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Archives for January 2002

Unnatural Disaster

By Patrick SymmesJanuary 12, 2002

Left to right: physican Bill Trolan, caver Carl Levon Kustin, and wildland firefighter Bob Tooker after an exhausting shift Photo: James Rexroad

Hundreds of wilderness experts rushed to Ground Zero—and found a maddening, hellish new frontier. At the corner of Nassau and John Streets, five blocks from the New York Stock Exchange, the usual look is pinstripes or pearls, not tan canvas shirts, evergreen pants, and lug soles with aggressive treads. But there was Phil Musgrove, a [Continue Reading]

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Publications

  • AFAR Magazine (1)
  • Bloomberg Business (1)
  • Condé Nast Traveler (8)
  • GQ (1)
  • Harper's (1)
  • New York Times Opinion (1)
  • New York Times T Magazine (1)
  • Newsweek (3)
  • Outside Magazine (17)
  • Yahoo News (1)
  • Articles

    • How to Make Friends with Strangers
    • The Day Fidel Died
    • The Ancient Ruins Terror Can’t Destroy
    • NO DEAL, a look at Obama’s reluctant partners inside Cuba
    • The Cuban Money Crisis
    • Harper’s Video: The Cuban State Diet
    • The Real Rebels of Timbuktu
    • Slow Food and Agritourism in the Pacific Northwest
    • Cuba’s Rising Art Scene
    • YouTube Videos
    • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    • Off the Deep End
    • The Sweetest Villains
    • The Beautiful Game: Soccer Violence
    • Blue Beauty
    • Life Under Alabama’s Harsh Immigration Law
    • Sand Storm: Yemen on the Brink
    • Path of Dreams: The Trip of a Lifetime in Uganda
    • Anwar al-Awlaki: The Next Bin Laden
    • Earth Beat – Footprints: Who pinched my ride?
    • Chasing Che
    • The Boys From Dolores
    • Immersion Therapy—Interview with Anderson Cooper
    • Agritourism in the Pacific Northwest (PDF)
    • Fresh Air: South Sudan
    • The Filthy, Fecund Secret of Emilia-Romagna
    • Turkey: Archeological Dig Reshaping Human History
    • Rafting the Yangtze River, China
    • China Lost & Found
    • Unnatural Disaster
    • The Cabin of My Dreams
    • Playground of the Gods
    • Thirty Days as a Cuban
    • A Wild Country Grows in South Sudan
    • City on the Edge
    • Sleepless in Stockholm
    • Writers Voice: Cuba Present And Past
    • Dispatches – cbc radio: The Cuban State Diet
    • New Tactics for an Old Regime in Cuba
    • Dams in Chilean Patagonia
    • Meet The Neighbors
    • Day of Ascension
    • Hugo’s World
    • The Ghost of Shipwrecks Future

    My Books

    CHASING CHE:A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375702652/?tag=psymmes-20 Available on Amazon

    CHASING CHE
    A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend

    Available on Amazon

    THE BOYS FROM DOLORES: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates From Revolution to Exile https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400076447/?tag=psymmes-20 Available on Amazon

    THE BOYS FROM DOLORES
    Fidel Castro's Schoolmates From Revolution to Exile

    Available on Amazon

    e-books

    THE DAY FIDEL DIED: Cuba in the Age of Raúl, Obama, and the Rolling Stones Available on Amazon for $0.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075HY1N94/?tag=psymmes-20

    THE DAY FIDEL DIED:
    Cuba in the Age of Raúl, Obama, and the Rolling Stones

    Available on Amazon for $0.99

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    • Read all my articles on Byliner.com Read all my articles on Byliner.com
    • Here you can read an article where Rolf Potts interviewed me. Here you can read an article where Rolf Potts interviewed me.
    • My bio page includes my most recent articles for Outside Magazine. My bio page includes my most recent articles for Outside Magazine.
    • I recently completed a teaching semester at NYU in the Global and Joint Program Studies department of Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. I recently completed a teaching semester at NYU in the Global and Joint Program Studies department of Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.
    • You can find my books at Barnes & Noble as well.. You can find my books at Barnes & Noble as well..
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    Slow Food and Agritourism in the Pacific Northwest

    Written by: Patrick Symmes and Peter Frank Edwards Harvest Swoon It's called agriturismo in Italy—travel to the things that feed us—but these days it's blooming right here at home, especially in the … [Continue reading]

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    Belize, Bonaire, and the Bahamas share more than a first letter—they are among the best places in the greater Caribbean to experience that increasingly imperiled wonder of the world, the tropical … [Continue reading]

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    Path of Dreams: The Trip of a Lifetime in Uganda

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    • Blue Beauty
    • Life Under Alabama’s Harsh Immigration Law
    • Sand Storm: Yemen on the Brink
    • Path of Dreams: The Trip of a Lifetime in Uganda
    • Anwar al-Awlaki: The Next Bin Laden
    • Earth Beat – Footprints: Who pinched my ride?

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