Outside

A bit too oriented towards certain viewpoints, but worth a try at the cut rate offered in GoldBox. May not renew unless rate is superb.

... or any other corporatized magazine. I've read Outside for several years now, and it's become just another glorified catalog to sell stuff with shallow writing: e.g. best Tequilas in Mexico, etc, etc. I used to enjoy this magazine when it contained incisive writing from John Krakauer and others, and it was about the outdoors. Now it's basically corporate drivel. If I covered the title it could be Men's Journal or any such mag. I imagine that these editors must go from place to place taking their homogeneity and dull corporate editorial skills with them. This will be the last year that I read it.

As a family, we swim,surf, and mountain bike. We are interested in health, fitness and technology. This magazine has all of this and more. We just love it!

This magazine is one of the most selected to be read in my dental office, both by men and women

So I ordered in March and they tell me I won't receive the magazine until June! I thought in the age of information and technology, my order would pass on through. Instead its some sort of mule carrying my request to the subscription center. Then they have to hand-write my address on each magazine cover... note sarcasm.

I can download mp3s and buy an album on the spot, but I can't get a magazine at my door for 3 months?

Get it together!! Don't buy it from Amazon!