Where To Go Summer Skiing With The Pros
Barbara Sanders—Imagine your favorite sports stars. Easy to do, right? Now imagine playing side-by-side with them, sharing beers and high-fives. A little harder to do—unless, that is,...
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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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Why Do People Stay In Disaster-Prone Areas?
In the 30 years I spent living in the West, I heard a constant refrain every spring: "Every year, there are floods in the Midwest. Why do...
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Why Wolves Still Need Our Protection
When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced 66 gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park and adjacent wilderness areas in Idaho back in 1995-'96, conservationists and ranchers...
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12 Adventure Hoaxes
One hundred years ago, Joe Knowles, a 44-year-old illustrator from Boston, conducted one of the great survival experiments of the day as a publicity stunt for the...
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Paddling 101: Choosing A Kayak, Part 3
In part three of our series on how to choose a kayak, we look at popular variations on the four basic types we introduced in parts one...
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Malaria 101: What Travelers Should Know About The World's Biggest Killer
Every year, malaria kills approximately 660,000 people around the globe, according to the World Health Organization. Affecting almost half the world's population, this disease is often a daily concern...
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Altitude Sickness 101: 6 Essential Safety Tips
After three seasons volunteering at a 14,000-foot rescue post in Nepal, Dr. David Shlim moved to Kathmandu to become the medical director of the CIWEC Clinic Travel...
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Travel Vaccines 101: Needle Know-How
When we travel, we leave behind our typical surroundings and head for more exciting frontiers. However, many people forget that this same adventure occurs on a microscopic...
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Nepal Cracks Down On The Everest "Circus"
This past spring was a tumultuous one on Everest, where we once again saw concerns with overcrowding and several deaths. Add to that a crazy scene involving...
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Paddling 101: Choosing A Kayak, Part 2
Choosing a kayak can be a daunting task. Because you're putting a significant chunk of change on the line, you want to make sure you understand what...
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Paddling 101: Choosing A Kayak, Part 1
If you're considering buying a kayak, chances are you've done some recreational paddling—maybe with a rental or as part of a package tour—and you've discovered the joys...
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World's Largest Protected Areas
Size: 52,800 square kilometersDate Established: 1961To the east of Namib Naukluft Park in southwestern Botswana is the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. This area has a diverse range of habitats including clay pans and...
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An Expert Take On The Parks: Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson is an expert in the eastern national parks, particularly some of the more popular (some would say crowded) ones. The author of best-selling trail guides...
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An Expert Take On The Parks: Michael Joseph Oswald
Michael Joseph Oswald is the author of Your Guide to the National Parks: The Complete Guide to All 58 National Parks, which was published in 2012 (before...
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An Expert's Take On The Parks: Dan Austin
Dan Austin is the director of Austin-Lehman Adventures, a 39-year-old, Montana-based adventure travel company that focuses on small-scale trips to some of the world's greatest destinations. ...
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Paddling 101: How To Choose A Lifejacket
It's the most basic rule of canoeing and kayaking, more important than knowing your paddle strokes or the difference between your boat's bow and stern: wear a...
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13 Mind-Blowing Colors Found In Nature
When images of China's "rainbow mountains" went viral last week, we—like so many others—were entranced by the incredible colors of nature. [slideshow:752]But then we noticed the disclaimer:...
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Colorful Natural Wonders
Located on Navajo Land near Page, Arizona, Antelope Canyon was named for the herds of pronghorn antelope that used to roam the area. With its vibrant colors and easy accessibility,...
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An Expert Take On The Parks: QT Luong
Quan-Tuan Luong is the only photographer known to have taken large-format photographs in all 59 national parks. As such, he's spend thousands of days and nights roaming...
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An Expert Take On The Parks: Mel White
Mel White is the author of National Geographic's Complete National Parks of the United States, as well as the National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of...
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An Expert Take On The Parks: Kurt Repanshek
Kurt Repanshek is the founder and editor-in-chief of National Parks Traveler, which has been dedicated to covering America's National Park System and the National Park Service on...
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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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World's 'First Travel Documentary' Unearthed!
The Guardian recently ran a really interesting story about two Iranian brothers who are credited with creating the first travel documentary films. The movies, which were made...
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Dogless In A Dog-Crazy Mountain Town
On my newspaper's website, there's a tab that's marked "our dogs." Click on it, and you'll find a gallery of the dogs owned by the staff. Everyone's...
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I Will Fight Wildfire No More
I've said I was quitting firefighting many times before. My friends just roll their eyes when I announce that this is my last season; I am hanging...
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13 Sports That Could Kill You
Speed skiing is the fastest non-motor sport on earth. (On land, anyway.) In this downhill discipline, which was demonstrated at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France, skiers try...
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