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 ...

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 ...

Otherwise, she camped in a tent. Rest, however ... “But I don’t think people realize that I absolutely love the Appalachian Trail and I wanted to be out there.” Dower saved the most ...

In 2025, the Appalachian Trail, the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, celebrates 100 years of measuring the skills, endurance and heart of thousands of intrepid adventurers.