta Pippig! The fastest woman who ever ran Boston, on foes, fears, and the perils of German cheesecake By John Tayman When Hollywood makes the movie of Uta Pippig’s life, Meg Ryan will get the…
Outside magazine, January 1997 Man Overboard An unconventional eulogy for a most unconventional friend By Randy Wayne White On a moonless night some years ago, my friend Bobby Fizer jumped without warning from a speeding boat into a dark saltwater…
Review: Hardware and Software, January 1997 Scarpa T3 Telemark Boot By Andrew Tilin Telemark skiers tend to be purists. no matter how warm, waterproof, supportive, and durable boots made of plastic may be, the hard core scoff that they just don’t flex like…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Books: The Smug and the Homey By Miles Harvey Notes from a Small Island: An Affectionate Portrait of Britain, by Bill Bryson (William Morrow, $25). As his previous works, such as The Lost Continent, have so delightfully demonstrated,…
Gone Summering, July 1998 Avast Ye, Matey – Find Your Own Damn Cove The Maine coast has more landmarks than names. Much to the delight of possessive types. By Tracy Kidder TŠte-€-TŠte with Penobscot Bay…
Dispatches, July 1998 Sport A Man Among Prettyboys Mitch Kahn, venerable dean of an unsung sport, prepares once more to defend his title By Bill Donahue There’s something Mitch Kahn wants you to know: He’s nothing like Mitch Buchanan,…
 Out Front, October 1997 Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot … Together again: the noble, the menacing, the triumphant, the pratfalling, and other unforgettable elements of the outdoor universe GEORGE WILLIG ———————- The Human Fly has been grounded…
Out Front, October 1997 Sorry, No Can Do Five athletic achievements you might as well give up on now By Todd Balf In the last two decades, all manner of lofty athletic goals have fallen by the wayside. Miguel Indurain…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 My Type of Gomorrah, Aspen Is Yes, all you naysayers, skiing and caviar do mix By Craig Vetter Aspen Mountain, the red-hot center of schuss-n-glitz, celebrates the golden anniversary of Lift 1 this year, and despite…
Dispatches, May 1997 Art: Let’s Just Say It’s Not Whistler’s Mother By Peter Von Ziegesar “You can compare his work to the grueling physicality of climbing a mountain or negotiating a whitewater stream,” enthuses Robert Riley, curator of media arts at the…
Outside magazine, January 1998 The 1998 Outside Prognosticator Curious events to unfold in the coming year throughout the worlds of outdoor endeavor, environment, amphibians By David Rakoff Gotham Embraces Gator Reintroduction Scheme; Rats say “Rats” Remember the good old…
Outside magazine, March 1996 Equipage: Watch Your Backside, Fido… But fear for your life, O woolly mammoth By Michael Finkel “I’m the first person in a couple thousand years to bring home the bacon using this weapon,” says William “Atlatl Bob” Perkins.
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, September 1996 Sport: Did Not. Did Too. Did Not… After a semi-successful Cuba–U.S. swim attempt, a feud is born By Paul Kvinta Susie Maroney has had better mornings. At 6 a.m. on June 8, just two hours after leaving Havana…
Outside magazine, September 1996 Out There: The Big Queasy Feeling a touch of seasickness? Try giving conventional wisdom a heave. By Randy Wayne White Recently I was forced to notify the Human Movement and Balance Unit of the United Kingdom’s Medical…
He rescued some of the West's hallowed lands. He became one of the most influential environmental leaders of the century. In the process, he sacrificed friends, family, and anyone who couldn't keep up. Now, alone in the twilight, how does the archdruid make peace with it all?
 Outside magazine, March 1997 Lost At Sea Tragic are the people of the lovely Marshall Islands. When America exploded the A-bomb it took their homes, and when it gave comfort it took their ambition, and when it offered only craven solutions it…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Great Openings “As a former academic and a natural history book reviewer I was astonished to discover, on being threatened with a two-month exile to the primary jungles of Borneo, just how fast a man can read. Powerful as your scholarly instincts…
Sin in the Wild Outdoors, June 1997 We Confess Pride goeth before a fall, as any climber knows. But what about the other deadly sins that flesh is heir to? Gee, there’s nothing like fresh air and sunshine, vigorous exercise, working up…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Montana, the Dry Run Liquid Louie’s was fun, but still no match for the impossibly blue horizon My Delta, Myself | A Little Good, Clean Lust…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Update: Up in Smoke By Carl Hoffman “We made hundreds of repairs and improvisations, and one of them failed–but how can you think of everything?” So said Darryl Greenamyer, an adventure pilot who last spring attempted to complete a unique…
Outside magazine, August 1996 The Book On: Decathlon For Dan O’Brien, the chance to atone for ’92 has finally come By Mark Jannot Fewer shadows in track and field are longer–or stranger–than the one that Dan O’Brien has cast over the…
Dispatches, May 1998 SPORT Some Kind of Hero After bringing new meaning to “Olympic Gold,” Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati returns to a festive welcome By Bill Donahue On a blustery, gray day in Whistler, British Columbia, we gather shoulder-to-shoulder…
 Outside magazine, October 1997 Dyn-O-Mite! A visual history of all the gear we couldn’t — and still can’t — do without By Andrew Tilin and Mike Grudowski The Best of Toys, the Worst of Toys Endless…
Outside magazine, December 1997 Solo Faces A black outdoorsman takes a wilderness census, and finds it disturbingly light By Eddy L. Harris Night was falling all around the dusty mountains of southeastern Utah. It was a warm, clear…