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December/January 2008
FEATURES
Best of Adventure 2008: People, Gear, Destinations
We bring you the year's best: 2 lifetime achievement honorees; 15 astonishing adventurers; 39 gear picks; and the latest sports trends and destinations.
Video: Adventurers of the Year
National Geographic Adventure presents 15 remarkable people who dared to dream big in 2007. Featuring Andrew Skurka as our Adventurer of the Year.
Lifetime Achievement: Sir Richard Branson + Will Steger
Polar novice Sir Richard Branson is the swami of publicity. Iceman Will Steger is the don of the Arctic. But can the dynamic duo join forces, traverse Baffin Island by dogsled, and help divert an impending climate catastrophe?
Photos: Sea Lions: A West Coast Eco-War
A fleet of doe-eyed whip smart sea lions is laying siege to the Pacific Northwest, wreaking havoc on surf breaks and fishing lines, and endangering salmon runs.
Special Report: Steve Fossett: The Vanishing
What went wrong in the record-setting search for Steve Fossett?
GEAR
Best Gear + Outdoor Sports Trends
The year's hottest gear—backpacks, jackets, technology, footwear, and more—for adventure's six realms: mountain, water, forest, snow, desert, and road trips. Plus: Outdoor sports trends.
TRIPS
Top Destinations for 2008: Where to Go Now
National Geographic Adventure announces the top destinations in six environments for 2008 and beyond. Discover why these countries garnered our highest praise and then find out how to experience them for yourself.
Where Next: Ski Preview '08
North America's slope scout reports on the new, the improved, and the now-open-for-action.
Adventure Town: Lake Placid, NY
The Adirondacks retreat that deserves a medal.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: A Winter Actionland
Trips, lodges, and skills—each one with a guarantee that you'll have a cooler weekend than any of your co-workers.
November 2007
FEATURES
Adventure Travel Companies—Rated
We've built the ultimate online travel-planning tool: a powerful search engine featuring more than 150 rated outfitters.
25 Best New Trips For 2008
Here's your essential guide to the most spectacular trips on the globe for 2008.
Photo Gallery + Adventure Guide: Trekking to Machu Picchu (the Cool Way)
No crowds. Plush lodges. Jungles, glaciers, and high Andean peaks. The Camino Salcantay is the savvy traveler's alternative to the Inca Trail. Never before has the road to ruins been so much fun.
TRIPS
Where Next: Southern California
Head four hours in any direction and it's a wild new world.
Adventure Town: Tucson, Arizona
The Southwest crowns a new cycling capital.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: The New Flextime
Twelve ways to answer the question "What did you do this weekend?"
GEAR
The Cut: Action-Ready Cameras
The next generation of point-and-shoots, DSLRs, and HD camcorders has arrived.
October 2007
FEATURES
Article + Video: Back Into the Wild
When the film version of Jon Krakauer's classic Into the Wild hits theaters this fall, the haunting tale of Chris McCandless will come to life for a new generation. For director Sean Penn, the release marks the end of an 11-year quest to cement the legend of "Alexander Supertramp."
Online Exclusives: The Green Adventure
Saving the world is hard work. In these pages we celebrate ordinary people taking risks to make the future brighter for everyone. PLUS: Tips, trips, and action plans that can help you turn the planet greener by the day.
Photos: Inside the Extreme Ice Survey
Photographer James Balog takes on his greatest challenge to date: Invent a way to catch global warming in the act.
Photos: Steve Casimiro's Adventure Photography Tips
Few places provide a better setting for testing your camera skills than Patagonia. Just back from an eight-day assignment in Chile, West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro shares his shooting secrets for first-rate adventure photography.
WHAT'S NEW
Q+A: The Madness of Sir Ran
The "world's greatest living explorer" keeps on ticking.
Q+A: The Whale Warriors author Peter Heller
Read an interview with the author, and about whalers and those who hunt them.
September 2007
FEATURES
Article + Video: Escape to Mount Kenya
For three Italian POWs, the sight of Mount Kenya drove them to a bold plan: Escape, summit, then return to captivity.
50 Best Places to Live and Play
National Geographic Adventure announces this year's top 50 adventure towns, state-by-state.
Article + Photo Gallery: #1 Best Adventure Town, Las Vegas
It's not just for high stakes and low morals anymore. With more outdoor action within a 200-mile (322-kilometer) radius than any other major town in the nation, Sin City has got a new slogan: Whoever plays in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Article + Video: The Last Refuge
This fall Congress may vote to protect Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge—or to drill it for oil. Jonathan Waterman heads deep into the nation's
most hotly debated wilderness to find out what's at stake.
