August 2007
Featured Stories: The Lone Rangers
Carved in the wild and pristine ridgelines of Virginia and North Carolina are 469 miles of asphalt cared for by real-life Lone Rangers.
Featured Stories: Bike Packing
Ultra Mountain Biking in the Blue Ridge
Featured Stories: Line in the Sand - Saving Cumberland Island
Wealthy Carnegie families—along with their back-pocket politicians—square off against grassroots outdoor groups fighting to save the South’s wildest island
Featured Stories: Canyoneering
Into the Great Wild Ditch
Featured Stories: Nudism and Nature
You’ll never forget the first time you go nude in public. The freedom, the sense of release, the wind in your....Not that I know personally.
Featured Stories: Deep Water Dilemma-soloing banned at Summersville WV
When it comes to access, it seems rock climbers just can’t catch a break—especially when one of the most established crags in the Southeast is closed without notice. That’s what happened in late spring when warning signs started popping up around the cliffs of West Virginia’s Summersville Lake.
Switchback: Does slackpacking diminish an A.T. thru-hike?
ONLINE RESULTS
YES - 47%
NO - 53%
News of the Wood: Increasing the ItchStudy Says Global Warming Brings More Poison Ivy with Greater Potency
This summer I realized there’s something out there in the world I hate more than cauliflower and rush hour traffic—poison ivy.
Shorts: Collegiate Sprawl
A 900-acre forest popular with trail runners and mountain bikers in Carrboro, N.C. may soon be bulldozed by the University of North Carolina.
More Columns & Stories:
- Overlook: Thoughts on the Run
- Southbound: Steep Canyon Rangers
- Southbound: Top 10 CDs of 07...So Far
- Southbound: Downtown Senate
- Southbound: Great American Taxi
- Happy Trails: Big Butt Trail, North Carolina
- The Dirt: Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifier Steve Meinelt
- Web Exclusive: Climbing in swimsuits: Deep water soloing
- Best of the Blue Ridge: Best of the Blue Ridge
- Ask The Experts: Ask the Xperts
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