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High on Adventure
June 2003 |
Rafting Utah's Cataract Canyon Canyonlands National Park serves up adventure   |
Outside
December 2001
Peter Heller |
Pourover Somewhere at the bottom of the deepest canyon on earth flows the Cotahuasi� -- a long, roiling ribbon of whitewater, a river so old and dangerous that you never master it, you just surrender to it. And pay respect to its ghosts... |
Outside
October 2009
Justin Nyberg |
Southwest Adventures: Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado The last thing you expect to see next to 14,000-foot peaks is a 30-square-mile chunk of Sahara-like desert. The unlikely juxtaposition makes Great Sand Dunes National Park one of the most remarkable spots in the country. |
Outside
April 2007
Patrick Symmes |
Leaping Tiger, Drowning River The world's greatest Communist supereconomy needs all the power it can get. With dams rising up all around, the author joins a team of Chinese and American rafters as they outrun the concrete on a wild descent of the Yangtze. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Adee & Moore |
In the American Southwest, the Energy Problem Is Water Energy producers on the Colorado River are struggling |
Outside
November 2001
Tim Cahill |
Floating the Mighty Free and Easy A flotilla of stouthearted men and women confronts hissing snakes, weird rocks, flat water, and the greatest mud in the west; or, What I Did on my Summer Vacation... |
Outside
July 2004
Grayson Schaffer |
Find Your Flow We've zeroed in on the best blue-ribbon river trips in North America--from remote rapids to meandering flatwater--for getting wet, wild, and recharged. Also recommended gear. |
Outside
July 2008
Kevin Fedarko |
They Call Me Groover Boy The author's life at the helm of a Colorado River latrine raft. |
Adventure
September 2004
Geoffrey Norman |
The River Wilder A Thoreauvian river trip through Maine's North Woods. |
Outside
September 2005
Brad Wetzler |
Jackpot Nevada may be big and windswept, but don't dare call it empty. An adventure road trip through the Silver State turns up a secret-stash play land of back country splendor, high-end diversions, and a horizon that never stops beckoning. |
Geotimes
January 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Grand Canyon Floods On Nov. 21, the Department of the Interior approved a release of water from the Glen Canyon Dam in an attempt to rebuild the beaches and other sedimentary environments. |
Outside
February 2002
William T. Vollmann |
Where the Ghost Bird Sings by the Poison Springs What's that smell? It's a teeming avian sanctuary� and a sump of troubled waters. It's a mess that we created� and a puzzle we can't solve. It's California's Salton Sea, a hypersaline lake that kills the very life it shelters... |
Outside
July 2003 |
Land o' the Free Our ten favorite stretches of American blacktop come with all the essential summer pleasures. So pick your pavement and go. |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2007
Linda Ballou |
Slow Blowing Dream Coming home to Alaska's unrivaled beauty |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008 |
3 More Classic American Road Trips: War, Wilderness and Whitewater! Road trips for indulging sport, music, and history interests |
Mother Jones
December 2000
Bill Donahue |
The Same River Twice It's been a horror movie set, a sewer, a flood control ditch. Now environmentalists, and some politicians, are pushing a novel idea: They want to turn the Los Angeles River into... a river... |
Outside
April 2006 |
Adrenaline Nation Secret instructions on how to plot an escape from your hardwired grind to wide-open adventure in North America. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Susan Tweit |
Can't We Just Blow It Up? The world's biggest dam removal will return Washington's Elwha River to its free-flowing state. But the colossal three-year project proves there's a lot more to deconstruction than tons of TNT. |
Outside
November 2002
Tom Price |
Queen of the Dammed With western drought lowering Lake Powell daily, Glenn Canyon fans dream of going all the way. |
Wired
April 21, 2008
Matthew Power |
Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry. How Three Regions Are Coping. Water has been a serious issue in the developing world for so long, but the scarcity of freshwater is no longer a problem restricted to poor countries. |
Outside
August 2007
Cameron Walker |
Blowout The removal of 47-foot high Marmot Dam, on Oregon's Sandy River, will renew 11.5 miles of quality Class IV whitewater and 100 miles of steelhead habitat. Taking down a dam used to require an act of Congress. Now it's just good business. |
High on Adventure
April 2007
Lee Juillerat |
Traveling the Rogue From the Cascades to the Ocean The Rogue River is a magical river in Southern Oregon's Cascades. |
Outside
August 2003
Misty Blakesley |
Ecotourism Adventure Travel - Water in the Balance Water issues chronically become water wars. Here are some collisions in progress--from bang-ups over how to divide spoils to clashes over big cleanups--that need to be resolved in the years ahead. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Barry E. DiGregorio |
