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Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine

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Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside's true gift is in chronicling misadventure. That's the common thread among the stories found in Out There-those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no one's life is necessarily hanging in the balance, something may go horribly awry at any moment, and that documenting this misfortune will inevitably yield rich comedic material or a surprisingly poignant moment. Or sometimes both. Out There chronicles fringe athletes, fitness freaks, and others obsessed by ill-advised dreams. It takes us to far-flung places no sane person would want to go. What ties this collection together are the incredible voices of legendary Outside contributors such as David Quammen, Tim Cahill, Susan Orlean, Wells Tower, Christopher Solomon, Patrick Symmes, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Nick Paumgarten, and many others, who turn their subjects into literary gold and have helped to keep Outside in business for more than forty years.

ISBN-13: 9781493048519

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - Inc.

Publication Date: 09-01-2019

Pages: 400

Product Dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.10(d)

Outside is an American magazine focused on the outdoors. The first issue was published in September 1977 and since then the magazine has featured writers such as Jim Harrison, Sebastian Junger, Thomas McGuane, and Jon Krakauer. Its mission statement is "to inspire active participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of the sports, people, places, adventure, discoveries, health and fitness, gear and apparel, trends and events that make up an active lifestyle."

Table of Contents

Introduction Christopher Keyes vii

To Hell and Back

Meltdown Wells Tower 2

They Call Me Groover Boy Kevin Fedarko 15

These Pants Saved My Life Natasha Singer 27

57 Feet and Rising W. Hodding Carter 34

Paradise with an Asterisk S. C. Gwynne 49

Overroo'd Paul Kvinta 62

The Bears Who Came to Town and Would Not Go Away Sarah Topol 77

Our Lady of Strays Bob Shocochis 88

No Cannibal Jokes Please Tim Cahill 99

Chernobyl, My Primeval, Teeming, Irradiated Eden Henry Shukman 120

Humble is the Prey David Quammen 133

Extreme Wellness Taffy Brodesser-Akner 149

Let the Games Begin

The Hell On Earth Fitness Plan Nick Heil 162

Hochstgeschwindigkeit! Joshua Foer 173

The Undisputed King of Dogsled Tourism Stephanie Pearson 183

Twin Freaks Nick Paumgarten 191

Open Your Mouth and You're Dead James Nestor 202

Quoosiers Eric Hansen 216

The Beautiful Game Patrick Symmes 228

All the Jittery Horses Will Grant 242

The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup Susan Orlean 251

The World's Toughest Bike Race is Not in France Jon Billman 263

Consumed

The Low-Tech, High-Speed, Retro-Manic Simple Life Florence Williams 276

Because it's there. (Sort Of) McKenzie Funk 286

The Brotherhood of the Very Expensive Pants Steven Rinella 297

Watership Down Down Down Down Down and (ALAS) Down Again Christopher Solomon 307

Reversal of Fortune (Lucky Chance) Elizabeth Well 316

Heart of Dark Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 326

Rage Against Your Machine Tom Vanderbilt 339

The One That Got Away Ian Frazier 350

The Bighorn Sheep Who was Youtube Famous Michael Kruse 365

Yes, It Is a Lovely Morning. Now Why Don't You Just Go to Hell Sara Corbett 374

Contributors 385