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It’s February! And this month we are excited about gear that will keep you warm, help you travel light and give you a good night’s sleep. February Gear: Layers Have...

Heading out to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? Here’s what summiter Julie Steiner recommends: Read more about Julie’s Kilimanjaro adventure here. Luggage Patagonia 90 L Black Hole Duffel- Waterproof (33 lb weight...

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...

Fear of the cold may have you missing out on some of the best hiking ever. Ev-er!What is it that kicks in our hibernation instinct come winter? Are we channeling...

Julie Steiner (right, with Alison Watta) on a weekend training trip with GetBackpacking! at South Mountains State Park. When: Wednesday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m. Where: Great Outdoor Provision Co., Eastgate...

Julie Steiner atop 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro When it comes to adventure, we all have goals, some of which would qualify as lofty. What we often lack in attaining these loftier...

Climb Mount Mitchell, from the base, in winter? Make it happen in 2018. We begin a new year with great expectations of the adventures to come: of that section hike...

Hiking the Neusiok Trail, along the south bank of the Neuse River. For each of our GetHiking! markets, we’ve selected two hikes that are beginner friendly (three miles or so,...

The colorful Cotopaxi Unisex Tea Windbreaker As you think about upgrading your gear this holiday season, think, too, about how you might help those in your inner outdoor circle update...

Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120 Remember when you were 5 and asked for whatever your heart desired, cost be danged! This week, in our now’s-a-great-time-to-update-your-gear series, we take a similar tack....

If our 50+ year support of public lands has taught us anything, the most prominent lesson is that we directly benefit from the stewardship choices of previous generations. We see...

Patagonia Better Sweater ‘Tis the season when function most easily coexists with fashion on the trail. Say you’re invited to a holiday party that starts at 6. But you really...

Snap-Ts: Aren’t you warmer just looking at them? After she’d slipped heading uphill for maybe the fifth time Betty stopped and laughed. “This climb is taking it out of me,”...

Paddling. Camping. And, of course, hiking. All the things that November is ideal for. We’ve covered the first two in previous posts: paddling here, camping here. Today, we make our...

Last week we established that the weather in November remains ideal for a range of outdoor adventures: with an average daytime high of 62.4, skies that rarely drop rain (November...

A remote finger of Jordan Lake, perfect for a November paddle. Two things typically cause us to put up the kayaks and canoes come November: water temperature and air temperature....

Using the summer bag for a backpack trip to Wilson Creek. Hiking in shorts along Falls Lake. Talking a 5-mile hike after work. That all happened in the past six...

The Weekend Sailor The secret of the International Ocean Film Tour? Precision editing and appealing to the film producers’ survival instinct. “Every filmmaker thinks their film should be like “The...