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What once was lost...now is home!

A Quick Story of the Greatest Manhunt for one Dog… EVER! I’m sure I could easily take up several pages detailing the events of the last week, but ill squeeze...

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Great Divide Mt. Bike Trail Trip Report

Trip report from long time Cameron Village customer, Bob High. He is a good friend of GOPC and is one heck of a kayaker and an animal on a mountain...

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Fishing on Little Corn Island

2009 Trip report from Josh Eddings (Greenville Staff): Just got back from my first of two weeks on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua working with Manna Project International. The bonefishing was...

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Trip Report: Shackleford Banks

Bill and I just finished an abbreviated trip to Shackleford Banks on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We had planned the trip for over a month and intended to...

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South Fork of the Catawba

Brian and I decided to take a trip to the South Fork of the Catawba River to check out the new canoe/kayak access recently opened by the Catawba River Keepers....

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Our State’s Adventure Nervous System

The following article ran in the October issue of Endurance Magazine. There it was, there it is, the place where during the best time of our lives friendship had its...

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False Albacore Report - Wrightsville

by Tim Glover, Charlottesville Manager Will Huffine (Wilmington store) and I got a late start Wednesday (September 16th). We ran south out of Wrightsville Beach looking for false albacore, as...

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Drum on the Fly

by Tim Glover, Charlottesville Manager The weather report the day before a fishing trip (September 10th) planned with Rob Arends (Greensboro manager) looked promising with winds forecast North 10-15 knots,...

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Fort Fisher Kayak Fishing Tournament Report

by Ashley Williams – GOPC Kayak Fishing Team Recently I was able to go down to Fort Fisher for the 1st Annual Hook, Line, and Paddle TJM Celebrity Kayak Fishing...

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Perseids Above Shining Rock

by Amanda McGuire, Charlotte Shop Every August, the sky gets lit up by the Perseid Meteor Shower. In hopes of getting a front row seat, Charlotte Staff members Amanda McGuire,...

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Lunch with DB Kayak

Today Trusty enjoyed a local lunch with paddlers Dan and Bethany (D & B). If you’re following their story (dbkayak.com) you are aware that they are now halfway to completing...

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Trip Report: Little Assawoman Bay, DE

I’m up in Delaware for a short while and found some time this weekend to head to the coast for a kayak lesson and short trip. For the amount of...

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Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage

by Danny Bernstein – hikertohiker.com As I cross Basin Creek yet one more time on my way to Caudill Cabin, I carefully place my left foot and then my right...

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Landsford Canal Trip Report - Part II

Having kayaked Landsford Canal State Park, SC earlier this week, I decided to invite some more folks to share the experience with me. Every year, between late May and early...

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Joe Miller interviews Everest Climber

Great interview went up today on Joe’s Blog: mysocalledlayoff.blogspot.com Last year, mountaineer Ciprian “Chip” Popoviciu of Raleigh took Martin Middle School to the top of the world. Wedensday, you can...

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Uwharrie Backpacking

The first hint of warm spring weather always sets a backpacker’s wandering foot to itching, so with that in mind, we planned a quick overnight on a twelve mile loop...

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From Ocracoke to Portsmouth: A Voyage by Kayak

By Evan Thomas Moore (Winston-Salem Staff) In Medias Res Sunrise neon glazes the horizon of the Pamlico Sound in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The water is eerily calm...

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Stone Mountain: A Day on the Defiant Dome

Stone Mountain might be the most accurately named peak of them all: it is a white stone the size of a mountain. And it makes for a great day hike....

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