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WNC stories on caving, mountain biking, trail running, racing, stalking wild edibles, cycling, camping, wilderness awareness,making fire, paddling etc.
 
 
Here are links to adventure stories by Jonathan Poston that have been featured in Asheville's Mountain Xpress
 
Snow Runner :Yep that was me out there sliding around and freezing my arms off.
 
Night Sky Trackers: Getting up with the Astronomy Club in Asheville.
 
Winter Warm ups, 2009-2010: Winter adventure in Asheville North Carolina
 
Walking the Green Way: An Asheville outdoor enthusiast pondering what it is to be green.
 
Maized!: Exploring corn mazes in WNC.
 
Let the Healing Begin: Fixing the trails at Bent Creek in Asheville.
 
Walking with author Doug Elliott: A new way to see the woods around Western North Carolina: folk tales, wild edibles, and medicinal herbs.
 
Night Strider: Want a new running route, but don't want to drive far...just run the same course at night. Everything changes when the sun goes down.
 
All Wet: A cyclist almost outruns the tempest (Bent Creek) Watch out! Those storms come over the mountain fast.
 
White Water Kayacking (Green River): Thanks again Joe (from Pura Vida Adventures) for bringing me back alive.
 
Wild root wannabe: a walk in the woods with off-the-gridsters and wild medicine secret keepers.
 
Where there's smoke: rubbin sticks together for that flicker we now make quicker with a bicker, ain't so easy...practice makes blisters!
 
Wrangling wild greens: yes, plant grabbin' in the woods can fill your starving hurt body with food and meds, but it's nothing like finding a ripe red tomato in the garden. It's wild and better!
 
Would you like cysts with that?: it's easier to find a refund counter in a Las Vegas Casino than it is to find clean water in the wild.
 
Takin' care of business: stop, plop, and roll is all I gotta say, but please remember to cover!
 
Rough and Ready: whilst paying Karma one hypothermic tear at a time; what to do when stranded in the woods.
 
Bike tube blues: flat tire=flat ride
 
Secrets of their success: how the warren wilson team outpumped the pack.
 
Trail running for complete idiots: 3-2-1 got what this one is about yet?
 
Beyond PE: Evergreen Charter School does it different.
 
Up Chimney Rock: learning the ropes and the rock.
 
Row on Asheville juniors: these girls paddle hard.
 
Down-low: where the real bat men go.
 
Down a lazy river: with a fishing pro.
 
How not to camp: Bottom line, plan those camping trips out!
 
Facing the rock: A return to the rock face with some friends.
 
The trail makers: art of making the sustainable path.
 
Bugs, snakes, and bears, oh my: what to do when facing this terrible trio.
 
I can't believe I hiked the whole thing: The appalachian trail, more than 2000 miles.
 
Stoking the fire: fueling and sports.