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EDITOR'S LETTER:: 12 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:: 18 IN FRONT:: MOUNTAIN UNICYCLING IN THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON :: 20 Most people cross Bhutan's Rodang La Pass by yak or horse. Kris Holm does it by mountain unicycle. Text: Darren D. Stewart MARATHON MONKS:: 22 For some Japanese monks, the ascetic life means running more than 50 miles a day for 100 consecu- tive days-year after year. Text: Joshua Walker RACING AT THE CITY'S PACE:: 24 Las Vegas enters the urban adventure racing circuit. Text: Tasha Eichenseher COLUMNS TRIPS:: EUROPEAN SNOW ADVENTURES:: 26 Dogsled in Sweden, snowshoe in the Pyrenees or conduct glacier research in Iceland. You ' ll never get the winter blahs in Europe with this list. Text: Ken Derry GEAR:: HOLIDAY ADVENTURE GIFT GUIDE:: 63 The best adventure gifts to fit any budget. PLUS: Loot-free ideas for the truly cash-strapped and giving the gift of experience. Text: Lou Mazzante MUSIC:: SOUTH ASIAN FUSION: : 72 Dance floors and yoga studios have never had so much in common. Take a trip through the South Asian sounds of Karsh Kale, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Krishna Das and others. Text: Derek Beres URBAN ACCESS:: PRAGUE: ADVENTURES IN BOHEMIA:: 74 The unbearable lightness of being-and biking and climbing and tramping ... It's not just about Kafka anymore. Text: Matthew Bernsohn JOURNEY'S END:: 80 cover design: christa skinner cover photo: dave heath correction: In VSN4, Best of Blue Anniversary Issue, "Table of Contents," the cropping of bLue's premiere issue cover photograph and front-of-the -book graphic sequence was incorrectly credited to art director David Carson. The innovative cropping was entirely the photographic vision of the photographer, Laura Levine.