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Outside magazine, March 1997 OK, Now Where Are the Pedals? Having swapped his bike for an Indy Car, would-be speed racer Greg Lemond considers the road ahead from a very new vantage point By Ned Zeman…
Destinations, March 1997 Paradise Leased Borrow a million-dollar boat. Cruise the Caribbean. Grin. A beginner’s guide to sailboat charters. By Dan Dickison The Eel Ate My Homework Sailing schools teach navigation, confidence, and a good fish story or…
Dispatches, March 1997 Sport: Hey, America, Remember Us? With sponsors and spectators vanishing and TV saying no thanks, a sinking USA Track & Field tosses its top man overboard By John Brant For The Record Mud Is Thicker Than…
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, March 1997 Lean, Green, and Amazingly Serene An ode to Moss Man, who after 28 days in a hot spring emerged a changed person By Randy Wayne White The reason I was reluctant to participate in the bizarre…
Dispatches, March 1998 WILDLIFE The Debate That Roared A plan to reintroduce the grizzly in Idaho causes considerable growling People who live around the Bitterroot Range, an expanse of rugged real estate that sprawls across 44,000 square miles of Idaho and…
Dispatches, March 1998 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Taking It Outdoors Three old camping buddies try to live the dream, hanging their fortunes on an RV of tents When Jeff Basford, Mike Greaves, and Bob Pecoraro talk about the way their pipe dream is…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Gone Reading By Larry Burke Few genres of writing can match the world of outdoor literature for richness, exuberance, or sheer eclecticism. Whether it’s the novels of Herman Melville or the travel epics of Paul Theroux, the Boy Scout Handbook…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Acoustic Camping The summer’s best outdoor music festivals By Peter Nelson Kerrville Folk Festival May 23-June 16 at 50-plus-acre Quiet Valley Ranch, nine miles south of Kerrville, Texas. Tunes: Scheduled headliners this year include…
Outside magazine, March 1998 Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. And Then, By Golly, Up Again. Why fuss with this “Climb Every Mountain” crap when you can simply climb one mountain, every day, 2,000-plus days straight, almost six years, rain and…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Wildlife: Would you stuff this into your suitcase? Renowned bird-lover Tony Silva’s ugly fall from grace By Gretchen Reynolds “Nature has certain rules you don’t violate,” Tony Silva told a reporter in 1985. Dark-haired, dark-eyed, intense, and at…
 Outside magazine, May 1996 Africa: Untamed, Uncensored and on Celluloid In a style that’s more Peckinpah than Marlin Perkins, Dereck and Beverly Joubert have revolutionized wildlife filmmaking with unflinching documentaries that combine violent realism and equally dramatic story lines. Their work has brought…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Sense and Sensibility Those who know the thrill of a food chase wouldn’t dare call this flyover country By Randy Wayne White On a night when much interaction with dogs and raccoons was anticipated, Shane Groves and…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Politics: Let the Rivers Run. Let the Arms Be Twisted Doesn’t everybody want to save America’s fabled river of grass? On the eve of campaign ’96, President Clinton dares the GOP to say no. By Tom Kizzia When…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Adventure: On 3,456 Kit Kat Bars and a Prayer Samantha Brewster’s backward tacking into sailing history By John Tayman It’s been done before, so it isn’t unimaginable. Still, sailing nonstop around the world, alone and in the wrong…
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Outside magazine, May 1996 Comebacks: The Big 4:00 Miler Steve Scott’s post-op dreams of one more for the record books By Todd Balf After doctors diagnosed U.S. mile record holder Steve Scott with testicular cancer in May 1994, he was given two…
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…
Outside magazine, May 1996 The Good Life: Dan Gavere Is Away from His Desk The mobile art of making a living in the Big Inestimable By Paul Kvinta “I really need a cellular phone,” frets Dan Gavere, kayaker-snowboarder extraordinaire, from a pay…
Outside magazine, May 1996 On Second Thought The most overrated The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, by Izaak Walton. “Walton: Sage benign!” wrote poet William Wordsworth, who penned an entire sonnet in praise of Izaak Walton’s famous fishing guide. Hundreds of…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Ten Books that Changed Our World Julie, or the New Eloise, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In his own lifetime, Rousseau was best known not for his philosophical tracts but for this lusty 1761 novel-set in the wilds of the Alps-that helped…
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…