Special Report: A New Everest Mess
As record numbers reach for the summit, a question arises: Should the world's strongest climbers be forced to risk it all for a flagging few?
TRIPS
Where Next: The Canadian Rockies
Backcountry lodges, high-peak hiking, and glacier road trips: A seven-day,
four-national-park sweep through the Canadian Rockies.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: Destination: Idle Wild
The best spots to play hard and rest easy—close to home and even closer to the action.
GEAR
Fall Footwear: The Next Step
This fall, footwear takes a bold leap forward with high-performance upgrades, eco-smart improvements, and backcountry classics restyled for the street.
August 2007
FEATURES
Best Road Trips: Big Drives in Four New Directions
Action-packed, eco-conscious, restorative, and altruistic. These four world-class road trips lead you through the hottest trends in travel.
Article + Photo Gallery: Climbing Pitcairn Island
Once home to the notorious Bounty mutineers and now to a shocking scandal, lonely Pitcairn Island is hoping to shake its dark legacy. Can a rock-climbing expedition help forge a better future?
Article + Audio Slideshow: Where the Big River Gets Lost
If you've ever listened to the blues, or R&B, or hip-hop, you need (that's right, need) to make a pilgrimage to the land that started it all: the Mississippi Delta.
Article + Video Quiz: How to Survive (Almost) Anything
When it comes to surviving a crisis situation, we tend to rely on what we think we know. But sometimes second-guessing yourself is the key to getting out alive.
TRIPS
Where Next: Maui's Higher Power
Beyond the renowned beaches of Hawaii's second largest island rises a rugged adventure zone with fire at its heart.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: The New Summer Camp
A dozen Adventure-approved escapes—served sunny-side up and with a shot of adrenaline.
Werner Herzog: King of the Jungle
In Werner Herzog's films, man and nature vie for supremacy. And the contest is always one-sided.
GEAR
Travel Bags and Tech: The Art of Flashpacking
Today's globe-trotter follows a simple mantra: light and wired. Here are the best bags and tech to trim your load and power your next getaway.
June/July 2007
FEATURES
The Best of the National Parks
For our annual parks issue, we polled rangers, guides, and outfitters to find fifty easy-to-execute plans that put you in the wild heart of America's national parks, whether you love hiking, paddling, climbing, wildlife viewing, or sublime lodges.
Article + Photo Gallery: New Moves on the Colorado
Pack up the raft and lash down the bedroll—it's time to mount your own Grand Canyon expedition. This summer the rules have changed, and running the nation's single greatest river is easier than ever.
Article + Photo Gallery: Can Rory Stewart Fix Afghanistan?
In 2002 Rory Stewart walked across war-torn Afghanistan, alone and in winter. In 2004 he served as deputy governor to a province in southern Iraq. Now Stewart has returned with a heroic charge: Save the Old City of Kabul from destruction and remind a nation of its former glory.
Article + Audio Interview: Cycling the Maratona dles Dolomites
You don't have to be a hardcore biker to race in the Maratona dles Dolomites.
You just have to ride like an Italian—or at least look good trying.
TRIPS
Where Next: Thailand Revisited
Southeast Asia's premier adventure playground is back in business. Here's
where to find your piece of the action.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: Launch Your Getaway
Twelve splashy thrills, expertly taught skills, and cushy lodges—found coast-to-coast and close to home.
GEAR
The Summer Collection
From shades that shed water to adventure-ready timepieces and pro-grade point-and-shoots—here are this season's sleekest sunglasses, watches, and cameras.
COLUMNS
Your Story: Are You a Survivor?
Readers share their life-and-death survival experiences.
May 2007
FEATURES
The Great Family Escape
Sixteen adventure vacations that work your kids into the action—no matter what their ages.
Article + Audio Interview: Coming of Age at Band-I-Amir
My father suffered from chronic wanderlust. When I was 14, he set out on a yearlong road trip across Europe and Asia—and decided to take me along for company.
Article + Audio Interview: The Forest in the Sky
As the last ancient trees on Earth are disappearing, one family goes out on a limb in the Scottish Highlands to explore a secret realm of 500-year-old pines.
The Alaska Moment
Ten trips into the changing wilds of America's Last Frontier.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: Freedomland U.S.A.
