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Outside Magazine October 2004

Outside’s Guilty Pleasures
El Diablo Made Me Do It
Grab a six-pack and rev your engines as Outside celebrates those wild and sinful guilty pleasures that we aren’t supposed to like—but do! Because sometimes you just gotta cut loose.


	"Nothing gets between me and my Hummer": Pro athlete, performer, and world-class stunt babe Gabby Reece strikes a pose with an H2. (Jeff Riedel)

Fitness and clean living feel good, but being bad feels really good. In a radical kiss-off to our better angels, we asked some of our favorite writers to gallop with the devil and confess their most sinful pleasures. Hoo boy, did they respond.

Leading You Into Temptation

Buff-bod goddess Gabrielle Reece poses as our guilty pleasures girl.

I Rothario
Ever wonder if a river rat gets all the women? They do.
By Mr. X

Class VI Sex
Admit it, ladies: There's nothing like a man with an oar
By Ms. X

Lumber Whack
The sweet science of chopping a huge tower of wood
By Bill Vaughn

Crunch Time
When critters are getting eaten, I'll be there.
By Ian Frazier

Breaking All the Rules
At Walden Pond, they forbid inflatable pool toys. Sounds ripe for disobedience, don't you think?
By Eric Hansen

Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer in the Tent
Why camping and alcohol are always a good mix
By Joel Achenbach

Sticky Fingers
Confessions of a teenage taxidermist
By Alex Heard

I Love My Hummer
Big wheels keep on rolling—over everything in sight
By Jack Hitt

Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great?
This lollapalooza says guns and explosives are a blast
By Lisa Anne Auerbach

Coca Fiend
There's nothing as invigorating as a good chew
By Kate Wheeler

Fine Liner
A rouging-it guy gets fancy aboard the Queen Mary 2
By Randy Wayne White

Excuse My Prop Wash
The Joys of jet-skiing like a slob
By Bruce Barcott

Hog Wild
I stuff my face with charred, greasy pork. Got a problem with that?
By John Heilemann

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