Forget the rocking chair. At age 80, Betty Kellenberger set a benchmark for endurance last summer, becoming the oldest woman ...

"Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot." In acclaimed travel writer Bill Bryson's 1998 travelogue, "A Walk in the Woods," the writer ponders on the history and culture of the ...

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take ...

CLARKSBURG — Falls, Lyme disease and a hurricane couldn’t stop Betty Kellenberger. This summer, the 80-year-old from Michigan officially became the oldest woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, ...

After Kevin Silvernale finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016, he was hooked and started devising his own long-distance trail. The 34-year-old Colorado local went on to hike the ...

Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream challenge.Nearly ...