Kathryn Miles is the author of All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship.
The 17-year Army vet was stabbed to death when he and another hiker were attacked on a section of the Appalachian Trial last weekend. The trail had been his path to recovery from PTSD.
James L. Jordan has been charged with murder and assault with intent to commit murder after a bloody attack early Saturday morning on the Appalachian Trail.
Although the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act is seemingly comprehensive, a lack of national parks could make its effects moot.
Get outside for a night (or two) with this roundup of backpacking must-dos.
Termed "killfies" by some social media researchers, these accidental deaths have involved social media personalities and, of course, adventurers.
This past year, hikers and trail runners set 346 fastest known time records in North America alone
No one can say for certain how many people live in Atlantic City, Wyoming. The weathered wooden sign on the edge of the unincorporated town reads "Population: About 57."
Here's how a new movie gives a unique (and mostly accurate) look at thru-hikers’ inner lives.
The bodies of Garret Bonkowski and Jessica Bartz were found on October 1st on a South Rim trail. No one knows how they died, and the Park Service is investigating.
Karel Sabbe set a new record of 41 days, 7 hours, and 39 minutes. And he did it without much money or fanfare, proving that you just gotta run like hell.
If Sabbe is successful, he will become the first male to hold the FKT for the Pacific Crest Trail and the Appalachian Trail simultaneously.
'Cooper's Treasure' features the eccentric son of a controversial wreck diver as he follows an astronaut's clues to salvage treasure in an increasingly murky ethical landscape.
We caught up with some of the people hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this year and asked them why they're hiking.
The biggest hurdle has been figuring out where the trail should lie.
Two months ago, in an attempt to halt logging on what is slated to become the pipeline corridor, a group of activists erected several tree stands and a monopod—a freestanding platform atop a tall...