One of the few dead tree publications worth reading is Outside magazine, which is sort of like Sports Illustrated for people who think.
The most recent issue featured an interview with Robert Young Pelton who is best known as the author of The World’s Most Dangerous Places, a travel book first published in 1996.
The world is becoming a safer place, he notes.
“The first edition had 26 countries and now I’m going to have a hard time covering 12 in the next edition,” he says.
He notes that Eastern Europe, a lot of Africa and Colombia are no longer eligible.
I think we can safely say that this one is Bush’s fault.
He also said that the kids today are just not that adventurous.
“Millennials would rather buy a new iPhone and try the latest cocktail,” he said. “The most exotic thing they do is change their coffee at Starbucks.”
Good for the Millennials. Maybe the future will be OK.