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Thru-hiking season for the ever-famous Appalachian Trail is now kicking off, but the Benton MacKaye Trail Association, Alabama Pinhoti Association and...

Dan Sims, a Vestavia Hills resident, said while he’s taken part in marathons and hiked many miles before, this will be the longest hike he’s ever done. But the journey will be worth it if he can help children like Janie, who died in 2003.

Sims, a Vestavia Hills resident, said while he’s taken part in marathons and hiked many miles before, this will be the longest hike he’s ever done. But the journey will be worth it if he can help children like Janie, who died in 2003.

3:23 Reporter Lilly Knoepp talked with 83-year-old Sunny Eberhart, who goes by his trail name “Nimblewill Nomad,” about his long-distance hike on the Appalachian Trail. When he finishes the trail, he will be the oldest person to complete the AT During a pandemic, an 83-year-old man is attempting to become the oldest person to complete the over 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail. BPR spoke with him as he made his way through Western North Carolina:   It's spring in Franklin. That means that the town is full of hikers making their way up the Appalachian Trail. After hours at a downtown bakery, ...

11 Important Tips For Hiking Alabama’s Pinhoti Trail Jan.22.2021 At one time or another, we all have dreams of going on a great adventure. For many, that dream is to one day hike the entire 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail (A.T.) from Georgia to Maine. But just as many (myself included) find that life gets in the way; work, family life, health issues, whatever it is, something prevents us from taking that million-step walk. But there is an alternative, an equally challenging hike through the southern Appalachians -- Alabama’s long path, the 171-mile Pinhoti Trail. The Pinhoti Trail (or ...