Shaffer was a World War II veteran, who, in 1948, became the first person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail. He was so picky about gear that he ditched his own cumbersome tent, sleeping in a ...

Six months is a reasonable amount of time to complete the 2,181-mile-long Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Maine to Georgia ... In the darkness of my tent, as exhausted as I was, I spent ...

Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the ...

a reasonable budget to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail is between $5,000 and $7,000, or about $1,000 per month. While cost-saving measures like renting gear and tent camping instead of splurging ...

Hikers on the Appalachian Trail use phones and tablets to share the experience with the world, but technology is presenting ...