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So you read our post last week about launching your hiking career — if you didn’t, hit pause and go here, then come back — and were intrigued. You’ve let...

Imagine if between “Natural Born Killers” and “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino had decided to something dark for The Cartoon Network. Or Woody Allen had followed “Annie Hall” with a couple...

There’s a scene in “A Walk in the Woods,” the screen version of Bill Bryson’s memorable 1998 account of his common-sense-plagued hike on the Appalachian Trail, in which Bryson (played...

-By Jaala Freeman #TrustyPCT- We call them “The Family.” They call themselves “The Lorzigs.” They are three people walking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail–two parents, Jeanne...

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like to sign up for this free...

This is the fourth and final installment in our Save Your Summer series, an attempt to help you salvage a summer of adventure. Check out our previous pieces on Hiking,...

Our efforts to save your adventure-deficient summer before the season fades continues with today’s installment: paddling. Of the four basic adventure groups we’re focused on in our SYS series (Hiking,...

How long would you hang on to a great piece of gear on the off-chance you’d have a second shot at a once-in-a-lifetime adventure? Say, for instance, climbing a 6,000-meter...

Last week when we said, “Yikes, look at the calendar! It’s August 6 a’ready!” it was only August 6. Today, it’s August 12! Yikes! we say again, but with more...

The following is an updated version of a post that originally ran a year ago. Let’s talk for a minute about backpacking. You mean strapping a bulky, steel-frame pack with...

The following items are from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes...

Yikes, look at the calendar! It’s August 6 a’ready! Where did the summer go? Easy there, adventurous friends. We may be down to the last month before Labor Day and...

Jaala Freeman: The stereotypical hiker–a 20-something person, with a moderate level of outdoor experience, physical fitness and a sports-like demeanor. Reality, however, shows the hiking community to vary widely in...

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like to sign up for this free...

Travel the major freeways of NC this summer and you’ll likely spy a billboard or three showing the iconic OBX lighthouses. While most people visit the lighthouse grounds, few people...

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like to sign up for this free...

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like to sign up for this free...

Jaala Freeman: As a hiker approaches the Kennedy Meadows General Store, at mile 702 on the Pacific Crest Trail, the crowd on the deck erupts in applause and cheers. Each...