Tag Archives: Air Travel
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
Dear Readers, as you head into that great American tradition, a long, lost weekend of drunken pyromania family, friends, and tasty BBQ, take a minute to consider the less fortunate, like adventure travel writer Carl Hoffman, whose new book ‘LUNATIC EXPRESS: Discovering … Continue reading
APRIL 18, 2010…After 25+ hours of traveling, my mom and I made it to Delhi from Denver. I was going to volunteer for three weeks, and roped her into a week of sightseeing first. Although we consider ourselves seasoned travelers, … Continue reading
Toy Story [Nothing to Declare]
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After spending five anxious days in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hanging out in a Bedouin tent with an international fugitive who’s wanted as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist”—a character who figured prominently in a story I was reporting about a Muslim … Continue reading
This Air Bag May Take Your Life [Rough Landings]
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Tagged Air Travel, Amateur Hour, Bill Gifford, Close Calls, Gravity Wins, Holy Crap, Rough Landings
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Here’s a yarn from the writer Bill Gifford: Eight friends went hot-air ballooning in the Poconos on a perfect spring day. What could possibly go wrong? I’ve done plenty of stupid stuff that could have killed me, everything from backcountry … Continue reading
And Then It Flew Into Space [LAUNCH PARTY!] |
THE ACCIDENTAL EXTREMIST and LOADS OF PROSE LLC PRESENT: THE DIRTY LAUNDRY SERIES Volume 18: True Dirt from Far and Wide We’re joining forces! On Thursday night, May 21, please join us in New York’s East Village as we officially … Continue reading
Smell of The Wild [Amateur Hour]
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Tagged Air Travel, Amateur Hour, Hangover, Rachel Chadderdon, Rough Landings, Salmon River, Water Water Everywhere
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I’m from the Northeast, so the term ‘river trip’ doesn’t resonate as much as it does out West. When I agreed to meet a guy friend for one of them on the South Fork of the Salmon River in Central … Continue reading
13 Epics of Woe [Hall of Infamy] |
A friend from Outside Magazine, Senior Editor Jeremy Spencer, reminded us of this excellent collection of misadventures he edited four years ago. Featuring the likes of Jane Smiley and Jon Lee Anderson, it’s a ghoulish gallery of murderous hitchhikers, lightning strikes, … Continue reading
Fly The Fiery Skies [Sulleysque] |
[Here's an amazing yarn from our first octogenarian contributor, Bob Nielson, age 86...we're not worthy! —Ed.] Back in 1960 the Toronto Star sent me to South Africa to report black-white violence. I boarded an American Airlines 6-propeller plane in New York, which crossed the Atlantic and stopped … Continue reading
Here, excerpts from an entertaining piece by writer Rob Story which recounts his action-packed honeymoon throughout Asia—and some of its more memorable catastrophes. —CDB We’re a funny couple to watch. She, all of five feet and 99 pounds, blithely swings … Continue reading