Jeff “Legend” Garmire is no stranger to moving fast. Since his first thru-hike at age 20, the runner (and sometimes Backpacker contributor) has notched fastest known times on more than 20 different ...

Dale Sanders is a 91-year-old hiker who just became the oldest person ever to complete the Appalachian Trail. Amna Nawaz ...

Last year, Kori Feener filmed her first full-length documentary and attempted to hike the 2,200-mile length of the Appalachian Trail at the same time. A Charlottesville audience saw the result Friday ...

Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders once set the record as the oldest person to complete the roughly 2,190-mile trail. Now, he’s back for his title. Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders once set the record as the oldest ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

More than 14 million older adults fall every year in the U.S., perhaps none so often as 91-year-old Dale Sanders. By his count, Sanders fell 71 times while reclaiming his record as the oldest hiker to ...

The day Betty Kellenberger hit a patch of freezing rain on Mount Madison, quitting crossed her mind. She was hungry, cold and sore. “You’re 80 years old,” she told herself in a pep talk atop a ...

Dale ‘Grey Beard’ Sanders, 91, was about two tenths of a mile from the top of Mount Katahdin when he took a hard fall. Just steps away from becoming the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian ...