We put all kinds of limitations on ourselves,” said Betty Kellenberger. “Sometimes the biggest one is we don’t get up and try ...

In 2022, Akili McCullough of Warrenton and Luke Bazill of Haymarket decided to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail — an ambitious ...

The summit sign on Maine's Mount Katahdin seen at sunrise. Katahdin is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. (Getty Images/Chris Bennett) The Appalachian Trail is one of the ultimate ...

Clark Leddy Ward of Altoona stands at the start of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. Leddy Ward hiked the entire length of the trail — 2,190 miles to its end in Maine. Courtesy photo Almost a year ago ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) — Damascus is known as “Trail Town USA” thanks to two major trails running through it: the Virginia Creeper Trail and the Appalachian Trail. But on Sept. 27, the trails took a ...

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 on ...

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, ...

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...

Ever thought about hiking the longest, hiking-only footpath in the world? It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NESCONSET, N.Y. (PIX11) – A volunteer ...

In 1955 at age 67, Emma “Grandma” Gatewood hiked through 14 states and logged 5 million steps in five months. Considered the matriarch of the Georgia-to-Maine’s Appalachian Trail (AT), she wore Keds ...

Sound daunting? Not for Betty Kellenberger. At 80 years old, she recently became the oldest woman to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail. Now, she is recovering from and reflecting on her latest ...