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Tecnica Forge GTX (womens) You know that magical moment on the trail when you realize you’ve found an awesome boot? Actually, this a trick question: that magical moment doesn’t occur...

Chad Pickens, our Chapel Hill store manager and a fan of living a long, healthy life, has this bit of advice for anyone nervous about using bug spray: it beats...

Tecnica Forge GTX fitting from TrustyGOPC on Vimeo. I’m pretty much an off-the-rack kind of guy. Suit sleeves a tad long? I’ll just roll ‘em up a little, Don Johnson...

Nemo Stargaze™ In the beginning, there was the Eureka Curvy Chair, and people looking for a comfy seat for camping, for concerts, for tailgating were happy. Then, apparently, our desire...

Not a planner? Or sometimes just get the urge for a last-minute weekend camping getaway? Camping’s popularity makes it challenging to find a decent campsite at the last minute, sans...

The Appalachian Trail through Mount Rogers Had Frank Sinatra been a backpacker, he might have compared Love and Marriage to summer and backpacking. OK, maybe the syncopation isn’t there. But...

Mike Owen Our monthly Explorer Series returns this month. The series focuses on local explorers who aren’t much different from the rest of us, yet have managed to something extraordinary....

GetHiking! at Linville Gorge It wasn’t a particularly big deal when this particular adventure Meetup launched in 2007. In just 5 years, Meetup had become the way for like-minded folks...

The James River near Roanoke (photo:visitroanoke.com) Summer paddling in the Piedmont can leave a flatwater river paddler a little melancholy: the lack of rain can all but relegate the paddler...

Store manager Zach Roberts chats with customers at a community event. VIRGINIA BEACH — A customer named George frequently drops into our 3-year-old shop in Virginia Beach. He usually buys...

Taking a dip in the Wilson Creek area. When blazing summer temps start rolling in, it’s easy to look at the calendar and say, “Maybe I’ll head back out in...

Memorial Day weekend — traditionally, the start of an adventure-filled summer. Trouble is, just about everyone else thinks so as well. To help you get the summer of 2018 off...

Ledge Creek (photo: Tar River Land Conservancy) The concept of land trusts dates to Victorian England, when the rich and powerful used the legal device to obscure land ownership and...

Looking southwest from Little Long Mountain You know we can help you out when it comes to buying your adventurous mom the perfect gift for Mother’s Day (we shared some...

We love gear. Here, for Mother’s Day, for Memorial Day, for May, are five pieces of gear we’re loving a little bit more this month. Patagonia Lightweight Travel Tote Pack....

The first step toward a good night’s sleep: a Nemo sleeping pad. In the highly competitive backcountry gear market, it can be easy to make a name, not quite as...

Sandia Ski Area, Albuquerque For April, our Explorer Series installment was Adventures Along the Way, exploring the art of having adventures on your way to an adventure. That is, how...

Our friend Joe Miller of @GetGoingNC visited our 2018 Photoshoot in Saxapahaw, NC. The following is Joe’s account of how it went down… Models in ads and commercials typically look...