Every week in our GetHiking! enewsletter — which is delivered free every Thursday afternoon — we have a main story, a rundown of all the upcoming hikes in our eight GetHiking! chapters in North Carolina and Virginia, a gear recommendation, a media review, a hiking tip. We also list a favorite resource, sometimes one we find invaluable in planning our hikes, sometimes one that leads us to information that can help enhance our time on the trail, and sometimes one that’s just fun, entertaining, quirky.
Category Archives: Advice
This year, warm up to cold weather hiking
Note: We run a version of this post, tweaked and updated, every year around this time. We run it because every year around this time, when the sun spends less time with us and the temperatures drop, a lot of folks think about hanging up their hiking gear for the season. That, we believe, is a bad idea. In this post, we explain how to make friends with the cold on the trail.
If the shoe fits …
Psst! Brannock Device …
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A hiker hung around after Sunday’s hike. “Got a minute to answer a question?”
“You bet,” I said. I love answering questions about hiking.
“Can you recommend a pair of hiking shoes?”
Any question but that question.
Join us for Lunch!
This early run of fall-like weather has been both blessing and curse. After a summer of heat and humidity, the first half of September has been hiking-perfect: Sunny, dry days, coupled with clear, cool nights. The weather is inviting and the leaves are turning early. You can’t wait to get on the trail! Neither can the seasonal masses who discover hiking every year at this time. The trails are getting crowded.
Trekking poles add years to your knees (and hiking life)
In our ongoing effort to convince folks that trekking poles are a good idea, today we borrow Chapter 17 from our book, “Let’s GetHiking! A Quick and Comprehensive Guide for the Aspiring Hiker!” It makes our case for why you should use poles.