Bill Gifford
<DIV><B>Bill Gifford</B> is a contributing editor for <I>Outside</I> magazine and has written on science, sports, and fitness for numerous publications, including <I>Wired, Businessweek, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Slate, </I>and <I>The New Republic</I>, among other publications. He has been features editor of <I>Men's Journal</I> and executive editor of <I>Philadelphia</I> magazine. He is also the author of <I>Ledyard: In Search of the First American Explorer</I>. He lives in New York City and central Pennsylvania.</DIV>