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Explorer Series: Julie Steiner on Mount Kilimanjaro
Julie Steiner atop 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro This year, with GetGoingNC.com, we’re holding a series of monthly talks with local folks who have taken some pretty cool adventures. Our Explorer Series...
Winter Backpacking: Prepare for 'me' time
Wet? Why worry? The forecast for our weekend backpack trip to the Uwharrie Mountains last weekend: rain early Friday, clearing in the afternoon, returning mid-day Saturday and staying through Sunday....
Trading Up: Take Your Backpacking (Gear) to the Next Level
Wednesday, we wrote about what happens when a newly-minted hiker fully embraces the sport: he or she needs to upgrade equipment. The same is true, perhaps even more so, with...
GetHiking! in the Smokies, GetExploring! on a moonlit paddle, and 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...
This week, GetHiking! after work at Haw River, Umstead
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GetHiking! the Southern Appalachians' Classic Hikes: Smokies, AT, Mount Rogers
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GetHiking! at Morrow Mountain, Standing Indian, GetBackpacking! at South Mountains
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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...
Why camp? Let us make our case
There is no air conditioning. The facilities are communal (if at all). There may be running water — nearby. Dinner is do-it-your-self, over a fire, caveman style. Oh, and there...
This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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...
This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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This week in GetHiking!, GetExploring!
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This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
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This week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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This Week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
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This week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
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