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by Terah Shelton on March 31, 2008
This is the second part of the interview with Jacob van der Merwe. See part one below.
The Mississippi River is 2,000 miles long. How did you plan, research, and prepare logistics, food, and lodging ...
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by Terah Shelton on March 31, 2008
As I find people for the Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door section. I wanted to remind everyone of a few past interviews. If you're interested on being interviewed for the section or know someone who w...
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by Terah Shelton on August 29, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Michelle Finch. Read the first part below.
How did this trip change you as a person?
This trip opened my eyes the rest of the way. It was like the secon...
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by Terah Shelton on August 29, 2007
This week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is Michelle Finch. Michelle is an avid hiker and keeps an excellent blog about her hiking adventures at Hip Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Check it out f...
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by Terah Shelton on July 17, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Dave Lee. Read part one below.
How did you prepare for this trip/adventure?
Besides reading a guide book on belize, I bought some insect repellent and s...
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by Terah Shelton on July 17, 2007
This week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is Dave Lee. Currently, Dave works as a customer service manager. But, not for long. In December 2007, he is leaving for a long trip around the world. You ...
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by Terah Shelton on June 26, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Robert Nebel. Read the first part below.
How did you prepare for this trip/adventure?
I called the outdoor center a number of times with questions and I...
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by Terah Shelton on June 25, 2007
This week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is Robert Nebel. Robert is freelance writer based in Atlanta. In his 18 years as a video producer/editor and 14 years as a freelance writer, his work has a...
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by Terah Shelton on June 19, 2007
After a three-week absence, I'm proud to introduce this week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door, Timen Swijtink. Swijtink is an undergraduate student at the University of Utrecht in Amsterdam and ...
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by Terah Shelton on May 30, 2007
Do you have a passion for the outdoors? Are you looking to introduce or share a particular outdoor activity, trip, or destination to Outdoor Weblog's readers? I'm looking for interview subject...
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by Terah Shelton on May 29, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Lou Yuhasz. Read the first part below.
What/when was your last outdoor trip/activity?
I have a two year old daughter, so right now I take a lot of day ...
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by Terah Shelton on May 29, 2007
This week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is Lou Yuhasz, of Steel Valley Outdoors, "a blog dedicated to improving the quality of life for residents of the Mahoning Valley". When he's ...
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by Terah Shelton on May 22, 2007
There are many reasons to envy this week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door David Howard. He is the senior editor of Backpacker, one of the best outdoor magazines dedicated to hiking, camping, and bac...
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by Terah Shelton on May 15, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Gil Zeimer. Read the first part below.
What influenced you to take this trip?
We wanted to combine a family vacation with the ability for me to take a f...
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by Terah Shelton on May 15, 2007
Don't let this week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door, Gil Zeimer's job as editor of Vagablond, an stylish blog dedicated to luxury travel, fool you. He can and will get down and dirty with t...
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by Terah Shelton on May 8, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Wade Heflin of Outdoorzy. Read the first part below.
Tell me about your last outdoor/adventure trip. Today I paddled the Green River in Mammoth Cave Nati...
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by Terah Shelton on May 8, 2007
Ironically, this week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is Wade Heflin. He is the co-founder of one of my favorite outdoor blogs, Outdoorzy, who's goal is "connect outdoor enthusiasts online...
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by Terah Shelton on May 1, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Kraig Becker. Read the first part below.
How did you prepare for this trip/adventure?
The safari didn't require any special type of preparation or t...
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by Terah Shelton on May 1, 2007
This week's Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is Kraig Becker. When he's not climbing Kilimanjaro or camping in the Serengeti, he works as an IT Manager for the Texas Society of Architects. He also...
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by Terah Shelton on April 24, 2007
This is the second part of the interview with Jacob van der Merwe. See part one below.
The Mississippi River is 2,000 miles long. How did you plan, research, and prepare logistics, food, and lodging ...
Read more of The Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door: Jacob van der Merwe (Part 2)
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by Terah Shelton on April 24, 2007
I'm proud to announce a new section to the Outdoor Weblog called the Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door. The Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door is a weekly interview with an outdoor lover or adventure travele...
Read more of The Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door: Jacob van der Merwe (Part 1)
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by raphael on April 19, 2006
So far I have talked about the wondrous life that is created by black smokers, or hydrothermal venting if you prefer. What I have not mentioned is what Miss Del Sontro informed me about the techniques...
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by raphael on April 11, 2006
Part Two
Unfortunately I am unable to show you a black smoker in today's blog. If I were one of those crummy, backhanded journalists who gain the faith of the person that they interview and then ...
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by raphael on March 29, 2006
One of the truly wonderful things about being a free lance writer is implied within the job title: freedom. I can pick and choose the stories and adventures that I bring to you. When friends and acqua...
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by raphael on September 1, 2005
Part 4/4
"CONNECTING PEOPLE TO CULTURE". THAT IS THE MOTTO THAT HEADLINES YOUR WEBSITE, TIPTOTIPTRIP.COM. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SUCCEEDED IN THIS MISSION? IF SO, GIVE AN EXAMPLE FROM YOUR JO...
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by raphael on September 1, 2005
Part 3/4
WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST PHYSICAL CHALLENGE THAT YOU FACED DURING TIP-TO-TIP TRIP?
I can't answer for Scott, but for me my biggest physical challenge was my knee. We did a lot of hiking i...
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by raphael on August 31, 2005
Part 2/4
WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SETBACK OR DELAY AND HOW LONG WERE YOU DERAILED FOR?
Our biggest delay started in Panama and ended about three weeks later in Ecuador. Shipping the car was a ...
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by raphael on August 30, 2005
Time to take a detour from my search for waves and mysticism in Costa Rica. My next several entries will be parts of an interview with an incredible man, Zack Hill. A good friend from a past life, Zac...
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by raphael on June 27, 2005
PART THREE
Is there politics involved in the sense that maybe
speed climbing does not necessarily have the
"cool" label as far as kids are concerned
compared to, say, skateboarding or snowb...
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by raphael on June 27, 2005
PART TWO
My best memory of watching your travails was seeing
you hit the big red button on top and floating down
with your arms above your head and your fists pumping
after another victory . . . Give...
