Geraldine “Inchworm” Largay was an experienced hiker chasing her lifelong dream - walking the Appalachian Trail. But one July ...

At 80 years old, Betty Kellenberger recently became the oldest woman to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

While the “Thru-Hike to Nowhere” might imply a negative connotation, it simply means that Solomon isn’t following any set trail like the well-trodden paths established throughout the Appalachian ...

The Appalachian Trail in Connecticut stretches more than 50 miles across Litchfield County, winding through the hardwood forests and scenic landscapes of towns like Kent, Sharon and Canaan. Kristen ...

CLARKSBURG — Falls, Lyme disease and a hurricane couldn’t stop Betty Kellenberger. This summer, the 80-year-old from Michigan officially became the oldest woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — After hiking 2,197 miles over 169 days, York County's Roxanne Strine is reminiscing her Appalachian Trail (AT) journey that only a small group of hikers have ever accomplished. On ...

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 40 ...

Thru-hiker Noritaka Mizumoto from Osaka, Japan, walks the Appalachian Trail on June 10 at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania. Berens, whose trail name is Speedy, polished off his black ...

Thru-hikers who want to attempt the record may allow the $12 worth of ice cream to start to melt in the sun for only a few minutes. They must be timed by a store employee. Thru-hiker Noritaka Mizumoto ...

Thru-hikers who want to attempt the record may allow the $12 worth of ice cream to start to melt in the sun for only a few minutes. They must be timed by a store employee. Thru-hiker Noritaka Mizumoto ...

Gene Espy had always been adventurous. He explored caves, rode his bicycle 740 miles from his home in Georgia to Florida and back, and hiked through the Great Smoky Mountains for a week. But on May 31 ...

In 1951, always an adventurer, he was the second person to walk the trail in a “thru-hike,” from Georgia to Maine, in an arduous 123 days. He later met the first to do so. By Richard Sandomir Gene ...