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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...
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...
ExploreMore 2015: Manda Holden — the hiker who almost wasn’t
The following is the second of several profiles of folks who have discovered their adventurous side in our GetHiking!, GetBackpacking! and GetExploring! programs. Read the first, on Susan Levy, a...
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 Get!Hiking, 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...
The Pursuit of Adventure - Virginia Beach Shop to Open in April
The outdoors can be a transformative space, but so can a gear shop. About four and half years ago I was a little lost. I had left a twelve-year career...