| DEPARTMENTS
Dispatches:
With a surgically fused ankle, an artificial knee, and a spanking-new pacemaker, 92-year-old Norman Vaughan
mushes back onto the trail.
adventure race that's adopted the
manner of its masochistic founder.
' pole-to-pole quest ends in tragedy
and raises some unsettling questions.
with credentials to match his lofty
ambitions enters the round-the-world fray.
of shovel racing hustles to reclaim his
aluminum throne.
PLUS: becomes the killing field of black bears in the Smokies; team up to bring surfers a big-wave bonanza; the floats an unlikely plan to pave a hallowed peak; — yes, that Barbie — tops out on Mount McKinley; and .
Field Notes:
The American Museum of Natural History was founded with a recipe of two parts swashbuckling exploration, one part scientific scholarship. Wandering the galleries today, some 30 million artifacts later, one can't help but wonder what such a collection says about our desire to conquer all that we survey.
By Mark Levine
Out There:
As the adult world ponders the fate of the Rwandan gorillas, our man returns to the rooms of nap time and cut-and-paste to impart a little mammalian knowledge. Hey Miss Larson, that kid with the beard keeps looking at me!
By Tim Cahill
Destinations:
Getting way Outback: In a remote expanse of northwestern Australia known as the Kimberley, the roads are temporary and the frontier seemingly permanent. Hints to help you lose yourself amid alien rock outcroppings, idyllic coastline, nation-size ranches, and the taste of Emu Bitter beer. Also, the finer points of navigating this sometimes harsh paradise.
before
dipping — and perhaps
losing — your toes in a
croc watering hole.
PLUS: on skiing the southern Adirondacks' forgotten backcountry.
Review:
Gear up for going deep: All-purpose scuba essentials suitable for divers of any proficiency. Including the latest dope on masks, fins, snorkels, buoyancy compensators, regulators, dive computers, and, naturally, wetsuits.
you'll never be too modest to show off.
of ice axes.
as tough as they are presentable.
PLUS: An with life-saving bells and whistles; a so cozy it turns your tent into a cocoon; Riddle of the Ice: A Scientific ϳԹ into the Arctic, by Myron Arms; In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West, by Quintard Taylor; Wild Thoughts from Wild Places, by David Quammen; and .
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