National Geographic Adventure Magazine: September/October '01

Writer Michael Finkel raps about crossing the Ténéré—154,000 square miles [398,860 square kilometers] of the planet gone dead. Plus, online-only photos >>

Writer Spotlight

Our Man and the Sea
Adventure contributing editor Philip Caputo tells how a shocking family tale drove him to confront the open ocean >>

In the Magazine

Excerpts
•	The Ténéré Desert—13 Ways of Looking at a Void
•	The Everest Mess
•	The Gila Test
•	Midwest Cycling

	Photo Gallery
	Jamaica's Blue Mountain Mystery Weathering five days of rain and two landslides, photographer Russell Kaye exposes Jamaica's moody essence >>

	Forum
	Everest: Mountain of Trouble? Paragliders launch from its summit, climbers steal from one another, and hypoxic veterans push on to their deaths. Has the spirit of Everest been lost? >>

	Forum
	Gila: Whose Land Is It? For better or for worse, Arizona and New Mexico's Gila region is seeing a changing of the guard. What do you think about the new face of the West? >>

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