National Geographic Adventure Magazine: Archive

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December 2004/
January 2005

Archived Years: 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000/1999

December 2004/January 2005
	Excerpts The Best of Adventure: Three awe-inspiring explorers' plans for 2005 Back to the Blast: Twenty-five years later, James Balog returns to Mount St. Helens Pelton's World: The world's most dangerous airlines There & Back: The Arctic Circle and more on a Nunavut river trip Photo Gallery: The Kashmir Diaries Q&A: Lisa Ling Changes Channels Trips: Baja Bound First Responder Ask Adventure

November 2004

Excerpts

Adventure Travel 2005

- The 25 Wildest New Trips

- Libya

- Russia

- Ghana

Photo Gallery: Galápagos on Tour

There & Back: Venice by Paddle

There & Back: Reader Photo Critique

Photo Forum: Going Digital

Trips: Coastal Georgia

Ask Adventure: Are you hooked on the natural high you feel while hiking or running?

October 2004

Excerpts

What It Takes!

- to motor the Sahara

- to bike across America

- to bareboat the Carribean

- to become a jungle apprentice

- to be an NG photographer

- to go from a ski bum to a media mogul

- to be an expat in paradise

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Secrets of the Black Hills

Pelton's World

Photo Gallery: Welcome to the Jungle

There & Back: Hang Time

Trips: Hood River

Ask Adventure: Can you condition yourself for a desert trek by drinking less water?

September 2004
	Excerpts Where to Live and Play Now! - Bellingham, Washington - Carbondale, Colorado - Woodstock, Vermont The River Wilder: Maine's classic American river trip K2 at 50: The controversy surrounding the world's most vicious mountain Pelton's World: When All Is Lost Photo Gallery: Asheville Envy Trips: Native New Mexico Ask Adventure: What you should do if you run into a grizzly bear.

August 2004

Excerpts

Wild Roads

- Canada-to-Mexico Road Trip

- Backroad America

- Dirt Driver's Ed

Stomping Grounds: The clash of man and elephant in northeast India

The Vanishing World of Lonnie Thompson: How glacial ice cores are unlocking the mysteries of global warming

Pelton's World: Dealing with a medical emergency overseas

Photo Gallery: India's Elephantine Problem

Trips: China's Wild West

Ask Adventure: Floating the Mississippi in a simple craft, and how to treat your peeling hands and feet after a hike.

June/July 2004

Excerpts

Grail Trails

- The Big Three at a Glance

- Sizing Up the Classics

- One Day at a Time on the Five-Million Step Program

Off the Face of the Earth: Holocaust survival in the underground labyrinths of western Ukraine

Southbound on the Mekong: The pristine mountain jungle, ancient Khmer ruins, and sacred Buddhist caves of tiny Laos

A World of Hurt: What's ailing the next generation of outdoor athlete

Photo Gallery: Laos by Riverboat

Q&A: The Darkest Days

Trips: Wild Roads Vermont

Ask Adventure: The mystery of wicking fabrics and 20 backcountry essentials

May 2004

Excerpts

National Parks 2004

- Denali: The Big Easy

- Congaree: The South's Sacred Forest

- Glacier: The Glacial Gallery

West Highland Peace Walk: David Quammen's hundred-mile ramble across the conundrum that is Scotland

Messner's Burden: The climb that haunts legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner

The Adventures of Tim Cahill: Cahill takes on katabatic winds

Off the Face of the Earth: Holocaust survival in the underground labyrinths of western Ukraine

Trips: Ozarks Road Trip

Ask Adventure: Debunking one of Antarctic exploration's biggest myths

Extras

Exclusive: 100 Greatest Adventure Books

Photo Gallery: Alaska's Virgin Islands

April 2004

Excerpts

American Icons

- Ansel Adams's Sierra Nevada

- Jack Kerouac's North Cascades

- Georgia O'Keeffe's Red Rock West

The Indie Traveler's Handbook

- Packing your bag

- Booking your flight

- Securing your valuables

Photo Gallery: Robert Young Pelton goes into the land of bin Laden.

100 Greatest Adventure Books: The definitive ranking of adventure classics

Ask Adventure: Buying your first kayak and how to become a wilderness guide

March 2004

Excerpts

Mission Grand Canyon

- Grand Canyon Tool Kit: Essential strategies for doing the
great gorge right.

- Hiking the Big Ditch: Top trails for a day, weekend, or epic trek

- Rafting the Colorado: The best ways to run the Grand Canyon

- Canyon Legends: Three unsolved mysteries from below the rim

High Holy Days: Cleansing your karma on Tibet's Mount Kailas

The Adventures of Tim Cahill: Why a little bird is picking on a whale

Wreck Diving's Deep Frontier: The controversial S.S. Aleutian

Trips: Costa Rica's Indie Circuit
Reader Photo Critique: Into the Firestorm
Photo Gallery: High Times in Tibet
Ask Adventure: How rock climbers can keep fit in the off-season and where to go if Everest is off-limits

February 2004

Excerpts

Sun Zones: Between adrenaline rush and total relaxation lie 16 perfect winter escapes, just hours from home.
The Cruelest Journey: Author Dean King retraces one of history's greatest survival epics across the Western Sahara.
Welcome to Nowhere: Simon Winchester finds the surprise of his life on isolated Ascension island.
Quest for the Green Giant: How James Balog created the first-ever photographic profile of Stagg
The Powder Triangle: Ski bum Steve Casimiro finds heli-skiing conditions for the price of a lift ticket in British Columbia.

Photo Gallery: Powder Rangers
Q&A: Author Dean King on Saharan Survival
Portrait of a Giant: Jim Balog's groundbreaking photograph of the Stagg Tree
Ask Adventure: Outdoors photographers discuss the digital debate, and why arctic explorers ate such culinary confusions as pemmican and hoosh

December 2003/January 2004

Excerpts

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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