James Bernard Frost’s divorce sent him spinning. But not necessarily in a bad way.

When a houseguest went wonky by taking too much Delsym cough syrup, Anne Walls was forced to not only confront her lack of patience, but her ghosts as well.

Years before Timothy Treadwell got himself eaten, Matthew Baldwin and two friends headed into the wilds of the John Muir Wilderness, in search of one last adventure before the end of summer. Turns out adventure has very large claws and teeth, and no respect for personal space.

Joi Brozek goes to Costa Rica, intending to try on a little rain forest adventure for size. She gets more than she bargains for on a canyoning expedition when after hiking (and falling) through miles of stream with slippery rocks, and jumping off small cliffs, she is faced with a 120-foot waterfall. There is nowhere to go but down.

I think I’m dying. Okay, maybe not dying exactly, but definitely in need of an oxygen tank. Meanwhile, these guys are standing around in their short shorts and florescent mesh tank tops looking like they could go another three miles. In what could only be described as a historic effort, I just completed a 5K. [...]

Wherein the author tries to mentally prepare for her upcoming trip into the Nevada desert by donning a ridiculous outfit and climbing a mountain.