The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » United States http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:27:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Empire State Building Goes Vegas With New Light Show http://www.theexpeditioner.com/The-Empire-State-Building-Goes-Vegas-With-New-Light-Show/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/The-Empire-State-Building-Goes-Vegas-With-New-Light-Show/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:47:15 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18403 Visitors to New York City this holiday season will get the first chance to see the new light show that is The Empire State Building. Once home to stodgy monochrome lights that changed every week or so to reflect the time of the year (or a Giants Super Bowl win), [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/The-Empire-State-Building-Goes-Vegas-With-New-Light-Show/feed/ 0 The Big Chill In Big Sky Country http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/11/05/the-big-chill-in-big-sky-country/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/11/05/the-big-chill-in-big-sky-country/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:47:26 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18246 We made our way to Whitefish, Montana, by flying into Calgary, Alberta. Sean and I met early on the El tracks in Chicago. It was 6 a.m. and 95 degrees out, and the drops of sweat were starting to make a lovely little scene beneath the armpits of my gray, [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/11/05/the-big-chill-in-big-sky-country/feed/ 2 What It Looks Like To Paddle Down The Mississippi [Time Lapse Video] http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/30/what-it-looks-like-to-paddle-down-the-mississippi-time-lapse-video/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/30/what-it-looks-like-to-paddle-down-the-mississippi-time-lapse-video/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:25:44 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18211 The guys over at InTransit.tvtook to the waters of the Mississippi with a canoe to take this time lapse video of their trip down the entire 2,300 miles of the river. As a point of reference, a raindrop falling into Lake Itasca in north central Minnesota would arrive at the [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/30/what-it-looks-like-to-paddle-down-the-mississippi-time-lapse-video/feed/ 0 Time To Rejoice, Arapahoe Basin Is Open http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/18/omg-arapahoe-basin-is-open/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/18/omg-arapahoe-basin-is-open/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:17:24 +0000 Jenna Blumenfeld http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18103 It’s what every ski nut waits for. After the biking. After the hiking. After the fourteeners. After the sailing. These summer activities, while fun, have really only been holding place for the addictive sport of the winter season: skiing. Wax your skis and polish your goggles, because the Colorado ski [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/18/omg-arapahoe-basin-is-open/feed/ 0 How I Found Colorado Atop Crestone Needle http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/09/18/climbing-colorados-crestone-needle/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/09/18/climbing-colorados-crestone-needle/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:36:53 +0000 Jenna Blumenfeld http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=17666 It was Thursday morning and my cell phone lit up. I had a text. “Look up Crestone Needle and let me know if you have the balls for that one.” It was from my climbing friend Nick. I typed “14ers.com” into my browser — the go-to website for all things [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/07/17/thinking-of-not-washing-your-hands-after-taking-a-taxi-in-new-york-city-think-again/feed/ 1 My Trek Into The Utah Desert For Two Weeks With Only The Clothes On My Back http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/07/15/into-the-utah-desert-14-days-with-only-the-clothes-on-my-back/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/07/15/into-the-utah-desert-14-days-with-only-the-clothes-on-my-back/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:21:50 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=17014 “I haven’t felt like this since I had malaria,” Doug mutters. Doug extends a hand toward an archaic sight: A figure wearing a buckskin skirt perches motionless on a rock. The figure takes a stick from the weary grasp of Doug’s hand and suggests a diagnosis. “Your energy drop is [...]

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