31 Amazing Towns Are you a city slicker or a boondocker? Do you live for the ocean or crave culture? Here are 31 action-packed locales, where the real estate's in reach and the thrills start out your back door. 31 Adventure Towns
The Everest Decade
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE In 1996 a storm brought tragedy to the world's grandest stage. Ten years later, the spectacle is as bizarre, disturbing, and heroic as ever. Alpinist Ed Viesturs and David Roberts report. The Everest Update
Travel Directory
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Last Call For Action Photos! See the Round II reader winners in our Action Photo Contest, judged by NG photographer Bill Hatcher.
Where Next: Alps Trail Dispatches Europe's new Via Alpina is a 3,100-mile, high-altitude answer to the Appalachian Trail »
Is Piracy on the Rise? Forget the eye patch, modern pirates are all about speedboats and the big score. Here's Pelton on pirates »
Instant Expert: Animal Tracking I.D. a cougar from a cat with a lesson in animal tracking »
World Class Trips Looking for an ecotrip, a guided tour, or a base- camp? Start here »
Fall Weekend Getaways Eleven autumn escapes near you, including leaf-peeping in Vermont, floating Colorado's Gunnison, and hiking a thermal wonderland in California. Weekend getaways
The Alps Connection: Trail Dispatches and Photos
