Outside magazine, October 1996 Cursed The tale of a certain gold relic that should have stayed in the ground By Randy Wayne White There was a lightning storm a few nights ago that knocked out all the power on the small island where I live. You…

Outside magazine, September 1996 The Descent, Step By Step By John Alderman and Katie Arnold The Summit 1:12 p.m.: Under blue skies and bright sunshine, Krakauer summits with Harris and Boukreev, snaps a few photos on the 29,028 foot pinnacle, and then beats a hasty retreat.

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WORKBENCH Fix a Flat A man doesn’t like to admit he’s never changed a bike tire. But there’s shame, and then there’s hiking ten miles when you could be riding. Let us help you avoid both indignities. Always carry a pump, tire levers, and at least one spare…

Fitness for the Outside Athlete, January 1997 Training: Upper-Body Basics The elegant efficacy of push-ups and pull-ups By Suzanne Schlosberg Everything you ever needed to know about upper-body strength training, you learned in fourth-grade PE. Plain old push-ups and pull-ups, and variations thereof, are “the best…

Groundbreaking new research shows there's a better way to fill your tank

Dispatches, February 1999 Business “We Will Win, and Earth Will Win!” And other emissions from America’s greenest CEO By Erik Stokstad When Ray Anderson threw a 24th birthday bash for his billion-dollar carpet-manufacturing company, Interface, hundreds of sales reps from around the world converged on…

How to trick-out your picture-taking device without breaking the bank