Author Archives: Christian DeBenedetti
Snap, Crackle, Drop…Scream [Close Calls] |
Bungee jumping sounds fun, right? The so-called “sport” has long been one of those three-beers-in vacation stunts that earns a person lifetime cocktail party cred, because having done it confers a certain badass-ness that belies how statistically insignificant accidents are … Continue reading
Christmas In Helladise [Water Water Everywhere] |
Being the selfless, caring person that I am, I generously give up my seat to an elderly man. My behavior is encouraged by the fact that it’s Christmas Eve and I’m waiting for a ferry that will take me to my home island … Continue reading
Time to Beer Travel [contests]
Posted by in Books + Media, Happy Hellidays, Water Water Everywhere
Tagged beer, Beer West, Emily Hutto
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The Accidental Extremist loves beer — much of the time it’s the only safe thing to drink! In fact we love it so much that we teamed up with Beer West magazine for a contest you can really drink to. Send … Continue reading
During a “Saturday Night Fever” themed cookout and dinner to celebrate the last night at camp for the last session of campers a lodge pole pine tree was struck by lightning. A camper flung open the door to the dining … Continue reading
Würst Story Ever [Off The Map]
Posted by in Human Sacrifice, Mountain Madness, Off The Map
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The Telegraph is reporting that a German tourist (left) may have been eaten by cannibals. The paper reported that “Stefan Ramin, 40, from Hamburg, disappeared last month after reaching the remote tropical island of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia. After … Continue reading
Trail of Tears [The Howl of Nature]
Posted by in Mountain Madness, Survival, The Howl of Nature
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You know when you’re just riding along on your bike, thinking about dinner and that time you once bunny hopped a really big branch, and then a 450-lb red hartebeest just totally takes you out at about 50mph? No? It’s … Continue reading
9 Days in Iraq [Happy Hellidays]
Posted by in Books + Media, Hotel Hell, Human Sacrifice, Nothing to Declare, Off The Map, Road Warriors, The Unfriendly Skies
Tagged Paula Froelich
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Writer Paula Froelich describes her recent 9-day vacation in Iraq including “159 checkpoints in one day,” wearing a synthetic fiber burka, hitting known-terrorist hangouts, and basically kicking it in “The Red Zone” for her upcoming story in Playboy, which you now … Continue reading
ONLY Weeks Left to Enter ‘World’s Unluckiest Traveler 2: The Rescue’ Contest
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From High Seas Heroics to Airport Assistance and more, Travel Guard® North America Wants Your Random Acts of Kindness Stevens Point, Wisc. – (August 4, 2011) With only weeks left to enter the World’s Unluckiest Traveler 2: The Rescue contest, Travel … Continue reading
Here, a yarn by Wayward Betty writer Kate Clark, via Hairpin and Gawker.com, which picked it up. The moral? Go big, then go home. One of the reasons plastic surgery is cheaper in Thailand is that the entire process is … Continue reading
Trial by Volcano [Lonely Island] |
What does it feel like, that first night abroad and alone? Here, in a taut, vivid meditation on the nature of recomposing the self in a new, thrillingly different—and more than a little dangerous—environment, frequent contributor Kate Erickson explains the … Continue reading