Betty Kellenberger’s fascination with the Appalachian Trail began in elementary school, when she first read about the ...

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 ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

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 ...

Each year, about 3 million people hike part of the Appalachian Trail. But if you add up every person who has officially completed it, that number is only 20,000 — dating all the way back to 1936.

GRUNDY, Va. (WJHL) — Grundy, Virginia native Jonathan Dotson is a recent Virginia Tech graduate. The avid hiker is living a lifelong dream by hiking the Appalachian Trail. “The most, most freedom that ...

After Kevin Silvernale finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016, he was hooked and started devising his own long-distance trail. The 34-year-old Colorado local went on to hike the ...