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Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part story account of a Kentuckian's successful hiking of the Appalachian Trail.By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune columnistA funny thing happened to Bob Sn

Billy "Wahoo" Meredith had one thru-hike and exactly zero FKTs under his belt when he decided to try to finish the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails in record time. The next 234 days and 7,500 miles would test him in more ways than one.

The host of George Mason University’s “The Green Tunnel” podcast shares surprising perspectives from the first three seasons

The 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail takes a lot of research and preparation to thru-hike. If you don't want to tackle it all at once, you can break it up into sections.

Every day is a good day for hiking. But where to do it? Chase the best weather, dodge crowds, see superblooms, and more with our month-by-month hiking guide to 2024.

There’s much to be said for living out your dreams. Wheeling’s Ryan Herron did that in splendid fashion late last year, completing the arduous Appalachian Trail — and making it home just in time for Christmas. The son of Robert and Dina Herron of Wheeling, Ryan Herron stepped off in August to conquer the 2,198-mile […]

WHEELING — One Wheeling man set out in August with an ambitious goal — to hike the Appalachian Trail in five months. Not only did Ryan Herron achieve this 2,198-mile mile-feat, but he made it back in time to spend Christmas with his family. Beginning at Mount Katahdin in Maine, Herron passed through 14 states […]

Almost a year ago, Clark Leddy Ward of Altoona was feeling claustrophobic, because his girlfriend was overly busy and their house in Logantown was frequently teeming with kids. So Leddy Ward went out for some fresh air — 2,190 miles of it, as he walked from Georgia to Maine, the entire length of the Appalachian […]

Doyle set a speed record on the AT 50 years ago, long before YouTubers and partying twentysomethings had flooded the iconic trail. Through his Appalachian Trail Institute, which he’s run since 1989, he’s still trying to convert a new generation of thru-hikers to his personal philosophy of what the trail should be.

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