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Frommer's 500 Adrenaline Adventures

By Lois Friedland, Marc Lallanilla, Charlie O’Malley, and Jennifer Swetzoff

Frommer's 500 Adrenaline Adventures

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Back cover photos: Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York: Cyclone Roller Coaster © Michel Friang / Alamy Images; Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica: Young woman on a zip line © Alan Bailey / Rubberball / PhotoLibrary; White Water Rafting on New River in West Virginia © Marek Kasula / Alamy Images; Bungee jumping off Victoria Falls Bridge above Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia © Chad Ehlers / Alamy Images

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About the Authors

Lois Friedland is a freelance journalist and About.com’s Adventure Travel guide. She specializes in skiing, travel, and golf. Her work has appeared in regional and national magazines and newspapers. She has written special sections for The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, and Texas Monthly.

Marc Lallanilla is a New York–based freelance writer and editor. He has written extensively on health, science, the environment, design, architecture, business, lifestyle, and travel. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, ABCNews.com, Weather.com, About.com, and other print and online publications.

Charlie O’Malley lives in Mendoza, Argentina, in the foothills of the Andes. Though he’s surrounded by some of the highest mountains in the world and some of the best rafting, he is mellowing with age and now gets his kicks from visiting wineries. Originally from Ireland, Charlie has contributed to Frommer’s guidebooks about Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua,