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国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, December 1995 Shred Sessions By Eric Blehm Lesson 1: The Dynamic Slide Turn “The DST,” says Kevin Delaney, “is snowboarding’s most basic building block. You’ll use it a lot as a beginner, but it will also come in handy later,…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 The Grenadian Spell It starts with a whiff of nutmeg on the tarmac. A few jungle pools and plates of lambie later, you may never go home. By Bob Howells Twelve degrees north latitude is…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, October 1996 Bless You, Sir, May I Jog Another? By Devon Jackson The path to enlightenment and lasting world peace is an arduous journey. But for the long-shuffling disciples of Sri Chinmoy, spiritual visionary and proponent of ultra-endurance athletics, their 2,700-mile,…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, October 1996 Water Sports: OK, But Do They Have Guys Named Corky? At the World Surfing Games, winter-addled nations look to join the tribe By Jon Cohen “Usually we just sit around and watch surf videos and think about waves.”…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 Foreign Travel: Beyond the B铆o-B铆o Chile’s forgotten Lake District comes of age By Kathy Martin O’Neil Never really a stop on the adventure traveler’s worldbeat, Chile’s serene Lake District has long been overlooked in the…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, December 1995 Gearing Up: Extra Sidecut, Hold the Stiffness Equipment for the entry-level rider By Susanna Levin To warp an old axiom, good snowboards come to those who wait. If you’ve held out until this season to take up the…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, December 1995 Stocking Stuffers By Amy Goldwasser and Andrew Tilin Grivel G10 Finally, a crampon that won’t complicate your climb. The Grivel G10 is as friendly to gloved fingers as they get. Fully adjustable without tools, the ten-point G10 attaches…
国产吃瓜黑料 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…
Fitness for the 国产吃瓜黑料 Athlete, December 1996 Intake: The Shakedown on Weight-Gain Powders By Cory Johnson You can laugh at the gym-bound troglodytes whose primary life mission is to become bulgy. But being a 98-pound weakling–aerobically fit or not–won’t boost your performance. “Whether…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, October 1996 Philately: And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors By Michael Kessler This month, as chemicals heir John du Pont stands trial for the January 26 murder of former Olympic wrestling gold medalist Dave Schultz, at least one noteworthy detail from…
Fitness for the 国产吃瓜黑料 Athlete, December 1996 Training: How to go Deep By John L. Stein If snorkeling is like viewing the moon through a telescope, free diving is like making a lunar landing. It’s an extension of snorkeling that can set you…
Fitness for the 国产吃瓜黑料 Athlete, December 1996 Lowering the Bar To avoid the weight-room snooze, think sport-specific By Andrew Tilin Paddling | Cycling | Rock Climbing | Running |…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, October 1996 Be Like Sri By Lolly Merrell Hey, kids, try this at home. If you want to start your own mystical, spiritual movement, consider Sri Chinmoy. In order to carve out his particular niche–especially after his knees grew sore from running–he…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, December 1995 Transcendental Perspiration The road to the Little People starts with near-suffocation in a sweat lodge By Randy Wayne White Even though it implies a spiritual linkage that I’m reluctant to acknowledge, any explanation of why I attended a…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, October 1996 Sport: From Wurst to First Propelled by Eastern Bloc training methods and a zest for junk food, a trio of Germans looks to sweep the Ironman By Lolly Merrell It’s midnight in Worms, Germany, and European Ironman champion…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 Smart Traveler: A Europhile’s Ski Guide Some value-packed reasons to carve up the Alps By