Even though you are totally joking about that I will respond, because some people will take this article seriously.
Outside magazine? Which is made to appeal to outdoorsy people. Not everyone is outdoorsy in matter of fact the majority of inner city kids don't care. I know more people who live in Utah that don't do anything outdoorsy than people who do.
The next thing is I work in the online marketing industry for 7 years. For 10k you can get writers to write anything. For enough money I could get an article written about how West Valley City will be the next Hollywood.
The next thing is when it comes to Google new and creative articles count for more than valid ones. The biggest no-no is to make a list just like another one. Their goal is to make it new and different not accurate.
I put about as much stock in those top ten articles as I do in, Obama being the greatest president ever.