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

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 ...

Dan Yunghans stands at the edge of McAfee Knob, an iconic stop along the Appalachian Trail located in Virginia’s Jefferson National Forest. Yunghans, an Army veteran from Tonganoxie, is two-thirds of ...

On September 21, Garmire reached his destination at Springer Mountain, Georgia, setting a new record for the fastest ever ...

A single mom and her 15 kids left all the "noise" of the world behind and embarked on a 2,000-mile journey of "bonding" and "healing," eliciting both admiration and condemnation on social media. Nikki ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-year-old hiker who is known as “Nimblewill Nomad” has become the oldest person to complete the Appalachian Trail. M.J. Eberhart of Flagg Mountain, Alabama, hiked into the ...

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — There's an old saying: the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. That's true for a family from Virginia hiking the Appalachian Trail. For them, it's 32 steps, all ...

Pat McMenamin took an unusual journey this year, in more ways than one. McMenamin, 48, who at the beginning of 2017 was a criminal defense lawyer in Cape Girardeau, took a long look at his life and ...

Each spring, people from around the country descend on Springer Mountain, one hour north of metro Atlanta, to start a very long walk. About 3,000 hikers a year attempt the Appalachian Trail—the ...

The Earl Shaffer Foundation is planning a 75th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Appalachian Trail Museum. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum, located at 1120 ...