Rick DeJarnette grew up climbing in Colorado. He had climbed all over the world. Then one Richmond winter day he stepped off a ledge he had just ice climbed above Buttermilk Trail and his world changed forever.

Three badass female paddlers -- Katie Lemmert, Melissa Vaughan and Carrie Hood -- talk about the "James River Women" movement they helped create and why the James has become such a hotbed of whitewater talent.

A couple of years ago Marjolein de Wit, cross country cyclist, extreme bike commuter, and pulmonary critical care doctor at VCU decided she wanted to learn how to live off the grid and build a log cabin by hand. So she did...but why?

We sit down with Joey Parent, the head of VCU's vast Outdoor Adventure Program, to discuss the risk inherent in outdoor exploration and why some colleges are saying they want no part of it.

For decades, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has been an under-the-radar advocate for America's best-known estuary and its tributaries. Nissa Dean and Meredeth Dash join us to talk about their group's novel approach to conservation and the unique niche it fills in the Bay cleanup landscape.

You wake up to his forecast. He's a blast on social media. But did you know Andrew Freiden is a hiker, biker and all around outdoorsman? Find out about the time his forecast salvaged a James River tubing journey, why "Alexa" is the bane of his existence, and so much more!

As the Executive Director of Groundwork RVA, Harnsbarger empowers Richmond youth to occupy a hands-on role in enhancing parks and green spaces in Richmond communities.

When Casey Cockerham moved to Richmond, he sold his mountain bike because there was nowhere cool to ride it. 20 years later Outside Magazine named RVA the best river town in America, and the founder of Peak Experiences and Passages Adventure Camp is one of the main reasons why. Discussing the past, present and future of the outdoors in Richmond with one of the scene's under-the-radar godfathers.

The James River Association's long time CEO makes the climb to talk about wins and losses for the James River in the General Assembly and in Richmond's budget.

Jay peluso is local an open-water swimming legend, a man who has gotten hundreds of Richmonders to swim thousands of total miles next to catfish, rockfish and sturgeon in the James River. He trains triathletes, he races himself, and he puts on events that only the toughest Central Virginia swimmers would think about attempting.