NATURAL RESOURCES BOOK REVIEW.Men's Journal Men's Journal is an American men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation. Comprised of editorials on the outdoors, health and fitness, style and fashion, and "gear". The magazine has a circulation of 700,000. , January 2005 The January issue of Men's Journal features an outdoor adventure guide to Hawaii with an introduction by novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, through South and suggestions on where to surf, kayak, fish, scuba dive and hike. There's a story about ``sledging'' Class V rapids in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Sledging Sledging can mean:
For those seeking a better stroke, there's an article on improving swimming technique. Speaking of strokes, the article lists some reasons why swimming is better than golf, including, ``Swimming relieves stress, golf may have originated it.'' ``Mountain Madness'' tells the story of famed mountaineer Reinhold Messner's tragic 1970 climb of 26,660-foot Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat (nŭng`gə pŭr`bət), peak, 26,660 ft (8,126 m) high, in the W Himalayas, located in Pakistan-held Azad Kashmir; 7th highest peak in the world. , when his brother died. ``Surf and Protect'' profiles some of the lifeguards of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. who perform over 6,000 rescues a year. Great photos of some very buff guys. There is also a review of dive watches, although they are more bling than function. No watches with built-in dive timers or depth gauges are included. For those looking to do some last-minute Christmas shopping (or who don't get what they asked for from Santa), there is a list of the ``25 Best Outdoor Stores'' in the U.S., including REI, which is listed No. 1 for big chain stores. - Bill Becher ON THE INTERNET With the season almost in full swing, you might want to check out www.skicentral.com. This Web site has a ton of information with homepage categories such as resorts, travel, lodging, real estate, gear, clothing and accessories, skiing, snowboarding and other resources. Typical for skiing and snowboarding sites, skicentral.com has up-to-date ski reports and snowcams but also has a ski package section which is hard to find on other sites. Skicentral.com has 8,988 snowsport sites available to viewers including 81 for snowboarding alone. Well-maintained and artfully done, skicentral.com is user-friendly and a good place to start your snowboarding or skiing vacation planning. - Nathan Brown Nathan Brown may refer to:
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