DEPARTMENTS News from the Field EPO, the sports drug of choice in the nineties, has allegedly propelled countless athletes to victory and claimed dozens of lives. So now that an EPO test is on the horizon, why isn't the USOC smiling?
tries, God bless it, to break the hackneyed mold. takes a bold stand against the timber industry — sort of. climbers pull off a truly audacious ascent.
PLUS: readies for business, an skates to the summit of Kilimanjaro, yourself a prime piece of real estate on the moon, and .
A peek under the rug of Aspen's ER The weekend before Michael Kennedy's death in a skiing accident, it was business as usual at the Aspen ER. Or at least as usual as it gets in a place where the patients gas up their Lear jets for a quick second opinion. By Florence Williams
Achieving the good life in Maya Ortiz Northern Mexico's canyon country is a lovely place for a wedding — a wedding, say, involving a village woman and the brother of a certain columnist. The brother doesn't want to get married? Details, details. By Tim Cahill
How do migrating monarch butterflies stay on course? What causes knuckles to crack? What's a moonbow, and where can you see one?
Hook, Line, and Regulator Traveler's alert: Some of the people who come to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to dive the breathtaking walls, reefs, caves, and wrecks of the Red Sea just can't see the point of going home. A guide to the attractions (underwater and otherwise) of this jewel of the Middle East.
floating campsites on North Carolina's Roanoke River.
in China's top-secret answer to Yosemite.
PLUS: A slice of at Trinidad's Mount Plaisir Estate Hotel and more.
To Fare the Foul Strategies for coping with the lung-offending rites of spring.
Here's the latest on treatment options, from antihistamines to stinging nettles to coffee. Coffee?. , the inside dope on jumping rope, five non-crunch ways to spiff up your abs, and more.
In-Line Come Lately The next generation of high-performance skates: If you want to log serious in-line miles fast and comfortably, plenty of skate, footwear, and ski manufacturers are vying for your attention. Ten of the best new models from Bauer, Fila, K2, Nike, Oxygen, Roces, Rollerblade, Rossignol, Salomon, and Tecnica.
that'll have you bagging wilderness Zs like a champ. , by Richard Fortey; Cloudsplitter, by Russell Banks; and more.
A low-tech but effective way to get rescuers' attention, grippy — yet not soggy or clammy — new shoes for kayakers, and a high-end camcorder housing for aspiring Cousteaus. Between the Lines
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