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GetBackpacking! guide Brandon Hicks counsels the curious on weight loss. At Saturday’s informal GetBackpacking! Backpacking Get-together with Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery, we talked with all sorts of folks. There were the...

Employ these strategies — and this gear — to stay warm on the trail. Outdoor Research gloves and hats: your personal thermostat OR Women’s Flurry Gloves They are, perhaps, the...

Rooster of Council Tools displays some of his company’s axes Andrew Romero doesn’t take an axe when he goes backpacking. “I like to go light,” says Andrew, a sales associate...

You know that taking a hike is a good idea. Now the question: Where to take that hike? Fortunately, we have a few trail recommendations. A couple hundred, actually. Over...

Good things come in small packages. And in socks. Some of the best stuff of Christmas morning is the stuff that gets stuffed into a stocking. Stuff such as: Princeton...

The weather’s cooled, you’ve gotten interested in hiking. Maybe you’re new to the trail entirely, maybe you’re a cool-weather hiker who’s been away for a while. As a newbie especially,...

Women’s Spyfire jacket After a longer-than-usual wait, the time has arrived when our thoughts turn to keeping warm. To some the cold is a deterrent to outdoor outings. We, on...

Jess Roskelley spent six weeks in Pakistan’s Kondus Valley climbing two previously unclimbed 6,000-meter (20,000 feet) peaks. It was a journey that began in the month of January with a...

Teddy Roosevelt, left, and John Muir, at Yosemite National Park Imagine if voters in 1904 had elected Alton B. Parker as President. We might not have: 230 million acres of...

Chapel Hill Manager Chad Pickens talks headlamps We’ve reached that time of fall when we’re losing noticeable amounts of sunlight each day. Noticeable, as in about a minute a day,...

Feet voting at Occoneechee Mountain When it comes to our love of the outdoors, there are two ways we tend to vote. First, we vote at the polls, and there’s...

Neuse River near Seven Springs: Protecting water quality is a priority of many of North Carolina’s environmental nonprofits. North Carolina is blessed with a plethora of nonprofits dedicated to the...

David Knight, standing near the door, at a Listening Tour stop in Raleigh in June. For most of us starting a new job, orientation involves sitting in a room for...

Hello, my name is Thomas Farlow. I am originally from Randleman, NC. I am married and a father of 2 wonderful boys I am very proud of. I started fishing...

My name is Tony Uselman. I am 47 years old and from Thomasville NC. I have been fishing since I was old enough to hold a rod and reel. I...

I have been fishing for as long as I can remember. Some of my fondest memories are fishing with my dad in the farm ponds and at a local lake...

The inside of the Chapel Hill store is nearly cleared of merchandise after the store was flooded. Chad Pickens, manager of our Chapel Hill shop, managed to carve time from...

> NOAA – National Hurricane Preparedness Emergency Preparedness Checklist Things to Do Before Disaster Strikes: Secure or bring inside lawn furniture, trashcans, bicycles, toys, etc. Trim dead tree limbs. Clean...