Featured Stories: Extreme Birding

No outdoor activity is more ridiculed than birding. It’s the “Dungeons and Dragons” of the outdoor world. And yet 50 million people consider themselves bird watchers. It’s one of the fastest growing sports (yes, I said sport) in the country.

Featured Stories: Return to Cold Mountain

Walking 250 Miles in the Footsteps of Inman

Featured Stories: JUMP! Swimming Holes with Big Splashes

A plunge into a swimming hole should be a part of everyone’s summer. Relish the complete sense of surrender as your feet leave the rock, your body meets gravity, and everything goes silent as you fall toward the pool of water beneath you. The world disappears, and all you can see, all you can think of, is the calm depths beneath your feet.

Featured Stories: Mountains of Motivation

Thru-Hikers Add Meaning to Their Appalachian Trail Miles

Featured Stories: Southern Fried Road Trips

Three Highways, Three Weekends, Three Essential Snacks