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Matthew Caracciolo

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Columbus, OH, The United States

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Matthew Caracciolo is the author of Moon Ohio and The Waygook Book: A Foreigner's Guide to South Korea. As a travel writer, his work has appeared on Amateur Traveler, Only In Your State, Columbus Navigator, Columbus: A Book Project, and his blog Travel is Fatal on matthewcaracciolo.com. He's currently a Tour Researcher and Writer with Shaka Guide and lives in the Columbus area with his family. ...more

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Bridge Day at New River Gorge National Park

New River Gorge National Park in southern West Virginia is one of the newest national parks in the system, but it has been a mecca for adventure sports for decades. Whitewater rafting and rock climbing have had a foothold here for a long time. There are plenty of gorgeous hiking trails, and you can even walk underneath the length of the New River Gorge Bridge on a Bridge Walk. But one day a year,

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