Lito Tejada-Flores It can become an addiction–all those long runs above timberline, the 6,000 feet of vertical, the sci-fi…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 Soggy No More Getting soaked is a way of life in Grenada, so you’d be wise to throw a few quick-dry or waterproof items in your bag. Unfortunately, I didn’t. By Bob Howells Hiking on…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 Inns & Lodges: Chipeta Sun Lodge Ridgway, Colorado By Robert C. Wurmstedt Late-afternoon sunlight fades quickly from the ghost towns along the deep Uncompahgre Gorge, in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. Follow Colorado 550 along the…
News from the Field, December 1996 Chemistry: The Not-Quite-As-Big Bang Shredding’s volitile new form of avalanche control By Hal Clifford When Doug Abromeit, director of the Forest Service’s National Avalanche Center, recently spied two teenage snowboarders in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon,…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, October 2000 21st-Century Blues TOO OFTEN, the media only skim over politicians’ positions, neglecting substance for candidate babble. So I enjoyed “Campaign 2000” (August), 国产吃瓜黑料‘s package on the environmental records of this year’s candidates. The environment is…
News from the Field, December 1996 Archaeology: Hands Off My Radioactive Detritus! One man’s lonely fight to preserve our nuclear legacy By Christopher Weir William Gray Johnson steps across the Nevada Test Site’s fractured hardpan, scanning a flotsam of bent and…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, November 2000 聽 Chips on the Old Block I recently spent eight days on Mount Shasta, and I guess I fit your definition of a techreationalist (“The Everest of Silicon Valley,” Dispatches, September):…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, April 1996 Science: It’s Matter, but it’s Not. Antimatter. Get It? A thimbleful of nothing sets the physics world atwitter By Bill Donahue After four years of trying, a team of physicists in Geneva has produced a thimbleful of…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, April 1996 Can’t We All Just Shred Along By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta At the first world snowboarding championships–or at least the first to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee–last January, it was clear the sport had come a long…
Camping Special, April 1997 Heigh-Ho, It’s Off to the Woods We Go And who better to lead us than the man who literally wrote the book on camping By Elizabeth Royte T H…
Dispatches, April 1997 Trends: Ugh, Those Stink! I’ll Give You $1,000 for Them. The latest Western icon to take Japan by storm: gamy old Nikes By Bill Donahue “For many, many hours,” confides Masato Kakamu, a Japanese student at the…
国产吃瓜黑料 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…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, April 1999 I’ve Fallen, and I’m Pretending I Can’t Get Up In the perilous quest to produce state-of-the art wilderness medicine, our writer is just what the doctor ordered By Ken Kalfus It…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, April 1999 Drop and Give Me a Month’s Worth Why modern calisthenics can bridge the gap between gym and field By Kevin Foley You may be approaching the warm months with enough…
Camping Special, April 1997 Two Strikes and You’re Out Screwing up in the woods is unavoidable–but repeating your mistakes is something else entirely By Brad Wetzler To err is human. but according to NOLS’s Tom Reed, it’s not always excusable.
Camping Special, April 1997 What’s in Paul’s Pack? If it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for you By Brad Wetzler Here it is from on high: Paul Petzoldt’s time-tested backcountry musts, altered and updated for the nineties backpacker.
国产吃瓜黑料 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…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, April 1997 It’s Hard to Eat Just One A brief and crunchy defense of entomophagy By Ian Frazier Showing off for the bridesmaids at my sister’s wedding reception years ago, I caught and ate a large black cricket.
