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“Back to school” can mean a multitude of things for the youth in our communities. We encourage our youth to explore learning the way they would explore the outdoors. We...

Join us for a discussion with Jay Leutze (Board Advisor and Government Relations Director, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, NC OREC Board of Directors) to learn how the Great American Outdoors...

If you’re contemplating a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, you might want to steer clear of Airheads — the candy, not spacey hikers. They could pose the greatest danger you...

One hiker registered to take the MST 42-Mile Challenge is nearing the midpoint of section-hiking the Appalachian Trail. Another registered hiker hikes 4 or 5 miles on weekdays, 10 on...

Edgar Miller surveys the Yadkin from atop the Will-Cox Bridge at Yadkin River Park. Note: The Yadkin Riverkeeper is one of several organizations dedicated to protecting the environment that Great...

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find itself hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir Keep Durham Beautiful Pollinator Project Every year our...

Hiking the Camino For many, hiking the Camino de Santiago is a dream. For David Landis and Anna Dintaman, it’s a dream that came true a dozen years ago —...

Jess Roskelley 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...

Sunday 4/15 – International Ocean Film Tour – Screening is at All Saint Episcopal Church at 6PM. The shop will close at 5PM so that staff can go see the...

The Weekend Sailor The secret of the International Ocean Film Tour? Precision editing and appealing to the film producers’ survival instinct. “Every filmmaker thinks their film should be like “The...

Charley and Gus Davis savor their time outside. The next time you’re thinking about taking the kids on an outing but it seems like too much work, think about this:...

Jen on a picture-perfect mountain day Since August 15, Jennifer Pharr Davis has been hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in an effort to raise awareness — and money — for our...

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...

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...

Dream big and dare to fail. These are the words that Julian Monroe Fisher lives by and after traveling to over 90 countries worldwide, including some of the most forbidding...

Check out more photos on flickr! Check out a few of our favorite shots from the Chacos Fit For Adventure Tour yesterday! Thanks to everyone who came out including Big...

Most hikers may recognize Randy Johnson as the author of numerous hiking guides in North Carolina and Virginia, a background that certainly helps when leading hikes. But what most hikers...

Mark Synnott loves discovering a remote, unclimbed wall. He loves discovering a little-known culture even better. Synnott is an elite climber sponsored by The North Face who has made a...