"I can’t rebuild houses or bridges or anything, but I’m good at running ridiculously long distances through the mountains." ...

The Chipley Historical Center, based in Pine Mountain, is spearheading the early stages of a statewide initiative: the ...

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting.

When you decide to hike the daunting Appalachian Trail, the best time of year to start and end your hike depends on what ...

starting in Springer Mountain, Georgia, and wrapping up 13 states later at Maine’s Mount Katahdin. The trek typically takes six months, but the current speed record is about 40 days, according to the ...

starting in Springer Mountain, Georgia, and wrapping up 13 states later at Maine’s Mount Katahdin. The trek typically takes six months but the current speed record is about 40 days, according to the ...

starting in Springer Mountain, Georgia, and wrapping up 13 states later at Maine’s Mount Katahdin. The trek typically takes six months but the current speed record is about 40 days, according to the ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting. So far this ...

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 ...