The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail alone is enough to frighten off prospective hikers – it’s the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest 16 times. Still, more than 3,000 people attempt to ...
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 ...
A woman recently ran the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, beating the fastest known time by 13 hours. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old professional runner, recently ran the roughly 2,200-mile ...
TENNESSEE/VIRGINIA — In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Appalachian Trail staff are working to restore the path across several impacted states in the South.
"One hundred and 24 years ago, Benton McKay imagined a route that would go from Georgia to Maine and that has become the Appalachian Trail," he said. "In 1938, Clinton Clark imagined a route from ...
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UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears. For lengthy stretches, it lies under tangles of trees ...
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Every year, thousands of hikers take on the over 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. However, the damage caused by Hurricane Helene added an extra ...