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This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
#TrustyPCT Field Report from Jaala & Tommy
American Pharaoh is already 2/3 the way to a Triple Crown but so are Jaala and Tommy! These trail thoroughbreds have been hiking the PCT for nearly a month. Survived...
Climbing Mount Rainier — with a purpose
When John and Anne Wade met several years ago, they were both extremely active, but they liked to do different things. John was into boxing, karate, mixed martial arts, Anne...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
Mountains-to-Sea Trail fills in the gaps
Last week, we told you about the creation earlier this year of the Coastal Crescent Trail, a 320-mile arc designed to bridge the last big gap in the statewide Mountains-to-Sea...
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail blazes on, including a new route to the coast
In the world of trail blazing, progress on the statewide Mountains-to-Sea Trail has progressed with blazing speed over the past year. Consider: Earlier this year, the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea...
Blisters & Trail Angels
When your major task each day is to walk, your feet become your most important bodily faculty. If those are doing great you can deal with shoulder pain, knee pain,...
This Week: GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
Raleigh-Durham: the Best Outside Town, period
Whitewater paddling. 113 miles of mountain bike trail. more than 200 miles of hiking trail (including one trail 75 miles long). A nearly interconnected 280-mile greenway system that now acts...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
Prepping for the PCT: Dental floss and potato chip trail mix
When Jaala and Tommy Freeman leave on their honeymoon early tomorrow, they’ll be equipped like few other newlyweds. Bear canister? Check. Ice axe? Check. Instant hashbrowns? You bet! Gotta keep...
This week with GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
Preparing for a 2,650-mile hike
Tommy and Jaala Freeman are all about efficiency when it comes to thru-hiking. The couple met while both were thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2012, where the trail crosses the...
This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
This Week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned 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...