Jason Paur

Outside profile

Aftershock: a copter surveys an avalanche in Rainier's Disappointment Cleaver.

Adventure

Worry Birds

Last year was a low point for Search-and-Rescue helicopters. Could this year be even more dangerous?

Published: Jan 4, 2003

Might as well jump: Californian BASE jumpers Brian Chopin and Henry Boger step off the Menara Kuala Lumpur tower, February 2001.

Exploration & Survival

Cleared for Takeoff

Struck by an urge to leap off a tall building? Pack your chute and head for Malaysia.

Carol Greenhouse

Cristina Opdahl

Joe Ashbrook Nickell

Rob Buchanan

Published: Jan 8, 2001