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GetHiking! and GetExploring! Fall Color, from Graybeard to the Great Dismal

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

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Standup pedalboard!? Hobie Improves a 3,000-year-old concept

Find the Hobie Mirage Eclipse product page HERE: In the the beginning, some 3,000 years ago, Peruvian fishermen stood atop their caballitos de totoras, using split-end bamboo poles to propel...

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Perception’s Rambler 9.5: Go short, paddle more

Probing Walnut Creek as it feeds into Lake Raleigh. Why don’t we paddle more often? Here’s why: You get the notion to go for a paddle. You think of where...

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GetHiking! this weekend at Pilot Mountain, GetBackpacking! for fall, GetExploring! on a moon-lit paddle

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

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Perception's Tribe offers a family vibe

When my daughter was 5 weeks old, she met her first hiking trail from the comfort of a snuggly. At 5 months, we were regulars at the neighborhood pool. By...

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GetHiking! the Southern Appalachians' Classic Hikes: Smokies, AT, Mount Rogers

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GetExploring! on an evening bike ride in Greenville, GetHiking! at Crowders Mountain

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GetHiking! at Morrow Mountain, Standing Indian, GetBackpacking! at South Mountains

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Take a hike, fix a trail: Saturday is National Trails Day

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Hike the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, learn to backpack, I love Luci

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

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Spring 2016 Funalog is in!

Great gear recommendations and tips for the perfect Spring.Osprey, Patagonia, Chaco and a whole lot more. Check it here

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GetHiking! | Grandfather Mountain & More

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

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Thru-Hiking Gear for the Appalachian Trail

By Josh Rewis, (Virginia Beach Staff) Hello there, aspiring thru-hiker! Congratulations on making it this far in your journey. If you’re at the point of compiling a gear list, you...

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Hike after work, hike around Lake Crabtree, hike Stone Mountain

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

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How to Choose a Boat

We can help you find the perfect kayak or canoe for your needs. Use us as a resource to plan and outfit your next trip! See the whole info graphic...

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The Gift of Gear: Paddling

Paddling gear that should be in every boat (especially this time of year). Yikes! It’s nail-biting time: T-minus two shopping days and here your are still scrambling to find something...

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The Yeti Lowball Top 5

An all-day drinking buddy that’s built for the wild, the new rambler lowball is over-engineered for the simplest of uses. Check out a few of our staff favorites. 1. Coffee...

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Let’s Take a Walk in the Woods, III: Basic Gear

So you read our post two weeks ago about launching your hiking career, then last weekend, based on our beginner hike recommendations the following week, took not one, but two...

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