Articles & Essays
Fear and Loathing in the Mint 400
Fifty years after it inspired Hunter S. Thompson’s classic novel, the Mint 400 remains the great American desert race. GQ’s intrepid correspondent set out to conquer the course in a vintage Volkswagen Beetle—and search for nirvana on the far side of bone-crushing misery.
Going Deep Into America’s Climate Forest
For a moment the sun emerges, and the twin shadows of Kevin Mulligan’s aircraft floats take shape on the glacier below. “Oh man,” he groans into the headphones of his Cessna 206, looking down at Baranof Island. “I gotta cross over before I die.”
On the Mongolian Steppe: No Phone, No Pool, No Pets
An American family living in Siberia for a year goes on an adventure, dismissing concerns about bubonic plague and missing “Game of Thrones”.