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Exploring Easter Island’s Dark History
Easter Island’s iconic moai statues are a stark reminder that things of wonder can also have dark pasts.
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OutdoorsA Fisherman’s Dream in Southern Alaska
The hardest part of returning from one of the world’s best salmon fisheries is hiding how easy the fishing was.
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OutdoorsCan an Expedition Be Romantic?
At first, I wondered if asking my girlfriend, an inexperienced hiker, to come with me on a three-day backpacking trip would be asking for trouble.
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ArchiveSmelling the Roses in Sarajevo
A visit to Sarajevo reveals old wounds amid a beautiful, revitalized city.
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OutdoorsBright Regret in Alaska’s Midnight Sun
During Alaska’s summer of Midnight Sun, you can hike, bike or fish in daylight at any time of day — but only if you’re able to break with life’s normal schedule.
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OutdoorsInside the Food Chain on an African Foot Safari
Stepping onto the ground deep in the savanna of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe offers a close-up view of big-game life.
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OutdoorsWhat Does It Take to Be a Guide in the Grand Canyon?
GP Correspondent Will McGough hiked to Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon last year. This year, he went on the same trip as a guide.
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OutdoorsCamping in California’s Underexplored Channel Islands
If it gets any more exotic than a semi-deserted National Park out in the Pacific run by friendly yet mischievous foxes, Will McGough would sure like to know about it.
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OutdoorsThe Unrelenting Beauty of the American Southwest
Will McGough eats world travel, with a side of wide-ranging adventure, for breakfast.
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OutdoorsLiving a Ghost Story in Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, tribal warfare is still common.
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ArchiveSticking Points in Trinidad’s Land of Tar
Walking Trinidad’s Tierra de Brea tar pit (and driving its roads) proves a sticky situation.
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OutdoorsGoing the Full 11 Miles on the Kalalau Trail
Will McGough explores the length of the Kalalau Trail, recently voted America’s best hiking trail by GP readers.
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ArchiveGetting to Know Australia on the Larapinta Trail
Outdoor enthusiasts sometimes turn their backs on organized, outfitted tours.
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ArchiveRoad Notes: Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Nearly 200 miles north of Guatemala City, in the rainforest, lie the remains of the ancient city Tikal, the capital of one of the most powerful kingdoms of the Maya civilization.
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ArchiveRoad Notes: Cycling America’s Highest Road
Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States, stretching from Estes Park to Grand Lake, Colorado.
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OutdoorsCycling Skyward: Conquering the West’s Toughest Climbs
One month after he set out from King’s Beach, CA, on a 5,000-mile bike tour of America, GP contributor Will Eginton stood on top of the Continental Divide at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park and reflected on the mountains he’d climbed.
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ArchiveRoad Notes: The Rainforest World Music Festival
Where the South China Sea meets the rainforest in Malaysian Borneo, there’s a music festival unlike anything in the West.
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ArchiveThe Long Way in to Havasu Falls
Getting to Havasu Falls requires a flight to Phoenix, a five-hour drive to the Grand Canyon, and an eleven-mile hike in hundred-degree heat.
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ArchiveHiking in Hawaii’s Lava Fields
One of the most diverse islands on the planet, Hawaii Island plays host to all but two of the world’s ecosystems, including active volcanoes.
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ArchiveLife Lessons in Borneo
GP contributor Will McGough goes fishing in Borneo and reels in a dose of humility.