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Melissa Hart finds joy in running alone. “It is just magical,” she said. A few times a week, the 54-year-old takes to the trails near her home in Eugene, Oregon.

Melissa Hart finds joy in running alone. “It is just magical,” she said. A few times a week, the 54-year-old takes to the trails near her home in Eugene, Oregon.

Melissa Hart finds joy in running alone. “It is just magical,” she said. A few times a week, the 54-year-old takes to the trails near her home in Eugene, Ore.

Thea author is a former National Park Service ranger.

A new book dives into the details behind the disappearance of three Pacific Crest Trail hikers, including a 34-year-old from Ohio last seen near White Pass in October 2016. Author and former …

A new book dives into the details behind the disappearance of three Pacific Crest Trail hikers, including a 34-year-old from Ohio last seen near White Pass in October 2016.

Andrea “Andy” Lankford, a resident of Columbia and a former National Park Service law enforcement officer in Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, has written a book about unresolved searches for

Andrea Lankford delves deep into the cases of three men who vanished while hiking, but also explores the history of the PCT and the rich, nuanced subculture, practices and literature that surround it.

Lost, but not forgotten, the search is still on for the traveler from Ireland who vanished near Idyllwild

When 18-year-old Joe Keller vanished from a dude ranch in Colorado's Rio Grande National Forest, he joined the ranks of those missing on public land. No official tally exists, but their numbers are growing. And when an initial search turns up nothing, who'll keep looking?