Category Archives: Close Calls
McConkey [Books + Media]
Posted by in Bad Asses, Books + Media, Close Calls, Mountain Madness, Road Warriors
Tagged Shane McConkey
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We can’t wait to watch this film in full about Shane McConkey and his unfortunately abbreviated life of dare-devilry. Respect. McConkey Trailer
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
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
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
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
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
Seeing Stars [Drive Like Hell] |
It happened in Granados, Mexico, in the summer of 1997. I was 13 and visiting relatives on a family vacation. After a feast with family, laughing together, we got into the back of red pick-up truck. Seat belts in a … Continue reading
Floating to Paradise on the S.S. Montezuma [Howl of Nature] |
After a semester abroad in Costa Rica, I traveled with a friend through Central America. We missed the last ferry from Guatemala to Belize, so we hitched a ride on a large canoe that was filled with at least fourteen … Continue reading
In 1961 two friends and I decided to explore the limestone caves of West Virginia. I had a map that caving friends had given me and so we headed south from Pittsburgh. Sure enough we found an entry hole just … Continue reading
American Confidence [Hotel Hell]
Posted by in "Study" Abroad, Breaking and Entering, Close Calls, European Delights, Hotel Hell
Tagged England, Hummer, Ted Endo
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Travel, when undertaken with the correct élan, can be as much about reinforcing national stereotypes as breaking them down. One of the great and unique advantages of being in a place where no one knows you is that you can … Continue reading