Appalachian Trail

Candy Mama

Candy Mama In 2018, a Belgian dentist named Karel Sabbe ran the length of the Appalachian Trail in 41 days, 7 hours, and 39 minutes. His incredible achievement was the fastest-known time to complete the 2,198-mile icon of American footpaths. Sabbe averaged 53 miles per day over intense terrain. That’s more than two marathons every day for […]

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The A.T.

The A.T. In October 1921, a forester and conservationist named Benton MacKaye, who taught at Harvard and worked for the U.S. Forest Service, wrote a seminal article in the Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Titled An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning, the piece kicked off a decades-long project to create the world’s premier

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Grandma Gatewood

Grandma Gatewood  In 1955, 67-year-old Emma Rowena Gatewood decreed to her adult children she was going for a walk. She didn’t offer details and, facing a stubborn and resilient woman, her children didn’t demand any. She grabbed an army blanket, a raincoat, and a plastic shower curtain, stuffed them into a handmade denim bag, doffed a pair

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