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Here's what people are saying about the premiere issue of Young Pioneers...
"A zine for those into wildcat adventure travel and the like. I'm sort of a posh hotel type myself, but this is a nicely done item of the sort that I admire. Interesting cover story on the Mad Monk guys, among other things."
- Rob Walker, New York Times columnist, writing in The Journal of Murketing
"I've been curious about the independent travel 'zine Young Pioneers ever since the editor, Dan Eldridge, interviewed me over a year ago in Seattle. Now, finally, the first issue of the ëzine is out, and it's an impressive debut."
- Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
"Dan, Young Pioneers looks great! Wanted to let you know that the journal looks much better than I expected. I was thinking a lot more home grown with copy machine streaks than the nicely produced zine that you sent."
- Jen Leo, Editor, Sand In My Bra
"Dan Eldridge's first overseas experience was suburban-kid-regular: a 1997 dock-waddle in Bermuda with Pitt's Semester at Sea program. Nurturing a dream to work his way around the world while writing about it, Eldridge has kicked around some since - Istanbul, Dublin, Southeast Asia - but his latest venture is Young Pioneers, a self-published journal of independent travel culture."
- Pittsburgh City Paper
"There are people out there who rack up frequent flyer miles on yearly conference trips to Reno and back, and... then there are those who backpack through Europe and pick up odd jobs along the way to supoprt themselves. For some, it's not transportation, it's a culture, a life just like the standard nine-to-five career. Young Pioneers, a new local quarterly magazine, celebrates the independent travel culture and explores the subject as seen by writers, artists, filmmakers and thinkers who have been pivotal to indie travel as we know it."
- Pulp
"Editor Dan Eldridge plans to base each issue on a theme, and the first focuses on independent travel icons. It's a promising start."
- World Hum
"You have done an excellent job collecting interviews with an interesting variety of travel commentators (in whose company I am flattered to appear.) The standard of writing seems high... and the magazine is full of travellers' esoterica. Well done."
- Susan Griffith, author of Work Your Way Around the World
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ISSUE 01 / SPRING 04
News
Read the latest news of Young Pioneers...
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Recent Articles
Jeff Greenwald
A travel-writing legend embraces the DIY aesthetic
Susan Griffith
Leading the backpackers to the bank for 20 years.
Robert Young Pelton
A conversation with the adventurist.
Rolf Potts
Travel writer and self-proclaimed "vagabond".
Lonely No More
Our global communication with Lonely Planet Founder Tony Wheeler.
Here Come The Adventure Divas
Emmy-Winning PBS Documentarian Holly Morris talks about fear, failure and finding the courage to make her dreams come true.
On The Road Again?
Monk Magazine changed the face of travel publishing forever. According to its co-creators, the trip is far from over.
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