Outside magazine, May 1996 …Or Not to Stretch You’ll rarely, if ever, hear anyone question the wisdom of a good warm-up or deny the importance of flexibility. But shout “Stretch!” in a crowded trainers’ convention and you’re liable to start a brawl. “The medical literature doesn’t…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Smart Traveler: A Roof with a View Staking out a rental cabin in the wilds of Alaska By Tom Kizzia A trip into the Alaska wilderness doesn’t have to mean flattening yourself in a storm-battered alpine tent or…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Walking the Walk By Brad Wetzler Veteran through-hikers like to answer the question, “How do you go about hiking the Appalachian Trail?” with the chest-thumping response, “Drive to Springer Mountain and start walking.” Don’t believe them. Most undergo a Kennedy-Space-Center-style…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Flexibility With 15 minutes and a spot on the floor, Trace Worthington can fire up your muscles for anything By Mark Jannot The world’s greatest aerial skier says that if he weren’t so dedicated to maintaining his flexibility,…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Hall of Shame Books for a Brown World Gilgamesh, The oldest literary work in history stars a hero, the Sumerian king Gilgamesh, who achieves glory by killing the forest demon Huwawa. “It is a sorry fact of history,” notes…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Mastering the Finer Points For Robyn Erbesfield, precision is the surest route to perfection in any discipline. “Think of the best athlete in your sport,” she says. “It’s the precision that defines the distance between our level and his.” What she…
Outside magazine, May 1996 You Got the Beat? “I got my first heart-rate monitor last year,” Kelly McCown says. “It was revolutionary.” She may have come late to the party, but the reason seemingly every elite athlete is bleating about using a monitor is that it’s…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Earth to Jenny: Come in, Jenny “Not to be rude,” said third-place finisher Anne Marie Lauck after she and the rest of a strong field were trounced by a mysterious number 61 at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Columbia, South…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Arc de Triomphe or Bust With the recent news that the Tour DuPont, set to kick off on the first of this month, has had its status upgraded by the Union Cycliste International–making it the most prestigious cycling race outside of Europe–perhaps…
Outside magazine, May 1996 No Bells, No Whistles, No Bull Just a streamlined approach to the six elements of fitness By Mark Jannot In this age of fitness-advice overload, with “trim that tummy in just three hours a week” quick fixes on…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Rest & Recovery To get the most out of your training, says Seana Hogan, you’ve got to rest with a vengeance. By Mark Jannot Seana Hogan is a world-class authority on rest and recovery, if only because she…
 Outside magazine, June 1998 Lord of All He Surveys What do you do with $150 million and an overpowering desire to save the earth? You buy your own Yosemite. And hope the natives go along with the…
With what? Dire expectation, for one: Of snail-like progress through the soul of RV Nation. Of Truckers Use Low Gear, High Wind Warning, Slippery When Wet. A few days on the road as the highest-impact camper, and yes, please check the oil.
Destinations, June 1998 Navigating the Frontier By Bill Sherwonit ‘The civilized imagination cannot cover such quantities of wild land,” John McPhee once wrote of Alaska. Indeed, the 49th state can be daunting, its 656,424 square miles supporting a population of less than…
Destinations, June 1998 The State Parks: Where Alaskans Do Alaska By Bill Sherwonit In any state, there are attractions that everyone’s heard of, that every guidebook touts, that every visitor has to see. Then there are the places the locals haunt, where…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Reality Bites The honeymoon for Yellowstone National Park’s new gray wolf population appears to be over. In February alone, a string of incidents reminded federal officials just how tough predator reintroduction can be: On February 5, officials were forced to destroy…
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, May 1996 40/30/30 To Go “One of the most common complaints I get,” says Phil Maffetone, “is from people who work a full-time job and say that they don’t have time to eat right.” To counter that claim, Maffetone has put together a menu…
Destinations, June 1998 Across the Strait and Narrow By Patty Sullivan The last frontier has always drawn its fair share of adventurers and explorers, both reasonable and insane. But no other spot in Alaska has held quite the mythic allure of the…
Outside magazine, September 1997 Pleased to MEET YOU, Hope You Guess MY NAME With venom in their teeny hearts and malevolence in their jaws, the denizens of the great outdoors can’t wait to welcome you to the neighborhood By Katherine…
Destinations, September 1998 Dingle All the Way To tireless hikers, Ireland throws open a 112-mile arm By Kiki Yablon Tourism is a relatively new game — and athletic tourism an even newer one — on Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula. Although B&Bs have…
Gear Up: All the right stuff for watersports Some things are meant to be taken littorally: Part of putting together the perfect aquatic adventure is keeping the family safe, dry, and happily occupied. Here are our…