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1994 Law: Who’s to Blame for Kolob Creek? Survivors of a fatal Utah canyon trip point the finger at “the people who were supposed to know” By Clint Willis Mark Brewer still has nightmares about Kolob Creek, but…
国产吃瓜黑料 Magazine, April 1999 Would You Be, Could You Be, Won’t You Be, (And Why in the Hell Does Anyone Want to Be) My Neighbor? What happens when cabin fever sets in and the whole town lives…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, July 1996 Extras: Battery of Choices Michael Kessler Disposable or rechargeable, no battery is particularly nurturing to the environment. For stereos and shortwave radios, you’ll need typical cylindrical cells. Disposable alkalines are most cost efficient, and since they no longer contain hazardous…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, July 1996 Pack Up, Head Out, Zoom In Camcorders, CD players, even boom boxes built for the wilds By Andrew Tilin Forgive me, o Thoreau, Abbey, fellow hikers and campers, for I have navigated the wilderness with Walkman and camcorder…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, July 1996 Footwear: A Splashy New Breed By Jonathon Hanson Sport sandals are evolving furiously–offering sophisticated footbeds, grippier soles, and multitudinous strap arrangements. The only problem is, they’re still sandals: cool, light, great in water, but lacking the support and protection…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, July 1996 Carriers: Rack “Em Up, Shorty By John Lehrer Hoisting a bike to the roof rack on a sport utility vehicle is a stretch for all but the very tall. It’s easier to reach a hitch-mounted rack, but then there’s…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Fly-Fishing: Bridger Mountain Pack By Jerry Gibbs As happy as you and your favorite daypack are with each other, spend some time together fly-fishing and you’ll discover shortcomings: Once you’ve stuffed it to capacity with just your waders and awkwardly…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Buying Right: Off-Road Clipless Pedals By Alan Cote If you’ve never ridden on clipless pedals, know that they’re not a way to ensure that you’ll fall over in an embarrassed heap with your feet trapped. Clipless pedals are about control,…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Trekking: The Nature Ear By Mike Steere Like binoculars, Walker’s Nature Ear is a field tool that makes nature seem closer and clearer–albeit less natural. Listening in on coastal Alaska with one of these tiny amps stuck in your ear…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Suspension Bikes for All Seven affordable off-road machines that make boinging a right, not a privilege By Alan Cote A mountain bike with front suspension isn’t what it used to be, and that’s worth three cheers. Just a…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Little Rascal A harmless pleasure cruise this was not By Randy Wayne White When my friend G.M. asked me to crew from Colombia to Panama and through the canal aboard his 35-foot Morgan sloop, I grudgingly consented–though I…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Accessories: Because One Does Not Ride on Frame and Wheels Alone By Bob Howells Air Zound Rechargeable Bike Horn ($30) The it’s-a-safety-device spin with which this horn is marketed is only part of the story. There’s also the…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, May 1995 Policing the Flyways of Disease From the peculiar vantage point of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the world beyond America’s borders swarms with pathogenic threats. With more than 2.5 million foreign animals arriving in the United States every year–any one of which…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 2000 As a third-generation Scout, an Eagle Scout, and the survivor of two expeditions to the Philmont Scout Ranch, I took great pleasure in reading Adam Goodheart’s “Thrifty, Clean, and Brave” (November). Philmont was indeed a magical…
January 1996 Features: The 国产吃瓜黑料 Prognosticator Every time period has its ups and downs, but 1996 will be something else. Are we thrilled to our toes about the Atlanta Olympics? Yes, but we’re cringing about Izzy, the Games’ purple-hided mascot, who will lead a schlock…
January 1996 Dispatches: News from the Field 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…
January 1996 Review: Hardware and Software Insulated Jackets for One-Step Warmth When you don’t want to pile on the pile, down and synthetic-fill clothing still stands alone By Glenn Randall Buying Right: Winter-Wise Boots…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 The 1997 国产吃瓜黑料 Prognosticator Featuring Picabo Street, Carl Lewis, Nostradamus, Bigfoot, and our very own Psychic Friends! By Ned Zeman Swein MacDonald Tricky thing, the future. just when think you’ve got it nailed, it starts…
Fitness for the 国产吃瓜黑料 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…
Review: Hardware and Software, January 1997 Carving Tools New proof that gear makes the athlete: skis and snowboards that practically turn for you By Craig Dostie Whether you cruise on one plank or two, the technique everyone wants to master is…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 国产吃瓜黑料 Travel Special Professor Cahill’s Travel 101 He’s been trotting the globe for more than two decades, and yes, along the way he’s picked up a thing or 20. Tips to happier trails…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 Alone Again, Naturally Bingeing on butter and propelled by acid rock, B掳rge Ousland nears the end of his second (and hopefully more successful) attempt to cross Antarctica By Jack Barth A year…
