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Save Your Summer! Backpacking
Last week when we said, “Yikes, look at the calendar! It’s August 6 a’ready!” it was only August 6. Today, it’s August 12! Yikes! we say again, but with more...
This week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes...
Thru-hiking the AT: 730 miles down, 1,450 to go
Susan Levy, a charter member of GetHiking! Triangle and a graduate of last fall’s GetBackpacking! program, is thru-hiking the Applalachian Trail. She set off on March 30 from Springer Mountain,...
Prepping for the PCT: Dental floss and potato chip trail mix
When Jaala and Tommy Freeman leave on their honeymoon early tomorrow, they’ll be equipped like few other newlyweds. Bear canister? Check. Ice axe? Check. Instant hashbrowns? You bet! Gotta keep...
GetHiking! GetExploring! ... NC's Classic Hikes series ...Newbie Night Hike ... Frozen Tundra ... Escapist Reads ... The Multitool
The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...
Explore More in 2015: Hike North Carolina’s classic trails
You picture yourself as the adventurous type. What you don’t picture is paddling over waterfalls, mountain biking off 15-foot drops, or running for 24 hours straight. Or buying a wingsuit....