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The Get Out More Tour is looking to get audience members to do just that. For more than a decade, this mobile exhibition has educated consumers about the latest outdoor gear and apparel as the pages of Backpacker magazine are brought to life.

Sheri and Randy Propster will be at Half-Moon Outfitters on May 31

Sheri and Randy Propster have actually lived most of the action and activities in Backpacker; hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, hang gliding the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, rafting the Gauley River and kayaking the Chesapeake Bay and serving as Outdoor Recreation Specialists for the Department of Defense.

They’ll be on hand when the tour comes to Charleston on Tuesday, May 31 starting at 7 p.m. at Half-Moon Outfitters, just five miles from Abberly at West Ashley east on Savannah Highway to Wesley Drive and the South Windermere Shopping Center.

You can check out the flagship store’s climbing wall or get more information about the tour by calling Half-Moon Outfitters at (843) 556-6279.

Photo via Get Out More Tour

Take the endurance and stamina from running, the set plays, long passes and diving catches of football and the improvisation and non-stop action of soccer and you get…

Ultimate Frisbee.

(Didn’t see that one coming, huh?)

There are plenty of places around Charleston to play Ultimate Frisbee

While it may be scoffed at and parodied by hemp-wearing hippies in flip-flops, the sport has become a great way to exercise, meet new people and add a new collection of conversational conquests to relate over libations with friends.

The game is simple – get the Frisbee across the other team’s end zone by passing it amongst teammates. Once you catch it, you can’t move and it changes possession once it’s dropped.

The City of Charleston Department of Recreation holds a league with at least eight scheduled games and a season-ending tournament with all levels available for play. The cost is $35 and registration starts August 1 and the league starts in September, but if you want more information contact Nick Kierpiec at (843) 402-7329.

In the meantime, you can join a pick-up game every Tuesday at James Island County Park at 6 p.m., Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. behind the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, about 10 miles from Abberly at West Ashley east on US-17 through downtown Charleston or connect with the Charleston Ultimate Frisbee community on Facebook.

Photo via fw42

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It pitted amateur athletes against one another and muscle-bound goliaths for our enjoyment and lasted for seven seasons in syndication in the early 1990s before being restarted for a brief time a couple of years ago.

Get ready for your zip down a 200-foot cable at the Challenge Course at James Island State Park

American Gladiators was known for the tackles, for cool action nouns for names like Nitro, Lace, Blaze and Laser and for the Eliminator, a large obstacle course that featured a balance beam, a swing on a rope over a wall and a 20-foot climb up a cargo net.

You can try some of these obstacles for yourself at the Challenge Course at James Island County Park on Friday, May 20. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., you can experience the excitement of walking across a cable then taking a zip line ride down a 200-foot cable.

For adventures ages 18 and up, you can travel eight miles from Abberly at West Ashley east on Savannah Highway then south on Folly Road towards Riverland Drive.

You can register in advance or on-site at the Climbing Wall. Call (843) 795-4386 for more information.

Photo via Charleston County Parks & Recreation

America’s only tea garden is here in Charleston and in celebration of their crop harvest, they’ll be holding the First Flush FesTEAval this weekend.

This is the fifth year the plantation on Wadmalaws Island will open their doors and invite the surrounding community to food vendors, arts and craft and free First Flush Tea, deemed by avid tea drinkers to be the most amazing and unique cup.

Grace Potter and The Nocturnals are the headliners at the First Flush Festival this Sunday

But this isn’t just about a caffeinated drink associated with England and early mornings.

There will be ice cold beer for those of age and music all day, starting an hour after the gates open at 11 a.m. The Homegrown Stage will feature just that with A Fragile Tomorrow and The Occasional Milkshake which features Mark Bryan and Gary Greene from Hootie & The Blowfish and Hank Futch of The Blue Dogs.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, described as a modern-day version of Tina Turner fronting for the Rolling Stones, is the headline act and they’ll take the Main Stage at 6:15 p.m.

The Charleston Tea Plantation is east on Savannah Highway then south on Main Street to Maybank Highway. Tickets are $20 in advance and you can call (843) 559-0383 for more information.

Photo via Grace Potter and the Nocturnals