We hear Mark Burnett, creator of “Survivor,” founder of the Eco-Challenge Expedition Race and a featured speaker at next weekend’s International Adventure Travel and Outdoor Sports Show, really likes it when you shout, “Did Kel really hide beef jerky?” and “Who’s the next Colleen?” (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text). Actually, the “Survivor” spawner probably favors inquiries about his other specialties — skydiving and wilderness first aid. Along with speakers Norman Vaughan (the last survivor of Admiral Byrd’s first Antarctic Expedition in 1928) and Christine Boskoff (the only living woman to have climbed the world’s highest mountain peaks), Burnett anchors this Outside magazine convention. Events, including skiing and whitewater-rafting simulators, begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and 18 at the Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text). Admission: $7 (discounts for children). 877-604-2867.
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