A finely, colourfully written compilation of the wildest adventures and tales earth has to offer. Chocolate hunters, adventurers, etc - the book has it all.

Good stories for the most part. Some were funny and interesting. Eventually though it started to be a bit of a chore to continue reading. I should have stuck to a story every week. My thanks to Outside Magazine and Netgalley.

I’ve never been a reader of Outside Magazine. I’ve read some of their pieces when someone shared them. And I knew it's where authors like Jon Krakauer got their start. But when I see the magazine on the shelf it seems so focused on gear, which isn’t really an interest of mine. When I saw Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine available for review on Net Galley I expected it’d be a way for me to get the stories, without all the other stuff.

What I didn’t expect, was the breadth of stories that would be covered. I figured it’d be all sportsy and outdoorsy stories. And while that certainly is there, it’s also full of more offbeat topics. There’s a story about nuclear bomb testing at Bikini Atoll, and the effects of that testing on the native people forced to leave. There are stories on the way climate change is affecting our natural, and manmade, world. There’s a story about a woman who rescues dogs and has a BERNESE MOUNTAIN CORGI. I had to find a picture of a Bernese Mountain Corgi. When I was searching for a picture, I found the original Outside article. And realized how much I was missing out by not having the accompanying pictures.

Out There is a great collection of stories, but the stories are not complete without the images that go along with them. Even just putting the pictures in the middle, with references to flip back to them would be acceptable. All the stories contained in the book are available online, and online they’re enhanced with the accompanying images.

The content contained within the pages of Out There is great, and it’s totally worth the read. It’s hard for me to recommend the book though, when you get more complete content for free.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of Out There for review. Amazon links are affiliate links.

I thoroughly enjoyed this compilation of essays from various writers outlining their various (mis)adventures . Sometimes humorous and always inspiring and interesting. Recommended for sure. I 'd enjoy reading another volume like this.
My thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. I was a longtime Outside subscriber until the last few years, and I felt like this book pulled together all of my favorite parts of the magazine. There's nothing quite like reading about adventure while I'm comfortable and safe at home! I had read some of these articles before, but enjoyed revisiting them in a new context. I read the book straight through, but it would also be enjoyable to dip in and out of whenever you had time. Well done, Outside!

Outside Magazine constantly gives me the opportunity to live vicariously through the adventures of some of its writers. While I do go hiking and camping in my island of Puerto Rico my only major trek has climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. However I have hiked, camped, and sometimes biked and paddled in some pretty cool places as I read and look at the pictures in Outside Magazine. This book is perfect for the armchair traveller like myself and for people who actively seek out adventures.

If there was ever a book I was grateful for being an ebook, this is it. What a wonderfully oversized compilation of stories selected by Outsider Magazine. While I'm familiar with some of these authors, all of the stories were new to me, which was great.It was also a nice intro to new to me authors without needing to commit to a full book of their work. It was good to see some old favorites in here, especially Susan Orlean. Although I'm not an adventure traveler or particularly outdoorsy, there's truly something in here for everyone.

Among my favorites: Tim Cahill's "No Cannibal Jokes Please", Will Grant's "All the Jittery Horses", Stephanie Pearson's "The Undisputed King of Dogsled Tourism", Susan Orlean's "The Bullfighter Checks her Makeup" and Steven Rinella's "Brotherhood of the Very Expensive Pants".

I've never seen Outside Magazine in my life, not qualifying as an extreme- or even active-lifestyle participant myself; but I loved reading this collection with its "effervescent mix of serious adventures and irreverent tone". I wasn't quite prepared for the sheer volume of poop mentions: grizzly scat, moose turds, human waste on rafts, luxury spa colonics, fecal samples, dog poo in the arctic, and at a refuge for strays, etc. and I think the editors could have done without one of the two Jane Eyre-esque asides to Reader. But I came away with more than just an appreciation of nature and the great outdoors, but also for humanity, and great writing like this.

This is a great read for travelers and adventurers. Outside Magazine always publishes quality content- this time centered around essays that detail the mishaps that can happen during even the most thought-out travel plans. Certainly an entertaining read while in the comfort of your own home.

Lots of interesting true memoirs of travelers and explorers all over the world and the experiences they encountered.