Within the past three issues of Get Out, we have featured a different conservation group's newly hired executive director — and all have been women.

Following our interview with the first woman to set the Appalachian Trail speed record, this month's letter reflects on women in the outdoors.

in 2011, Asheville, North Carolina's Jennifer Pharr Davis became the first woman to set the Appalachian Trail speed record, helping her become named of National Geographic's 2012 "Adventurers of the Year."

Zachary Cross doesn't like to fall.

Private kayak instructor and author of "Whitewater of the Southern Appalachians," the guidebook to Southeastern whitewater paddling, Kirk Eddlemon shares his all-season gear list.

Yield: 4 servings

Under a clear October sky, with the push of the year's first fall breeze, 330 cyclists pedaled on the open roads of the Sequatchie Valley early last month for a first-year ride that felt like anything but.

In mid-November, about two dozen adventurers will line up to roam the woods around Suck Creek in a checkpoint-to-checkpoint race through the Tennessee River Gorge.

Being able to identify plants and flowers takes time, says Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center nursery manager Scott Smith.