Twelve trips—tailor-made for right now—in the land of outdoor opportunity.
Q&A + Audio: Live From Gabon
Music explorer Josh Ponte sets out to preserve a country's ancient culture of sound.
A Death at Outward Bound
After heatstroke claims a student in Utah's Canyon Country, the 46-year-old institution faces America's shrinking tolerance for risk.
Video: Speed Flying the Eiger
As a preview of the Mountainfilm in Telluride festival, watch a helmet-cam
video of the first speed-flying descent of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps.
Video: Gobi Camels
Adventure chats wtih nature documentary filmmaker Huw Cordey about the nearly impossible task of tracking wild Bactrian camels in the Gobi.
GEAR
The New Power Kits
When it comes to upgrading your spring gear, a few changes can go a long way. Here, we've collected 18 pieces of tech and apparel that will get you to the top of your game—whether it's hiking, paddling, or mountain biking.
April 2007
FEATURES
20 Adventures of Your Life
How to be in the right place at the right time of your life: family safaris, bike tours, jungle camps, multisport trips, river rafting, surf schools, desert caravans, island sailing, mountain treks, and much more.
Article + Photo Gallery: American West Along Route 89
From Canada to Mexico—past seven national parks and 1,700 miles (2,735 kilometers) of the promised land—on the West's most Western highway.
TRIPS
Where Next: Queensland, Australia
You don't need a tall ship to follow Captain Cook's trail through Queensland—just a full tank of gas and a taste for Australia's wild coast.
Wild Roads: Indiana
In southern Indiana 'tis the season for singletrack and cycling's rowdiest race of the year.
WHAT'S NEW
Q+A: Liv Arnesen on Frostbite
Adventure talks with polar explorer Liv Arnesen about what went wrong with Arctic Ocean 2007, what frostbite feels like, and what's next.
Next Weekend: Spring Strategist
A dozen out-the-backdoor escapes—plus four fresh events—to help
you maximize your playtime.
Q+A: Lonely Planet at the Top
Two ex–Hippie Trail backpackers turned travel-industry icons explain how they took over the planet. Their book Unlikely Destinations (Tuttle) is due out in May.
GEAR
Spring Apparel, Baja Adventure Guide, Video: The Baja Bluprint
Deserted beaches, rugged mountains, and scores of taco stands—there's no better proving ground for the latest in spring clothing than six days south of
the border.
COLUMNS
Audio Interview: Climber Mike Libecki
Mike Libecki tells tales of brotherly bonding in Kyrgyzstan.
SPORTS
Perfomance: Get Fit Fast
Shed your winter woes by heading for the nearest hills.
March 2007
FEATURES
Southwest Photo Gallery: Ancient Treasures in Utah's Secret Canyon
Rancher and mountain-lion trapper Waldo Wilcox kept the country's greatest open-air museum a secret for 50 years. Now his stash is open to the public, and the "Indian stuff" has started to disappear.
Oregon's Mount Hood: After the Storm
In the wake of December's Mount Hood tragedy, Adventure pieces together the clues in the deaths of three climbers.
Q&A + Search Photos: Debunking the Myths of Mountain Rescue
Search and rescue vet Steve Rollins gives his take on the common misconceptions regarding mountain rescue.
Skiing Photos: The Road to Powder Pass
Wyoming's Teton Pass just may hold the nation's best backcountry skiing.
And lucky you—a road leads right to it. Plan a trip with our Adventure Guide.
Sebastion Junger Audio Interview: Fear Itself
Danger is often unavoidable. Sometimes the best way to prepare for it is to let go of life. Hear an audio interview with Sebastian Junger.
Snowboarders Take Manhattan Slide Show
New York City's first competitive snowboarding event draws top athletes and a serious crowd.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: The Big Thaw
Twelve ways to spring into your weekend, coast-to-coast and close to home,
with hiking, paddling, spring skiing, climbing, and more.
David de Rothschild: Talking Trash
On the eve of a two-year project to combat waste, one of England's greenest aristocrats, David de Rothschild, shares his plans for cleaning up the planet.
GEAR
Running Shoes Reviews: Choosing the Right Pair
Navigating today's racks of überspecialized running gear ain't easy. So we took to the road, trail, and all paths in between to find the best shoes and apparel for every runner. Basically, we've left you with no excuses.
February 2007
FEATURES
State of Adrenaline + Photo Gallery
Bungee jump off a bridge. Fly a helicopter toward a sheer mountain wall. Paddle frothing white water. Tim Cahill explores New Zealand's South Island, the undisputed home to all activities energized.
