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Fear Itself
by Sebastian Junger + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | March 2011
Danger is often unavoidable. Sometimes the best way to prepare for it is to let go of life.
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Going Back In
by Andrew McCarthy + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | August 2009
When someone you know dies in the wilderness, it's not always the end.
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Namibia’s Magnificent Beast
by Mark Sundeen + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | September 2008
One hundred and fifty miles across the Namib Desert with the world’s surliest conservationist.
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John McAfee's Flying Circus Wants You!
by Tom Clynes + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | June 2008
Big ideas come easy to John McAfee. First he pioneered antivirus software, then instant messaging. Now the mercurial magnate thinks he’s onto something truly extraordinary: personal Icarus machines.
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The River Jumps Over the Mountain
by David Quammen + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | February 2008
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Afghanistan: Coming of Age at Band-i-Amir
by Scott Anderson + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | May 2007
My father suffered from chronic wanderlust. When I was 14, he set out on a yearlong road trip across Europe and Asia—and decided to take me along for company. Beside a remote desert lake in the heart of Afghanistan, I finally got the chance to prove that I wasn't just along for the ride.
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The Ballad of Route 89
by Mark Sundeen + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | April 2007
From Canada to Mexico—past seven national parks and 1,700 miles (2,735 kilometers) of the promised land—on the West's most Western highway.
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Border Patrol: Along the Devil's Highway
by Tim Cahill + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | August 2006
Arizona's Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge used to be a pristine desert. Now it's the front line in America's immigration battle, rife with garbage, drug runners, and illegal aliens. Welcome to the nation's most troubled wilderness.
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Welcome Stranger
by Sebastian Junger + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | May 2006
First impressions are often wrong—and other hard-won lessons from the road.
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Learning to Fly
by Tom Clynes + Follow
National Geographic Adventure | November 2005
Despite a steep learning curve and some harrowing instructional moments, Tom Clynes conquers a Cessna and is cleared for takeoff into the big wide open.