Kathryn Miles (@Kathryn_Miles) is the author of All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship.
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...
There's a movement to create stricter verification guidelines, but since there's no governing FKT body, it's still up to athletes to honestly document and prove their claims.
The injuries he suffered make the time all that more impressive.
Just after 1:00 p.m. on July 19, Dan "Knotts" Binde summited Maine's Mount Kathadin, the northernmost terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Binde, who is 25, wore red compression shorts and a bright...
Sammy Hartley skis, climbs, bikes, and backpacks—and just spent five days hiking rim to rim
Part Burning Man, part Camino de Santiago, part Fringe Festival thrown in for good measure, Trail Days is 72 hours of hiking mayhem.
Facing a failed marriage and an underwhelming job, Tonya Holt decided to sell her belongings, cancel her apartment lease, and set out on a six-month wilderness backpacking trip. Who she’ll be when...
How in the world could someone steal a single warship—let alone three or four—without leaving a trace?
This year, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy estimates that 3,400 individuals will attempt a thru-hike, making it one of the busiest years in the trail’s history. We met up with a few of these...
A hiker named Kaiha Bertollini claims to have broken the AT speed record. The question is: Can she prove it?