Welcome to the Tribe + Photo Gallery
What would happen if two entrepreneurs formed an online community and then whisked its members off to build paradise in the South Pacific? Let the experiment begin.
Where to Get Lost
Use this adventure travel vacation guide to hiking, kayaking, diving, snorkeling, sailing, biking, beach camping, whale watching, windsurfing, and ecotouring in the Caribbean, Hawaii, Mexico, and beyond.
TRIPS
Where Next: India on High
Plan your own adventure travel vacation of hiking, kayaking, paddling, climbing, or spotting tigers in the Himalaya along India's northern border.
Wild Roads: Delta Rollers
Crank your way to backcountry bliss and bayou barbeque—Mississippi
is the country's newest cycling hotbed.
WHAT'S NEW
Gustave: Have you Seen this Crocodile?
A cold-blooded serial killer is on the loose. His name is Gustave. He's 20 feet long (6 meters), weighs 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms), and stands accused of devouring hundreds of people.
Amazon Swimmer to Brave Piranhas, Snakes
Martin Strel, 52, is swimming the Amazon River—all 3,745 miles (5,430 kilometers) of it—in, if all goes according to plan, only 70 days.
Next Weekend: Chill Factor
Escape the cold or revel in it—12 big adventures, doable in three days or less.
Lost and Found: John Dau
A fresh start in the United States turns a victim of war into one of Sudan's most promising activists.
COLUMNS
Your Story: Living the Dream
In our October cover story, What It Takes '06: Big Dreams, we profiled 11 everyday people who made their wildest adventure dreams come true. Now it's time for you to share your big feats and lessons learned in our new Your Story column.
SPORTS
Performance: Temperature Training
Don't let changing weather stop you cold.
December/January 2007
FEATURES
Best of Adventure 2007: People, Gear, Destinations
We bring you the year's best: 24 astonishing adventurers; 45 gear picks; 12 new sports trends and destinations.
Map + Video: Adventurers of the Year
National Geographic Adventure presents 12 remarkable people who dared to dream big in 2006. Featuring Colin Angus and Julie Wafaei as our Adventurers of the Year.
Video: Lifetime Achievement: Biologist George Schaller
The Megafauna Man: Biologist George Schaller's 50-year career has been dedicated to species conservation. Now he faces his greatest challenge yet.
Photos: The Andes in Overdrive
Riding a motorcycle 5,000 miles (8,048 kilometers) along twisting mountain passes through four countries in five weeks presented Argentine photographer Henry von Wartenberg with many spectacular sights. Check out these weird, wondrous images.
TRIPS
Top Destinations for 2007: Where to Go Now
National Geographic Adventure announces the top destinations in six environments for 2007 and beyond. Discover why these countries garnered our highest praise and then find out how to experience them for yourself.
Wild Roads: Mexico: Road to Ruins
Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is getting back to its croc-wrestling, cenote-diving, temple-discovering roots.
Via Alpina Trail Dispatches: The Alps Connection
In mid-July writer Alex Crevar and photographer Carly Calhoun set out to thru-hike 1,500 miles (2,414 kilometers) along the Via Alpina.
WHAT'S NEW
Next Weekend: Cold Fever
Drive a dog team, claim a powder stash, and ten other ways to fire up your free time.
GEAR
Best of Adventure: 45 Gear Picks of the Year
The year's hottest gear—backpacks, jackets, technology, footwear, and more—for adventure's six realms: mountain, water, forest, snow, desert, and road trips.
Map: The Adventure Retail Advisory Board
Find a gear expert near you with a map of our Retail Advisory Board, the nation's top retailers.
COLUMNS
Your Story: Living the Dream
In our October cover story, What It Takes '06: Big Dreams, we profiled 11 everyday people who made their wildest adventure dreams come true. Now it's time for you to share your big feats and lessons learned in our new Your Story column.
SPORTS
Best of Adventure: Outdoor Sports Trends
Your guide to the leading edge in the world of adventure.
Best of Adventure: Audacious Acts
The wildest deeds of 2006—we salute the bold, daring, innovative, and occasionally insane feats of the year.
Instant Expert: Avalanche Safety
Packing the right gear and downloading the latest updates can keep you from slip-sliding away.
Preseason Ski Exercises: Best in Ski
Your no-frills formula for a more productive season on the slopes.
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