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In this weekly roundup, we scour the Web for our favorite long-form magazine and newspaper articles, collecting them here and on Longreads and Twitter. This installment focuses on jumping out of space gondolas, terraforming Venus, and Google Earth.
Outside magazine, January 1993A Little Good, Clean Fun In Baja…but I liked it anywayBy Tim CahillMartine Springer was tall and tan, fit as a broadcast aerobics instructor, and she was waist-deep in the resort pool, demonstrating how to get back into a sea kayak once you’ve fallen out of the…
Photo: NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr New York, New Jersey, and Maryland are already flooded. Sandy is coming and doesn't look like it'll be another over-hyped New York-centric storm. Record storm surge is expected. Emergency declarations have been signed. Presidential campaigns have been suspended. (Oh God.) And the worst appears…
It’s Day Six of Expedition Hanesbrands’ trek to Everest Base Camp. We’ve passed the14,000-foot mark and are spending a relaxing layover day in Pheriche. The view from the window of the Himalayan Hotel is a maze of stone walls, most of which enclose a very large yak. Beyond the…
Week of October 23-29, 1997 Hiking the trails in Kauai Road tripping through Mexico Exploring Alaska’s Glacier Bay Solo traveling in Patagonia Justifying frequent, fun vacations Hiking the trails in Kauai Question: Kalalau trail along Kauai’s Na Pali coast is temporarily closed due…
What’s the deal with Bluetooth? My phone supposedly has it. Can I connect camping and workout gadgets with Bluetooth to my phone—and will they work?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vVXdC-PY-nw%3Frel%3D0%C2%A0 With his 30th birthday now two weeks behind him, Chris Sharma doesn't seem to have slowed down at all. On Thursday, the climber successfully linked two 5.15 routes–one of them a 5.15b first ascent–in a single day. The takedown began after Sharma had already warmed up and…
On Wednesday morning, sport climbing phenom Sasha DiGiulian added another hard route to her resume when she sent Era Vella (5.14d), a long, severely overhanging limestone climb established by Chris Sharma in Margalef, Spain. The send, DiGiulian's second of the grade, is the latest in a string of…
I am going on a long road and camping trip next month. I tend to need to pee every 15-30 minutes. Is there any gear that would help relieve me, without any mess?—AmyPortland, Oregon