Places of Darkness: Kira Salak tracks Africa's mountain gorilla through a civil-war zone. Our Man in Brazil: Charles Graeber explores unseen Brazil. Jail-Break Drill: Bust free with tips from Robert Young Pelton Photo Gallery: Postcards from the other Brazil From the Field: Jon Bowermaster goes into the Altiplano The Atkins Zone: Attorney Dick Atkins advises on how to get out—and stay out—of jail while traveling abroad. Special Excerpt: The Leading Edge: Best of Adventure 2004 Reader Photo Critique: Utah's Vermilion Cliffs Ask Adventure: Destination: China. The best spots for kayaking, snowboarding, and climbing in Asia's overlooked adventure land
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The 12 Habits of Highly Successful Survivors: Laurence Gonzales's 12-Step Plan for Keeping Yourself Alive
The CO2 Chronicles: Tim Cahill Explores Thailand's Poisonous Caves
Emperors at the End of the Earth: Peter Matthiessen's Travails in Antarctica
Lost Caribbean: A Castaway's Tour of Puerto Rico's Mona Island Photo Gallery: Thailand's Toxic Caves Q&A Secrets of Survival Special Excerpt Wild Horizons: Best Outfitted Trips of 2004 Ask Adventure: Buying property in a Third World locale. Plus, mountain climber Ed Viesturs on what it takes to make a living as a professional adventurer.
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They Really Do Say Hakuna Matata: A Kilimanjaro Peak-Bagging Primer
David Quammen's How to Track a Siberian Tiger
The Second Act of Krakatoa: An Adventurers' Guide Photo Gallery: Hot Times. Photographer Martin Westlake on Krakatoa Ultimate America: 50 phenomenal places—biggest, the deepest, the highest, the strangest—just waiting to be explored. Q&A Carrying a Heavy Load Special Report: Struck by Lightning on Grand Teton: Behind the Rescue Ask Adventure: If all of earth's glacial and polar ice melted, how much land would be left?
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The Gabon Experiment
If It's September, It Must Be Gauley-Palooza
Fall's Fast Escapes
Revenge of the Dammed Photo Gallery Photographer Nicolas Reynard samples the future of ecotourism in Gabon's new national park system. Photo Gallery: Exposed: The Inaugural Reader Photo Critique Ask Adventure: Have terrorists slammed the door on Southeast Asian tourism?
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The Rockies Done Right: Hiking the Canadian Rockies
Journey to Water World: Kayaking French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago
The Thin White Line (excerpted from The Cruelest Miles)
One Way Out: The Aron Ralston Story Audio Dispatches: One of the original mushers talks about running the tenth leg of the desperate 1925 serum run from Nenana to Nome, Alaska. Online Exclusive: Cousins Laney Salisbury and Gay Salisbury uncovered the ghosts of the heroic dogsled run to save Nome from a diphtheria outbreak for The Cruelest Miles. Find out how they researched this remarkable book. Photo Gallery: Photographer Peter McBride takes on paradise at the heart of the Pacific Ocean: The Tuamotu Archipelago Q&A: Rescue volunteer Rex Tanner explains how hiker Aron Ralston might have avoided an accident that required a grisly self-rescue last April in our online-only interview Q&A: Swedish mountaineer Renata Chlumska plans a solo circumnavigation of the U.S., paying tribute to her fiancée, the late Goran Kropp, in our online-only interview Ask Adventure: Chasing animal migrations in East Africa
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The Best of Alaska: Central Coast
Notes From the Tundra Ground: Alaska's Arrigetch Peaks
In Search of the Perfect Swimming Hole
Kidnapped in the Darién Gap
New Hampshire's Cohos Trail Doubletakes:Adventure's photo editors critique staff pics Q&A: Pixel Pro Jim Brandenburg shares his digital photo tips Fifteen Fab Swimming Holes: Pancho Doll's Favorite American Swimming Holes Ask Adventure: How can I train for a big-wall climb like El Cap?
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Wild In the Parks: 20 Unforgettable Trips in America's Greatest National Parks
Jim Whittaker, Back on Earth
My Year with Lewis and Clark
The Accidental Explorer's Guide to Patagonia Photo Gallery: My (Almost) Private Patagonia Forum: What is your ultimate national park adventure? Q&A: Everest Clinic Tends Ills on High Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Planner: Four Years on the Lewis and Clark Trail Insider Adventure Advice: Tell us about your most memorable guides, campsites, trips, and adventure bargains.
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Romance on Everest: The Highest Taboo
After the Slides: British Columbia Avalanche Deaths
Grabbed in the Gap: Robert Young Pelton's Kidnapping Audio Dispatches: After the Storm: Into Thin Air Survivors Look Back Forum: What can be learned from this year's tragic avalanche season? Ask Pelton: He came back after being held hostage for 10 days in the Colombian jungle. Now get answers to your foreign travel questions online. Ask Adventure: Boost your adventure IQ when you send your burning question to our experts. Insider Adventure Advice: Tell us about your most memorable guides, campsites, trips, and adventure bargains.
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Pelton's World: Think Locals (Travel Tips)
The Last Cairn: A Climber's Tragic Saga
Wild Heart of the West: The Four Corners Region From the Field: Inside the "Impossible" Journey Q&A: The Original Roman Holiday Forum: Can the outdoors really shape a person's character? Ask Adventure: How to protect film at the airport? Or go native in Papua New Guinea? Your Trip Here: Botswana Bargain Safari
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Lost Canyon of the Silver Sage: The Owyhee River
National Park War Zone: Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
How to Keep Your Money Safe While Traveling
Among the Lava Junkies: At Play on a Volcano Photo Gallery: Fire Walking With the Lava Junkies Forum: Should park rangers risk their lives to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border? Forum: What unprotected place would you make the next national park or wilderness area? Ask Adventure: Which plants in the U.S. can be used as emergency water sources? How can I pack light for a two-day ride on Moab's White Rim Trail?
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Mungo Made Me Do It—Rafting to Timbuktu
Buried Alive and Loving It: Inside Avalanches
Leading Edge: The State of the Outdoor Arts Photo Gallery: On the River to Timbuktu Bringing It Home: World Music Picks Forum: What's your most harrowing travel tale from abroad?
