- Chill Dudes
- Global Volunteer Guide 2008
- Traveller’s Gear Guide 2008
- Global Travel Guide 2008

This issue features 60 of the world’s greatest adventures, trail tested gear, 15 Canadian heroes, Algonquin winter camping and of course, nude mountaineering, plus much more.

FEATURES

19_CHILL DUDES
Sandy beaches, salty surf, snow birds? That’s so yesterday. Three compadres turf the tropics and put their vacation on ice in a winter campout in Ontario.
STORY: RUSS COOPER
PHOTOGRAPHY: COLIN O’CONNOR

31_GLOBAL TRAVEL GUIDE 2008
From sipping in Sicily and supping in Szechuan, to riding the rapids and hiking the hinterland, here are 60 adventuresome trips for travellers of all strips.
EDITOR: RYAN MURDOCK

49_GLOBAL VOLUNTEER GUIDE 2008
We profile 15 inspirational men and women who have made an art of giving back. Plus, 10 trips that allow you to do the same.
EDITOR: DEBORAH SANBORN

71_TRAVELLER’S GEAR GUIDE 2008
From Arctic to desert, from 40 below to plus 40, from town to trail (or no trail), our contributors tested this year’s adventure travel gear and garb, and the results are in.

IN EVERY ISSUE

11_TRIPPING
It’s “plane” to see the jet’s revolutionized travel

12_ON THE FRINGE
Nude mountaineering (you read it here first), mega-migration and language lost

15_LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
Hangin’ at the mall in Saudi Arabia opens a window into the culture of a closed world

24_HEALTHPOST
Test your medical IQ with our Travel Quiz

26_GOURMET DU MONDE
Much ado about garlic: or why we lose our head over this humble, smelly bulb

18_MEC’s THE TRAVELLER’S EDGE
Tips from and for world trekkers

84_WORLD WRITES
Books to take you there even if you’re stuck here

86_BACKPACKERZ BUZZ
News from hostelling international

94_WRIGHT OF WAY
Ian Wright plays soccer in a DMZ, falls in love with the North and , as usual, tells it like it is