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Outdoors

Every day, these women ply the same rivers and rapids that draw kayakers from around the country with their otherworldly grace.


Hang Times

Glimpsing a hang glider in the skies over WNC is a rarity these days. Yet for more than a decade, the sport was synonymous with Grandfather Mountain.

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Depth Perception

I wriggle into the skin-tight wet suit in a less than graceful manner, yanking and tugging the neoprene that’s suctioning to my body.

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River Surge

Although it’s three years away, news that the 2013 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships will be held on the Nantahala River already has boaters abuzz.

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Rapid Fire

Drop into one of WNC’s wildest waterways for nonstop action

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Time is a River

The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee marks progress by the years

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Return of the King

It was the sovereign of the Eastern forest, a species so massive and widespread that no one could likely have imagined the landscape without it.

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Breaking New Ground

Grass to Greens helps residents sow and grow a food source close to home

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Tasteful Landscaping

With a wide range of altitudes and relatively mild summers and winters, the region manages to support some of the greatest plant diversity on Earth.

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Freezer Burn

Fumbling with my car radio while driving through foggy predawn darkness, I tune in an overnight news program from the British Broadcasting Company.

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Wild at Heart

I’m bouncing my way down an historic road in a 130-year-old buggy behind two draft horses and listening as my driver, modern mountain man Eustace Conway, tells me why it’s important for people to hunt

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