Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, poses for a photo after completing the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Zeke Meddock (trail name Petroglyph) attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on June 10. Mingson Lau - AP ...

I hiked the Appalachian Trail last week. I hasten to add, for those who remember a certain former governor of South Carolina, that this is not a euphemism. My brother and I really were hiking the ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

GARDNERS, Pa. — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is on a mission to raise $50 million, the largest fundraising effort in the organization's history and part of its 100th anniversary celebrations. Money raised via ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park n Tuesday, June 10. Hershey’s Ice Cream delivery driver ...

Trail experts say hikers can need up to 6,000 calories a day, a practical challenge when food needs to be carried up and down rocky terrain. The slender Berens figures he's lost about 20 pounds (9 ...

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take ...