World War II veteran Earl Shaffer was the first person to complete hiking the Appalachian Trail. When Shaffer began his journey at Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia, he intended it as a self-care retreat ...

We put all kinds of limitations on ourselves,” said Betty Kellenberger. “Sometimes the biggest one is we don’t get up and try it.” ...

Emma Gatewood stands on the Oregon Trail, with her pack and an umbrella in tow. She hiked 2,000 miles of the trail in 1959, years after she thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. When Emma Gatewood was 67 ...

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...

Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro recently hiked a 10-mile section of the Appalachian Trail in Franklin County as part of her goal to walk all 229 miles of the trail in the state, according to a ...

Rounding out our summer re-run series, here’s a column from 2023 about a most determined hiker! Five years ago now, Diana Jackson was walking 2,192 miles. The Darien native is one of over 3,300 people ...

The Appalachian Trail spans 2,194 miles across 14 states along the East Coast of the U.S. Most experienced hikers begin their trek at Springer Mountain, Georgia, and end it on Mount Katahdin in Maine ...

A Dallas lawyer is still missing Sunday night; he was last seen on Tuesday hiking near the Appalachian Trail in the North ...

If you want to embark on the biking world's equivalent of the Appalachian Trail, get ready for this mammoth course that ...

Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream challenge.Nearly ...