the Adventure Lifestyle magazine

· ". somewhere In a'rica+egypl-november 1 999-photos: bob+dorothy carson - bl ue editor-at-Iarge Robert Young Pelton's monikers include Dangerman, The Duke of Hazard and The Patron Saint of Adventure Travelers. Robert (and his nervous insurance agent) take great pride in his surviving the usual war-zone misfortunes of muggings, frontal assaults, Scuds, diseases, napalm, kidnappers, high explosives, pirates, artillery bar- rages and snipers. But Robert dismisses his numerous misfortunes, expul- sions from and incarcerations in the world's most dangerous places as just the price he pays for knowledge and enlightenment. His quest has taken him through some of the most remote areas of more than 80 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Uganda and, most recently, war-torn Chechnya. In this issue, Robert brings us an inside glimpse of what's going on at the front lines (Under the Hammer, page 44). Robert is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is also the author of Come Back Alive (Doubleday), Hot Spots: Travel in Harm's Way (Fielding), The World's Most Dangerous Places, 4th Edition (HarperCollins, March 2000) and an upcoming autobiography, The Adventurist (Doubleday, June 2000). He is currently producing and starring in The World's Most Dangerous Places for Discovery's Travel Channel. . ~ Last fall, Kathleen Gasperini climbed 180 feet up an ancient redwood tree, affectionately called Luna, to hang out with eco-icon Julia Butterfly Hill. In this exclusive interview (Speaking for the Trees, page 54), Kathleen gets to the heart of the missions and motivations of this woman who spent two years up a tree. Kathleen is the publisher of WIG, an art/sports/culture forum for Women in General. Her life bounces between the mountains and the ocean (and a large vegetable garden), depending on the season. Kathleen writes for snowboarding magazines and websites and various publications on alternative sports, music and youth culture. Her latest creation is a magazine-as-art project called Lifesiz~ magazine that's six feet tall by three-and-a-half feet wide. After a few years on the pro-surfing tour, Jamie Brisick turned his attention toward writing. After a few more years freelancing for various surf and nonsurf magazines, Jamie picked up a camera and his creative addiction grew. Embarking on a trip to Samoa with the ever-musical Perry Farrell and a crew of surfers, he stapled and India-inked the experience into a collage (Samoa, page 34). These days, Jamie sports a collage utility belt (camera, SWingline 900 sta- pler, sharpened stick and India ink) and masquerades as the Executive Editor of Surfing magazine while collaging his way around the world. Photojournalist Tim Holmstrom's career began a few years ago while hitchhik- ing through northern Japan in search of an elusive on sen. Since then he has traveled and lived around the world and makes a point of taking only photos and leaving only when the local authorities think he's been there too long. In cover- ing the most recent Eco-Challenge in Patagonia, he was struck by the enormous scale and ruggedness of the country, as well as the resilience of the athletes who raced through it (Eco-Challenge 1999, page 39). 24

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