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Tripp Burwell, a Raleigh native, has recently been awarded a Fulbright Research Grant from the U.S. State Department to study snow leopards in Kazakhstan. He will spend 10 months in...

When Jennifer Pharr Davis — Jennifer Pharr at the time — graduated from Samford College in 2005, she, like many college grads, didn’t have a plan for the future. So...

By Becky France Pack light: I want gear that performs well, is durable and whenever possible, dual purpose. Quick drying long sleeve shirts: offers sun protection, anti-chaff, easy wash and...

After Diane Van Deren finished her record-breaking run across North Carolina on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail last June 1, she did something she’d never done as a professional athlete. She took...

In 2010, Cory Richards put his name in the American alpine record books by becoming the first American climber to summit and 8,000-meter peak in winter. His climbing party’s summit...

Every expedition requires gear that can stand up to the test. The North Face MST Endurance Run Expedition was no exception. So when it came to finding the ideal “Mobile...

9:37 a.m. What began with a casual inquiry at a reception last October ended at 9:29am this morning when Diane Van Deren took the final steps up an 85-foot sand...

8:15 a.m. “She’s really focused,” MST Endurance Run support team member Joel Fleming reported from the outskirts of Nags Head moments ago. “She’ll be at Jockey’s Ridge in about an...

It’s May 31, 2012 on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. With 63 miles to go, Diane Van Deren will catch her breath today and enjoy the Outer Banks that treated her so...

5:15pm At her second rest stop of the day, around 10:50 this morning, Diane Van Deren was focused. “This is the part of the expedition where I really need to...

“On one level,” Diane Van Deren yelled into the howling wind and rain this morning, “this is very interesting. I have always been curious about what a tropical storm would...

Diane Van Deren caught the Cherry Branch/Minnesott Beach Ferry this morning at 9:45, launching her 20th day on the MST Endurance Run. She’s now on pace to reach Jockey’s Ridge...

This morning, Diane Van Deren reached Mile 732 — which means she stopped in for the traditional Mountains-to-Sea Trail thru-hiker audience with Roy Whaley, owner of the Food Center in...

You either have to travel back in time or to Eastern North Carolina, apparently, to find a doctor who still makes house calls. On Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, no...

Mark Rostan remembers well Day 6 of Diane Van Deren’s run across North Carolina. After their first rest stop of the day, at mile 10 in the Pisgah National Forest,...

Over the last few days, as Diane Van Deren has neared the Coastal Plain homestretch of her trek across North Carolina, she’s asked those familiar with the region, “What am...

May 27, 2012 “Talk to me, Joe!” After four days and 83 miles on the trail with Diane Van Deren in her quest to cross the statewide, 935-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail...