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Embrace the winter! Here’s why (and how)

Along New Hope Creek, Durham It’s odd, this notion that winter is time-out in the outdoors: It’s too cold, the days are too short, there’s nothing to see what with...

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Hiking a thousand miles, on trails of transformation

Danelle Hallenbeck, and a heart-shaped stone This fall, we’ve been profiling hikers new to the trail. Most of the hikers you’ll read about are participants in Hike NC! a new...

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New Hiker: 10 Essentials for your pack

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been chronicling the experience and needs of the New Hiker. Today, is a transition of sorts. If you’ve been on the New Hiker path...

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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...

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Trading Up: Take Your Hiking (Gear) to the Next Level

When you were 2 you were into Barney and the Teletubbies. By the time you were 3, you’d traded up to Spongebob and CatDog. When you were 4, you started...

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The New Hiker: Gearing Up

Through our GetHiking! program and our involvement in the Hike NC! hiking initiative launched this fall by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, an increasing number of folks...

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The New Hiker: 5 Things to Bring on Your First Hike

Through our GetHiking! program and our involvement in the Hike NC! hiking initiative launched this fall by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, an increasing number of folks...

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The New Hiker: What to expect on your first group hike

A State Park ranger is a good bet for insuring a positive experience on your first group hike. Through our GetHiking! program and our involvement in the Hike NC! hiking...

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The New Hiker: What to Wear

Hiker fashion on display at the trailhead. Through our GetHiking! program and our involvement in the Hike NC! hiking initiative launched this fall by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

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First Hike? Don't Freak

Of all the things that can stress us over the holidays, there is one thing we can help the non-outdoorsy among you strike from the list. The family hike. Families...

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And now, a word from our Minister of Culture

The family that explores together … Chuck Millsaps and wife Kim atop Colorado’s Pikes Peak. Our ongoing profiles of the folks who are the backbone of Great Outdoor Provision Co....

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Hike NC! The road from a two-story fall to a 3,000-foot climb

Tim Jones This is one of an occasional series of profiles on folks who’ve recently taken to the trail. For other similar profiles, enter New Hiker in the Search box,...

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Hike! A personal need prompts a family to action

Damien Fernandez, hiking this past weekend at Horton Grove Nature Preserve For the next few weeks, we will profile hikers new to the trail. Most of the hikers you’ll read...

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Hike NC! From competitive runner to born-again hiker

Steve Anderson once described himself as “a runner with a job and a family.” “I’d run 30 to 60 miles a week, depending upon what I was training for,” says...

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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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Hike NC! New knees make a new hiker

Kimberly Dixon on the Sal’s Branch Trail For the next few weeks, we will profile hikers new to the trail. Most of the hikers you’ll read about will be participants...

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No gas? No problem, with these 10 hikes close to home

Loblolly Trail, Umstead We realize that our extensive database of hikes can be daunting. And in these times of limited petrol, the last thing we want to do is daunt...

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If V.P. of Merchandise Travis Zarins likes it, odds are you will, too

Travis field testing a new (at the time) Osprey Atmos 50 on a Backpacking/Fly Fishing double-header in the Smokies. For the next little while, we’ll be profiling the folks who...

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