Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine

Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine

<span><span>Longtime readers have come to understand that </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Outside’s</span><span> true gift is in chronicling </span><span style="font-style:italic;">mis</span><span>adventure. That’s the common thread among the stories found in </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Out There</span><span>—those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no one’s life is necessarily hanging in the balance, something may go horribly awry at any moment, and that documenting this misfortune will inevitably yield rich comedic material or a surprisingly poignant moment. Or sometimes both. </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Out There</span><span> chronicles fringe athletes, fitness freaks, and others obsessed by ill-advised dreams. It takes us to far-flung places no sane person would want to go. What ties this collection together are the incredible voices of legendary </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Outside</span><span> contributors such as David Quammen, Tim Cahill, Susan Orlean, Wells Tower, Christopher Solomon, Patrick Symmes, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Nick Paumgarten, and many others, who turn their subjects into literary gold and have helped to keep </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Outside</span><span> in business for more than forty years. </span></span>