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Finding My Childhood with Google Maps
If you’re lucky, you encountered nature for the first time by running out the back door. During our writer's boyhood, a suburban forest was a gateway to learning, exploration, and natural splendors that shaped his life and career.
How Hiking Could Help Change the Fate of Rural Appalachia
Rural Appalachia is the unhealthiest place in the country by almost any metric. Steve Bowling, a 45-year-old library director in Kentucky, has a simple remedy: nature walks.
The 81-Year-Old Who’s Going to Break the AT Age Record
Dale Sanders is an 81-year-old Kentucky-born retired civil servant who's leaving his wife and dog at home for the next five months to claim a record on the country’s most popular wilderness trail
Michaela Kiersch Proves There's No Such Thing as a "Man's Route"
As a full-time science student at Depaul University in Chicago, Michaela Kiersch trains at First Ascent Climbing to prepare for her weekend road trips to Red River Gorge.
June and July Weekend Escapes
10 easy trips, maximum fun guaranteed
The 5 Most Haunted Hikes in the U.S.
Even if you don't believe in campfire stories about ghosts and aliens, you can get your fill of fright with a haunted pre-trick-or-treat hike this Halloween.
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