As a 33-year-old transgender woman, Lyla “Sugar” Harrod wasn’t sure it would be safe for her to hike the Appalachian Trail when she set out in the spring of 2021. She knew she would encounter the same ...
At age 80, Betty Kellenberger set a benchmark for endurance last summer, becoming the oldest woman to complete the treacherous 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail. Kellenberger, who spent 41 years teaching ...
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 ...
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — An update on the journey of Pinellas County's Pamela Clark, who at 76, is on a mission to become the oldest female to hike the entire 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail within a year ...
CARSON CITY, Mich. (WOOD) — A journey of a thousand miles begins with just a step. Sure. But what about 2,200 miles across 14 states, climbing and descending the equivalent of 16 Mount Everests? Sound ...
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 ...