''National Geographic Adventure'' was a magazine started in 1999 by the

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in the United States. The first issue was published in Spring 1999. Regular publication of the magazine ended in December 2009, and the name was reused for a biannual newsstand publication. The last issue was December 2009/January 2010.

Features

The magazine covered

adventure travel Adventure travel is a type of niche tourism, involving exploration or travel with a certain degree of risk (real or perceived), and which may require special skills and physical exertion. In the United States, adventure tourism has grown in r ...

environmental issues Environmental issues are effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment on t ...

natural science Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

, and other topics related to the outdoors. It focused on adventure travel and included:

Regular features

*"First In", that featured recent adventure travel news *"Gear", that featured experts' recommendations of good gear that would improve ones' vacation experience *"Living It" that featured ''Adventure'' tips, ways to avoid danger, ways to help, etc. *"Next Weekend", that featured good weekend trips from all across the U.S. *"Where Next", that featured vacation destinations across the world

Adventurer of the Year

Annually, a slate of adventurers were named ''National Geographic Adventure'' Adventurer of the Year", in a variety of categories. For example, the December 2008/January 2009 issue named "Fourteen people who dreamed big, pushed their limits, and made our year". One, Pemba Gyalje Sherpa, was named for "extreme heroism under trying extreme circumstances" for repeatedly risking his life to successfully rescue several mountaineers stranded on the mountain, during the

2008 K2 disaster The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second- highest mountain on Earth. Three others were seriously injured. The series of deaths, over the course of the Friday asce ...

Masthead

John Rasmus served as the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the magazine from its inception to its closure. Sam Serebin and Tom Bentkowski were the design team responsible for the initial prototype and first six issues of the magazine.

References

External links

Official ''National Geographic Adventure'' website
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