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Hi, I'm Michael Lanza, creator of The Big Outside and former Northwest Editor at Backpacker magazine. Click my photo to learn more about me and my blog. Click here to sign up for my FREE email newsletter. Join The Big Outside now to get full access to all of my blog’s stories. And click here to learn how I can help you plan your next trip.
		

			Crabtree Falls, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Pisgah National Forest, N.C.		

		

							

							
The 12 Best Dayhikes Along North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway
						

					

		

					

		

							

							
One Extraordinary Day: A 25-Mile Dayhike in the Grand Canyon
						

					

		

			Backpackers at night with headlamps in a campsite in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park.		

		

							

							
The 5 Best Headlamps of 2021
						

					

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