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Damn the Mosquitoes [When Animals Attack]
Posted by in Run or Die, The Howl of Nature, Uncategorized, When Animals Attack
Tagged India, Tim Brookes
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In order to reach India in time to watch the monsoon make landfall, I had to leave so abruptly I didn’t have time for all my shots. The only thing I needed to worry about, my doctor said, were mosquitoes. … Continue reading
Finding English speakers can be a little hit and miss in Oman. While some locals speak perfectly, others struggle to even understand our very basic attempts at pronouncing place names in ‘gringo’ Arabic – but it’s not for want of … Continue reading
The Shipwreck Drowned My Homework [Semester-at-Scream] |
In 1963, my wife and I set out on a round the world cruise with over 500 undergraduates in an old tub converted to a floating university. We approached Alexandria, Egypt in a storm so nasty that all the other … Continue reading
From the makers of Last Stop for Paul comes a new tale—actually, a whole series of made-up tales on Showtime—about what it’s like to go off the rails completely in search of something important while traveling. In the case of … Continue reading
Holy Bear [Human Sacrifice]
Posted by in Human Sacrifice, Uncategorized, When Animals Attack
Tagged Close Calls, Dangerous Liasons, Holy Crap, Kate Erickson, The Moth Reading Series
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To hear most family members tell it, the annual camping expedition of 1997 was a total disaster. First off, we took our local Catholic priest with us. He stole bread and wine—body and blood to most people we knew—from the … Continue reading
Korth of the North [Radical Self Reliance] |
Our friends over at VICE TV have put together a wild documentary anyone thinking they need a break from modern life should watch. As it turns out, there’s pretty much only one way to skin a bear, and it requires … Continue reading
Strange Bedfellows [When Animals Attack]
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Tagged Close Calls, Dangerous Liasons, Jeff Alt, When Animals Attack
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Writer Jeff Alt sent us an excerpt from from Chapter 24 of his new book, ‘A Walk for Sunshine.’ [Adds Alt: This is my second night hiking the Appalachian Trail. I’ve assembled camp in a shelter on top of Blood Mountain, Georgia...] I … Continue reading
Shoulda Gone To Law School [Close Calls]
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Tagged Close Calls, Dangerous Liasons, Greg Dobbs, Holy Crap, Off The Map, Send Lawyers Guns and Money
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Here’s the last of three tales from Greg Dobbs, an Emmy-winning producer and correspondent for 23 years with ABC, taken from his new book, Life in the Wrong Lane – Why Journalists Go In When Everyone Else Wants Out. From the chapter I WAS … Continue reading
Isn’t delving into deep nature a feast for the soul? Yeah, sure it is! Except when it becomes more like ‘Lord of the Flies’. Here’s a new yarn from Tetsuhiko Endo on that all-American rite of passage, the Outward Bound … Continue reading
I don’t currently own a pair of Tevas, but everything about this ridiculous spoof of Man Vs. Wild made me want to buy some. Yes, it’s sophomoric, but it’s also dead on.