Get Out
The latest Get Out coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Features section.
More in Get Out, page 71
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Iron Will
Ironman will take over the city's streets this September, and it's already causing a ripple of excitement among Chattanooga's outdoor enthusiasts. Thousands of athletes will gather on September 28 to swim 2.4 miles in the Tennessee River, bike 112 miles and run a full marathon throughout North Shore, Southside and Riverview.
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Snowbound
28 hours by car and nearly 2,000 miles northwest of his small Georgia hometown is where snow of unavoidable proportions can be found. Montana, 4th in size, 44th in population and recently recognized by its new moniker the Last Best State, is Ringgold native Zack Ford's new home-his Zion in the snow.
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Friendship Freefall
Hunt Jennings is about to plunge into a cool pool of water from the top of a waterfall. Dozens of feet above the landing, from the bank of the creek, he's calculating his every move before he ever puts his boat in the water.
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Wild, Wild Western Fires
Jim Dale remembers exactly when Mother Nature made things clear to him.
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Grounds Keeper
I didn't anticipate spending the whole morning with Rick Huffines, who took over as executive director of the Tennessee River Gorge Trust earlier this year. In fact, I only put enough change in the parking meter to cover an hour and a half. My interview with Huffines began at 8:30 am at his downtown office and ended almost four hours later on the peak of Snooper's Rock, 1,500 feet above the Tennessee River.
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Get the Lead Out
10 Chattanooga Ultra-Runners Take the Ultimate Test
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World Class Racing
There are only a few constants in the Single Speed World Championship's 19-year history: Everyone rides a single-speed mountain bike, Beer is the hydrating beverage , of choice, and the winners, the King and Queen of the SSWC, have to go under the needle and proudly bear the winning tattoo as their podium prize.
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Trail Blazers
Over six weeks this summer, they hiked more than 100 miles; had up-close encounters with bears, rattlesnakes, wild boar, spiders, mice and scorpions; moved 200-pound rocks; sawed logs; lopped brush; and survived on a steady diet of Nutella and peanut butter sandwiches. There was stifling heat, torrential rains and a blanket of humidity you could almost cut with a knife. But if you ask any member of the first Southeast Youth Corps to sum up their experience,
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RiverRocks Retooled
Over the past three years, October has annually attracted thousands of adventure athletes from across the nation to the Tennessee Valley to Swim the Suck, conquer the Stump Jump or scale boulders of Stone Fort all in the name of RiverRocks.
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Adventure Wagons Ho!
According to the cliché, life is about the journey rather than the destination. So maybe that's why outdoor enthusiasts in the Chattanooga area have such a strong connection to the vehicles that take them on those journeys.