A resupply mixup and a rat infestation left Garmire hiking in old shoes and short on planned gear. But he still triumphed on ...

M ONSON, Maine (WABI) - Stretching just shy of 2,200 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail draws hikers from all ...

Dale "Greybeard" Sanders is something of a legend, wracking up age records for long-distance paddles and hikes throughout ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Betty The Legend" becomes the oldest woman to complete a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail at the age of 80. The path to ...

Maybe your college had a great hiking club, like mine did. Maybe it had an outdoor center where you could borrow tents, snowshoes, and other equipment free or on the cheap. Maybe it had a robust ...

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 ...

It took Rob Weisberg, also referred to by the trail name of “sleepwalker,” over 20 years to be able to sleep through the night again. Weisberg, a volunteer firefighter of 29 years and a 9/11 survivor, ...