http://dir.salon.com/topics/adventure/?source=rss&aim=adventure en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT By David Wolman Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/08/31/christmas_island/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/08/31/christmas_island/index.html?source=rss Something wild is happening on Christmas Island, once ground zero for nuclear test explosions. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/12/20/legler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/12/20/legler/index.html?source=rss In Antarctica, Gretchen Legler found a tribe of eccentrics living at 70-below under the biggest ozone hole on earth. She also found love. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/08/02/waterman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/08/02/waterman/index.html?source=rss In "Where Mountains Are Nameless," fearless adventurer Jonathan Waterman makes a passionate, personal case for preserving the Arctic Wildlife Refuge -- and the polar bears and caribous that call it home. By Stephanie Zacharek Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/11/14/master_commander/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/11/14/master_commander/index.html?source=rss Russell Crowe and director Peter Weir bring Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures to the screen in this glorious and heartfelt action movie for grown-ups. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/06/19/bryson_sunburned/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/06/19/bryson_sunburned/index.html?source=rss Bill Bryson goes Down Under and finds an underdiscovered country with the friendliest inhabitants and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife on the planet. Read by Bill Bryson Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/bryson_woods/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/bryson_woods/index.html?source=rss Bill Bryson -- A Walk in the Woods By Non-Fiction | Listen & Live Audio Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/epic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/epic/index.html?source=rss Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks By Jon Krakauer Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/krakauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/krakauer/index.html?source=rss "Into Thin Air" By Kate Convissor Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/tues/2000/08/09/vacation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/tues/2000/08/09/vacation/index.html?source=rss We've sold everything and we're hitting the road with our kids. By David Darlington Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/06/05/biking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/06/05/biking/index.html?source=rss A quartet of intrepid mountain bikers tackles the far, unfriendly reaches of Death Valley National Park -- and learns some lessons about life. By Laura Fraser Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/04/21/casablanca/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/04/21/casablanca/index.html?source=rss Public life may be dominated by men, but the worlds of house and hammam belong to women. By Rolf Potts Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/03/28/desert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/03/28/desert/index.html?source=rss On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones. By Dylan James Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2000/03/13/survivor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2000/03/13/survivor/index.html?source=rss I was willing to spring my gay porn past on my unsuspecting family if it would get me on the TV show "Survivor." But would it? By Laurie Gough Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/03/11/naxos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/03/11/naxos/index.html?source=rss A lotus-eating stay on a Greek island ends with a life-changing midnight encounter. By David Fox Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/01/12/sri_lanka/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/01/12/sri_lanka/index.html?source=rss Serendipity is the traveler's best friend. By Virginia Vitzthum Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/01/11/sex_writer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/01/11/sex_writer/index.html?source=rss You cannot imagine the position I've been in since I started writing about sex. By Rolf Potts Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/01/04/corfu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/01/04/corfu/index.html?source=rss At Corfu's Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild. By Frank Bures Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/12/08/zanzibar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/12/08/zanzibar/index.html?source=rss An enigmatic encounter with a would-be African terrorist leaves an expatriate wondering about truth and faith. By Tanya Shaffer Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1999/12/03/genie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1999/12/03/genie/index.html?source=rss When I finally kissed a man in Africa, he ran away. By Rolf Potts Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/23/potts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/23/potts/index.html?source=rss Between the fistfights and the Finnish girls, it's hard to get any writing done. By Barbara Wilson Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/20/joshua_tree/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/20/joshua_tree/index.html?source=rss A woman confronts her painful past on an Outward Bound pilgrimage into the heart of fear. By Rolf Potts Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/13/siberia5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/13/siberia5/index.html?source=rss I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star. By Rolf Potts Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/10/siberia2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/10/siberia2/index.html?source=rss At an obscure border town, our correspondent discovers the biggest obstacle in negotiating the next 4,000 miles: The train has left without him. By Rolf Potts Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/09/siberia1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/09/siberia1/index.html?source=rss In his first dispatch from an epic Beijing-St. Petersburg train trip, our correspondent explores the mysteries of Mongolia. By Daniel Pinchbeck Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/03/iboga/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/03/iboga/index.html?source=rss In Gabon, a disenchanted journalist embarks on a hallucinogenic tribal rite.