Peter Koch
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Stories By Peter Koch
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Ski Pass Showdown: Combo Passes Compared
Ski culture has changed. One-time ski areas are now glitzy ski resorts, yesterday's ski towns are now called resort towns and the broke, dirtbag ski bum has...
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The World's 12 Most Dangerous Roads
As outdoorspeople with adventurous spirits, we're all pretty familiar with hairy driving situations. After all, many of our favorite playgrounds—whitewater rapids, surf breaks, backcountry campsites, even ski...
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12 Scary Roads
Bolivia's Old Yungas Road is a winding, 40-mile-long stretch that links the high Andean capital city of La Paz to Coroico, 11,500 feet below in the Amazon...
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Reel Big Fish: 14 Of The World's Biggest Catches
The biggest fish I ever caught was a 10-pound walleye. I was out on Lake Erie with my fish-crazed neighbor and my best friend during what seemed,...
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14 Of The Biggest Fish Ever Caught
Central Africa's Goliath Tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath) is reportedly as fierce as its name suggests. While some compare this freshwater fish to piranha—it's equally or more aggressive, and...
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12 Peak Fall Adventures
When to Go: Third Week September Get a rare insider's view of Glacier National Park when you attend its "Fall for Glacier" weekend at the Izaak Walton Inn,...
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Follow The Fall: 12 Leaf-Peeping Adventures
"Delicious autumn!" wrote famed Victorian author George Eliot, "My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth...
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America's 10 Greatest National Parks
Writer Wallace Stegner once called national parks "the best idea we ever had." And, for the most part (Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence—"We hold these...
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Best NPs For Every Sport
Where: Minnesota Why: This series of interconnected waterways that flow north into the arctic watershed of Hudson's Bay together make up a majestic collage of land and water....
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12 Sweet City Beaches
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cape Town's beaches is not that they exist—after all, the city sits on a peninsula between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans—but...
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The Absolute Best National Parks
Location: Wyoming Ranking Score: 89.5 "Not only is this the world's first national park, but within its 2.2 million acres you'll find the world's largest collection of thermal features,...
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Gunmen Kill 10 Climbers In Pakistan
Tragedy struck early this morning beneath 26,660-foot Nanga Parbat, as militant gunmen opened fire on members of a mountaineering expedition, killing 10 foreign climbers—five Ukrainians, two Chinese,...
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Recap: What Happened On Everest 2013
Mt. Everest is, once again, alone at the top of the world. As predictably as ever, the monsoon winds have swept in, closing the curtain on the...
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In Case You Missed It: Guy Jumps Off Everest
You read that right. While most Everest climbers struggle ever upward—too many dying in the process—in their quest to touch the top of the world, Russian adrenaline...
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40 Great American Day Hikes To Do This Summer
In its simplest definition, a day hike is a wilderness walk you can complete in a single day. That means you can go fast and light, unencumbered...
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