KING OF ROCK
Bike guru Mike King is helping transform Rock Hill, South Carolina, into a cycling mecca.
If you were into BMX racing in the 1980s and 90s, you knew Mike King....
Eric Wallace
Rise of the Professional Hiker: Inside the Lives of 4 Pro Outdoor Adventurers
How do professional backpackers make ends meet and maintain relationships? Follow in the sponsored footsteps of Andrew Skurka, Jennifer Pharr Davis, and ‘Hiking Viking’ Tom Gathman....
8 Family River Adventures Not to Miss This Summer
These nine canoe camping adventures along Mother Nature’s original water parks highlight the best family-friendly trips in the Blue Ridge....
The Double Thru-Hiker Who Wore A Tunic And Sandals
Charlottesville’s Adam Geilker completes two consecutive A.T. thru-hikes....
Spin City: Charlottesville’s High School Bikers are crushing it
High school mountain biking has officially gone mainstream....
Epileptic Thru-Hiker
Alex Newlon Overcomes Epilepsy and Thru-Hikes the AT...
Hiking Viking Tom Gathman Conquers a Winter A.T. Thru-Hike
The Hiking Viking completes a winter A.T. thru-hike. ...
Hiking with Paul’s Boots
Friends and strangers carried hiking shoes 2,189 miles in memory of an aspiring thru-hiker. ...
My First Obstacle Course Race
Tough Mudder Tests an Aging Dad ...
The Hiking Viking: Tom Gathman reflects on his winter AT thru-hike
Tom Gathman, AKA The Hiking Viking, reflects on his winter AT thru-hike...
The Peaks and Valleys of Long Distance Hiker Buck Nelson
For Buck Nelson, long distance hiking is second nature....
David “AWOL” Miller’s Famed A.T. Guidebook
See how David "AWOL" Miller came to writing the go-to guidebook for Appalachian Trail thru-hikers....
Wander the Kitchens and Fields of Barbara Kingsolver
On the outskirts of Abingdon, Va., lies the most dedicated farm-to-table restaurant in the South, founded by Barbara Kingsolver and her husband Steven Hopp, Harvest Table sources its food less than two miles from its sister farm...
The Only Roof Over The A.T.: Mountain Crossings, Winton Porter, and the next chapter
Over the course of its 2,178 winding miles, the Appalachian Trail passes only once under a manmade structure: a five-foot long, roofed breezeway belonging to what is now the Mountain Crossings store and hostel....