Hidden Treasures in our National Parks
Check out these hidden treasures within our own Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic National Parks....
May 2008
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va.Don’t let all the fur fool you—wookies can run too. Chewy was spotted at last year’s Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond, Va. Despite sporting a th...
Dirty Bird Is Still Foul
Pigeon River Remains One of the Most Polluted Waterways in the South...
Primal Quest
It’s been called one of the most difficult athletic events in the world, and now a little piece of it is coming to the South....
HAIRBOATING HAIR FARMERS
The Mustache Growing Contest of Paddle Sports...
THE HUMAN LIMIT
How Far Can We Go?Eight days—that’s how long you can live without water. You can go five weeks or more without food. You can last ten days without sleep. 
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ERWIN, TENNESSEE
Sitting inside Cherokee National Forest in northeastern Tennessee, Erwin is a hiker’s paradise. The town is surrounded by 150 miles of forest trails, not to mention the A.T., which skirts the edge of the small mountain community....
Mind and Mountain
While hiking 3,500 miles, I had endless opportunity to inquire into all the corners of nature, life, and myself....
A Truly Wild West Virginia
Wild Monongahela Act Will Expand Wilderness in the Mountain State...
My First Ultra
In 1999, tired of the rat race that road running had become for me, I ran my first ultra. I had no idea what I was getting into. I had never read Ultrarunning Magazine and I had only met one ultra runner in my life. But it seemed like a good idea at the time, so I went for it....
Blue Yonder: Colorful sunsets caused by air polution?
How do schools of fish and flocks of birds move in synchronicity?
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EXPLORING NATURAL WONDERS
From its headwaters in the Blue Ridge Mountains through the Virginias, the New River is indeed one of the oldest rivers on the continent—if not the oldest. ...