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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...

Travis Zarins seems puzzled by the question. When did Great Outdoor Provision Co. discover women? “Well,” says Travis after giving the matter some thought, “we’ve known about them all along”...

A good night’s sleep: it’s even more important after you’ve covered 15 miles with 30 pounds on your back. This month, we focus on the importance of sound, warm sleep...

You better believe that Josh Stanyer, a sales associate in our Chapel Hill shop, has taken the time to learn a thing or two about layering. Last August, on a...

It’s February! And this month we are excited about gear that will keep you warm, help you travel light and give you a good night’s sleep. February Gear: Layers Have...

The colorful Cotopaxi Unisex Tea Windbreaker As you think about upgrading your gear this holiday season, think, too, about how you might help those in your inner outdoor circle update...

Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120 Remember when you were 5 and asked for whatever your heart desired, cost be danged! This week, in our now’s-a-great-time-to-update-your-gear series, we take a similar tack....

Patagonia Better Sweater ‘Tis the season when function most easily coexists with fashion on the trail. Say you’re invited to a holiday party that starts at 6. But you really...

Snap-Ts: Aren’t you warmer just looking at them? After she’d slipped heading uphill for maybe the fifth time Betty stopped and laughed. “This climb is taking it out of me,”...

Let’s talk for a minute about backpacking. You mean strapping a bulky, steel-frame pack with 60 pounds of gear to your back and hiking 20 miles? No, I’m talking about...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been chronicling the experience and needs of the New Hiker. Today, is a transition of sorts. If you’ve been on the New Hiker path...

Wednesday, we wrote about what happens when a newly-minted hiker fully embraces the sport: he or she needs to upgrade equipment. The same is true, perhaps even more so, with...

When you were 2 you were into Barney and the Teletubbies. By the time you were 3, you’d traded up to Spongebob and CatDog. When you were 4, you started...

Through our GetHiking! program and our involvement in the Hike NC! hiking initiative launched this fall by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, an increasing number of folks...

Hiker fashion on display at the trailhead. Through our GetHiking! program and our involvement in the Hike NC! hiking initiative launched this fall by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

Find the Hobie Mirage Eclipse product page HERE: In the the beginning, some 3,000 years ago, Peruvian fishermen stood atop their caballitos de totoras, using split-end bamboo poles to propel...

Probing Walnut Creek as it feeds into Lake Raleigh. Why don’t we paddle more often? Here’s why: You get the notion to go for a paddle. You think of where...