Fitness for the 国产吃瓜黑料 Athlete, January 1997 Myth Behavior Don’t believe everything you overhear in the locker room. This year’s top ten fitness fallacies. By Ken McAlpine In the early sixties, New Zealander Peter Snell shocked the track world by winning…
国产吃瓜黑料 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…
The Trip Finder, January 1997 North America By Kathy Martin O’Neil Alaska | Alberta | British Columbia | Colorado | Labrador |…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 Letters: Haitian Spell Bob Shacochis’s “There Must Be a God In Haiti” (November) was the best thing I’ve read about the battered Caribbean nation. Having studied its music, dance, and a bit of voodoo, as well as sponsoring a…
News from the Field, January 1997 Enterprise: Seeing the Forest for the Fish One man’s subaquatic quest to clean up on history By Carl Hoffman Scott Mitchen insists he’s not trying to rub our noses in his good fortune. It’s just…
The Trip Finder, January 1997 Asia and the Pacific By Kathy Martin O’Neil New Australia | China | Fiji | New India | Indonesia…
News from the Field, January 1997 Forestry: No Plaid, No Poulan, No Problem Stuck in the doldrums, American loggers take a lesson from the Swedes By Daniel D’Ambrosio Training loggers used to be a simple affair: Here’s a chainsaw; there’s a…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 Dispatches: News from the Field 国产吃瓜黑料: Around the World on an IOU With momentum, if not sponsors, firmly on their side, a team of female sailors tacks toward the record books By Lolly Merrell…
News from the Field, January 1997 Around the World on an IOU With momentum, if not sponsors, firmly on their side, a team of female sailors tacks toward the record books By Lolly Merrell It was 1988 when Tracy Edwards first…
茂禄驴 国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 Veni, Vidi, 艙re Og Ber霉mmelse! 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…
Review: Hardware and Software, January 1997 Books: The Haunting of Open Spaces By Miles Harvey Bad Land: An American Romance, by Jonathan Raban (Pantheon, $25). When Ismay, Montana, became Joe, Montana, in 1993–a short-lived attempt to cash in on the name…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, January 1997 A Watery Grave Life sprang abundant from the Philippines’ Boac River. Then something killed it. By James Hamilton-Paterson The Philippine province of Marinduque is a heart-shaped island roughly 30 miles by 20. It lies in the middle…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1996 国产吃瓜黑料: Nicotine Wishes and Cabernet Dreams Greetings from the Raid Gauloises, where we think you’d agree, it’s very good to be French By Martin Dugard With a liter bottle of Coca-Cola in one hand and a mayonnaise-slathered salami…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1995 Movies: Legends of the Fall By Michael Paterniti As a minor literary movement unto himself, writer Jim Harrison has invented a cult of brazen heroes who live for the roar of fanged animals in wild places. To date, film versions…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1996 Regimens: The Calisthenic Challenge By Ken McAlpine “For calisthenics to be effective, you have to resist the urge to rest when the burning sensation in your muscles comes along,” says Mark De Lisle. “That’s where you’ll make great gains.” If…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1995 Big Weather The Ice Storm The picturesque has become terror, whole forests collapsing at once. Lessness rules. By Barry Hannah The Gale Forty-knot winds. Fifty-foot seas. And a ship that suddenly…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1996 Smart Traveler: Le Bon Rental How to save money the Euro way By Everett Potter If you’re planning to hike in the English Lake District or bike in Provence or Tuscany, renting a farmhouse, cottage,…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1995 Ride with Pride Finding a Bike That Fits Stop straddling that tube and adjust your saddle, road cowboy By Dana Sullivan It Pays to Keep a Level Head How to wear…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1995 Books: Tales of the Trimate By Andrea Barrett Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo, by Birute M. F. Galdikas (Little, Brown, $24.95). As a graduate student, Birute Galdikas was befriended by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey, who’d…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, April 1999 Plop, Plop, Chug, Chug Portable relief for athletic thirst By Michael Kessler “I can’t reveal my secret,” whispers Fred Marius, proud creator of Psycho Fred’s Quic Disc, the first tablet that…
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1996 Strategies: How to Achieve In-Line Efficiency By Dana Sullivan If you’re thinking about trading running shoes for in-line skates now that there’s asphalt where slush used to be, a recent study conducted at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst says you’re smart.
国产吃瓜黑料 magazine, March 1996 Anthropology: Tiptoe Through the Turmoil Is scientific colonialism alive and well in Tanzania? By Kiki Yablon About 3.6 million years ago, three human-like creatures stood up and walked across the muddied volcanic ash near what is now Tanzania’s…