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HIGH on ADVENTURE


NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021, OUR 25TH YEAR

A bi-monthly adventure travel magazine
by a Pacific Northwest consortium of journalists/photographers.


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FEATURED TRAVEL STORIES FOR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021
Lynn Rosen, Content Editor; Steve Giordano, Web Editor

     
 
  Milwaukee Brewery tower  

MILWAUKEE BEER EXPLORED
by Yvette Cardozo


Ok, I’m a sometime fan of suds. I like beers that are different. Or that pair with, well, different stuff. There were the batter-fried tarantula legs in Cambodia. A bowl of these (tastier than you’d ever imagine) and a pint ... perfection.

 
         
  Klamath Basin Clear Creek rafting, doing the limbo under a lot  

CLEAR CREEK, OREGON - CLEARLY DIFFERENT - Running Rapids Rubber Duckie Style, by Lee Juillerat

Clear Creek is no broad, glacial carved passage. In sections it’s only about 10-feet-wide. While not regarded as seriously challenging, Clear Creek flows quickly...

 
         
  Burger Berger with wines  

BURGERS AND BERGERS: ADVENTURES IN THE KITCHEN, by Lynn Rosen

Did you ever have an unusual great burger at a restaurant paired with the perfect wines that you just wanted put together in your own kitchen? Join this kitchen adventure as the burger meat pairs with the berger grape.

 
         
  Sled tips up at Hatcher  

NORTHERN (AND I MEAN WAY NORTH) SNOWMOBILING, by Vicki Andersen

Climbing steep ascents toward Chitna Pass and weaving our way between huge rock outcroppings, suddenly before us stretched The Super Bowl. In every direction, as far as we could see, massive bowls enticed us to play.

 
         
  Man with big fish  

MONTANA AND WASHINGTON: AN AUTUMN… AND A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
by Larry Turner

It was hard to leave Montana, but some things are more important. A friend’s remarkable gift of sharing a kidney to help a friend extend and make her life better (for three years she had been on dialysis 10 hours every day) is certainly a priority.

 
         
  Kivalina, Alaska map   BOOK REVIEW: JOURNEY THROUGH FIRE AND ICE: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle, by Deanne Burch
Reviewed by Steve Giordano

“I didn’t want to go, I thought he would change his mind, but he didn’t. Tiger was the foremost expert in Arctic life during his lifetime. Research was very important to him.” She went.
 
         
  Stox for soccer  

STOCKING STUFFERS AND OTHER TREATS
by Lynn Rosen

With the holidays approaching and wish lists appearing, it never hurts to have a few ideas on your own “to-do” list. Lynn Rosen shares reviews of a few possibilities that might just suit someone’s fancy - or maybe even your own.

 
         
  Poet Timothy Pilgrim  

WORKING WITH THE WIND AT CANYON DE CHELLY
By Timothy Pilgrim, High on Adventure's Adventure Poet Laureate

Flute to lips near precipice rim,
Navajo man bends a bit,
 
catches breeze, sends haunting song
down to ruins, stream, jimsonweed,...