Climatologists and River Agency Butt Heads About Future of Southwest's Hydroelectric Power Will hydropower from Hoover Dam end in 2013, 2017, or just keep going? |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
Ross Purnell |
Fly Fishing the Roaring Fork What you need to know about a fly fishing vacation in one of the American West's most fertile rivers. |
Adventure
March 2004
John Annerino |
Riding the Wild Colorado Strategies for taking America's ultimate river trip. |
High on Adventure
February 2010
Lee Juillerat |
Snowshoeing the Onion River The Onion River, legend says, was named by Paul Bunyan, the legendary logger. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Peter Heller |
The Mississippi River Flood and the Katrina Risk New Orleans and Baton Rouge are one breached levee away from Katrina-like devastation. Can the Army Corps of Engineers save them? |
Outside
March 2010
Elizabeth Hightower |
The Wild File: Dead Pool A dead pool is the level at which water can no longer be released from a reservoir and it may be happening sooner than you think. |
High on Adventure
April 2003
Robyn Gorman |
Ducky Heaven Who knew that a trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River would bring a new verb into my vocabulary. "Duckying", as in "to ducky," means to run a river in a rubber kayak -- by oneself. Duckying, I discovered, is an incredible adrenaline rush. |
Adventure
March 2004
John Annerino |
Canyon Legends Three unsolved mysteries from the Grand Canyon. |
High on Adventure
February 2002
Gordon Grover |
Boating the Canyons of Lake Powell Southwest grandeur with all the comforts of home... |
Adventure
November 2005
Michael Benoist |
The Red Rock Roll Explore Utah's crowd-free canyonlands with this road-trip map, itinerary, and playlist. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2008
Neely & Neely |
Three Wonderful Weeks in China We chose to go to China just before the Olympics, when we thought prices would be still very good and it would not be so crowded yet every place would be clean and ready |
Smithsonian
September 2007
Whitney Dangerfield |
Snapshot: Yangtze River A virtual vacation along China's mighty waterway. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2008
Michael Milstein |
6 Radical Solutions for U.S. Southwest's Peak Water Problem Increased usage and years of drought are diminishing the Colorado River's flow. States that rely on that water are forming strategies to deal with the problem. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Tony Huegel |
The Idaho Fishing Trip: Freedom of the Road 2007 South-central Idaho is the perfect place to fuel a Rocky Mountain tour with bait and tackle. |
Adventure
October 2004
Cliff Ransom |
Northeast of Nowhere Adventures in Oregon and Washington include kayaking and hiking. |
Outside
July 2008 |
Grand Canyon Rafting Photo Gallery Epic shots of the Grand Canyon taken while rafting down the Colorado River. |
High on Adventure
August 1, 2009
Lee Juillerat |
Hiking at Zion National Park We spent nearly five very fun, cool hours waddling up and down the canyon's watery folds. How far did we walk? Hard to tell. |
Science News
February 16, 2008 |
Timeline: From the February 12, 1938, issue Towers reach skyward to start radio waves... River took hardest way, formed Yellowstone Canyon... Years of drought coming to great basin, is warning... |
Science News
June 16, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 12, 1937, issue What will the rivers do now?... Eros shaped like huge brick tumbling end over end in sky... Wallpaper patterns linked to atoms in study of design... |
World War II
March 2, 2005
Oscar Friedensohn |
GI's Bloody Rhine River Crossing A combat engineer will never forget the day he led an assault boat across the Rhine River and into the teeth of the German defenses at St. Goarshausen. |
High on Adventure
October 2007
Vicki Andersen |
Life Along the Rio la Pasion Located in the western lowlands region of northern Guatemala, the River of Passion flows in a sinuous and westward advance. |
High on Adventure
August 2002 |
Arizona "Grand" Tour Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, and Sedona -- a Perfect Loop |
Reactive Reports
Issue 42
David Bradley |
River Deep An ancient and dried up riverbed in north-eastern Ohio prevents a pool of chemical waste from infiltrating the Ohio River |
Outside
June 2007 |
New American Road Trip Cars are faster, highways are better, and there's cool stuff just about everywhere. Stop sitting on those vacation days and get out there. Our five two-week loops will get you rolling. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Jennifer Yauck |
Tree Rings Reveal Overestimate in Western Water When a severe drought hit the Colorado River Basin area between 2000 and 2004, people began to question whether current practices for managing the river would be adequate for managing future water demands. One recent study suggests an answer: probably not. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Breaking Down Dams There is definitely a trend toward removing smaller dams, and environmental organizations also have their eyes on the removal of much larger dams. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2007
Charmaine Shucker |
Amazing Royal Gorge and Its Historic Railroad Lovely scenery, food and a little excitement all at one location. |