 Come On, Get Paddle Happy! Whether barreling through class IV froth, gliding in a misty fiord, or floating through a sandstone canyon, immerse yourself in the waters of summer RIVER RAFTING | …
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 The Adventures The Tenderfoot’s Almanac Tents and trails, guides and grub, and everything else you’ll need for the finest family backpacking trips Family Adventure Camps From sailing school to digging for artifacts, eight learning…
Destinations, September 1998 Hot Dam! Where to get that last whitewater fix of the season By Stephanie Gregory It’s still too warm out to mourn the end of summer, though we do get wistful for whitewater about now. But thanks to…
Destinations, September 1998 A Bali High at a Low, Low Price Why now is the time to dive the unsullied reefs of Menjangan By Kay Chubbuck If the usual tropical-isle inducements of orchid-scented breezes and palm wine on the beach remain…
Gear Up: All the right stuff for tots To learn what it’s like to travel with a toddler, try fiddling first with a time bomb. It’s thrilling. Then…boom! “Will.” “Won’t.” “Yes.” “No.” “Take me!” “Go away!”…
Toddlers Rule! Sure you can hike, bike, sail, do all the things you used to do. Yeah, right. . . Just ask these parents. CAPE COD | MASSACHUSETTS Rugrat on a Roll “Daddy, sit down!”…
The Lowdown Chart Is your kid ready for a Class IV river trip? A 5.5 climb? A five-mile hike? ROCK CLIMBING | RAFTING | HORSEBACK RIDING | SEA KAYAKING | …
Shwoosh! Bike Camps By Michael Kessler t h e f u n f i l e: Outback Boredom Busters Organize A Treasure Hunt Let older kids…
The Tenderfoot’s Almanac Walk This Way The Hysterical Parent Bear attacks Bears are shy animals who tend to hightail it out of the vicinity when they hear you and your brood approaching. Experts suggest wearing bells and jingling down…
Dispatches, June 1998 Environment I See Your Runway and Raise You a Heron Reserve Embracing a landfill, greens deal with the devil to save San Francisco Bay By Pam Squyres Ralph Nobles smooths a crumpled nautical chart over…
Outside magazine, June 1998 Field Notes: Strange Bedfellows Quiz: The Carolina hills are (a) an outdoor mecca, (b) a bizarro magnet, (c) both By Alex Heard You sure don’t seem like evil anti-environmental extremists,” I told Ralph and Sandra…
Dispatches, June 1998 Travel Welcome to Nowhere! An Idaho visionary peddles his grand dream. Is anyone buying? By Florence Williams Many people who stand atop Idaho’s Kellogg Peak see pretty much the same thing: a vast swatch of…
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 1998 Out There: Getting Up Again What you do when the bottom drops out of your world By Tim Cahill Televised baseball. October play-offs. Someone hit the ball and there it went out into center field,…
Outside magazine, June 1998 Review: They Breathe. They Wick. They Even Seem Natural. Smart twists in the latest athletic apparel: style and comfort By Kent Black ATHLETIC ATTIRE | WATCHES |…
 Outside magazine, June 1999 A Long and Brutal Assault First fiction 93 years ago, Frederick Cook became the first person to reach the difficult summit of Mount McKinley. Presumed fact Actually, he faked it. Second fiction…
Outside magazine, June 1998 Chile, the Private Tour By Stephanie Gregory Lord of All He Surveys In Doug Tompkins’s words, 617,500-acre Pumalín Park is one of the last places left in the world where “the marvelous…
Outside magazine, June 1998 Letters: The Lagging Response Bill Bryson’s story about his woeful friend Katz and their Appalachian Trail misadventures (“You Gotta Have Friends. Which Is Damned Unfortunate,” April) reminded me of a hike in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. My partner constantly trailed…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Birch Bark in Excelsis! Looking for someplace a little out of touch with the times? Hang a left at the Adirondacks. My Delta, Myself | A…
 Outside magazine, June 1999 Culture Clash Journalist Philip True hiked into Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental seeking meaningful contact with the native Huichol Indians: an exotic trek with a little reporting thrown in, an encounter with an ancient…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Pro and Conservation After reading your exhaustive green-groups package (“Near to the Ground,” April), I feel compelled to express a newfound sense of motivation, as well as the desire, to aid…
Outside magazine, June 1999 I Brake for Spelunkers On Florida’s Suwannee River, giving new meaning to the phrase “way down” My Delta, Myself | A Little Good, Clean Lust in…
Outside magazine, June 1999 MY DELTA, MYSELF You can go home again–so long as home is the blacktop along the mighty Mississippi My Delta, Myself | A Little Good, Clean…
Outside 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, 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, June 1999 Borne-Back Blues Like the straight and narrow? Then forget about the Columbia River Highway. My Delta, Myself | A Little Good, Clean Lust in Utah |…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Et Tu, Kitty? Stalking a scratching, slinking army of feral cats through the ruins of ancient Rome By James Hamilton-Paterson On a recent visit to rome i had the initial…
Outside magazine, June 1999 A Little Good, Clean Lust in Utah Where red rock and Mormonism converge, ten minutes of pure bliss My Delta, Myself | A Little Good, Clean…