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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first thru-hike of the famed Appalachian Trail. The 2180 is a series of 70 stories from 70 people who have made the Appalachian Trail a central pa...

The doors are closing on season one, but before they do, Producer Andrew Iden sits down with writer and producer Jarrett Bellini for a talk...

Nancy Reeder always loved the outdoors, so when she and her partner Lonnie began their AT thru-hike in 2009, they knew the would finish. Wha...

After reading the memoir of Earl Schaffer, the first person to hike the Appalachian Trail, Dave Donaldson wanted to honor the legendary outd...

When Jonathan MacFarland got on the Appalachian Trail, he was the first to admit he had no idea what he was doing. But along the way, his hi...

If it were up to Heather Starbuck, she'd gladly have never hiked the Appalachian Trail. But the tragic and heartbreaking death of her boyfri...

While we get ready for the stretch run of season one-We just needed an extra week to get our ducks in a row. But in the meantime, a quick me...

Leigh Rothermel began going on backpacking trips in middle school, and from day one, she fell in love with the outdoors. As life does, her c...

After the tragic death of his father, a falling out over the family business and a subsequent divorce, Colin Gooder was looking to do someth...

In 1980, Larry Luxenberg was about to start grad school in New York City after leaving the journalism business. Before he moved though he to...

After retiring, Bill Van Horn and his wife moved to the trail town of Franklin, NC where they began getting active with the Nantahala Hiking...

An airline pilot who had lived and flown all over the world, Ed Higginbotham wasn't going to stop traveling after he retired. So he set out...

As a young child, Kimberly Shaffer didn't have a lot of understanding of the Appalachian Trail. But her great uncle, Earl Shaffer certainly...

34 years ago, Tillie and Roy Wood began running Woods Hole Hostel, a cabin built in the 1880's that they bought in the 1940's. 9 years ago,...

When John Taylor lost his sight, he wasn't going to be told what he could and couldn't do. When he met Jen, who loved the outdoors, she plan...

In 1978, Ron Tipton spoke to a longtime friend on the phone, who said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Ron hung up the phone, and when h...

As a psychology professor, Shelly Martin knew she'd have to learn to mitigate her fear of heights when she got on the Appalachian Trail in J...

Georganna Seamon grew up around outdoor gear. So it's only natural that after college, she'd head out on a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trai...

Brad Stein has done a lot in his life. He's run a record label, worked in hunting camps, but at the age of 14, hiking the Appalachian Trail...

80 hour work weeks and five years without taking time off had taken a toll on Bret Eady. After he and his father sold their business, Bret a...

Like many who attempt a thru-hike only to see it end, Dave Weinberg has regrets about not staying on the Appalachian Trail. But his story is...

For Evans Prater, the dream of an Appalachian Trail thru-hike began at his mom's house during college, when he watched a National Geographic...

For Anna Huthmaker, hiking the Appalachian Trail presented it's own unique set of challenges. Aside from the grueling miles she battled her...

As a United States Marine, Gary Sizer fell in love with backpacking and being outdoors. So in 2014, when the direction of his employer shift...

In Appalachian Trail circles, Janet Hensley is about as well known as they come. For years, she's been driving the highways and backroads be...

In 1995, five newspapers collaborated on a relay hike of the Appalachian Trail. Bo Emerson, a writer with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution w...

Jerry Travers always talked about hiking the Appalachian Trail, and when his daughter Bennett graduated from college, an opportunity present...

David Rutter had the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail for a while, but when he decided to take Copper the family dog, it made it an enti...

Erik Jarvi made a pledge with his brother Evan, that when the opportunity showed itself, the two of them would take on a thru-hike of the Ap...

Prior to 2011, Adama-Malkia McGrapth had never even heard of the Appalachian Trail. That all changed though, after joining an outdoors meetu...

For years, Andrew Baranak had a map of the Appalachian Trail on his wall, which became the motivation for him to tackle a thru-hike. In 2015...

Susie McNeely decided as a young woman in 1979 that she would hike the Appalachian Trail with two of her closest friends. That trip had a la...

Matt Hall wasn't always sure life would allow him a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. He battled addiction and ran afoul of the law, but w...

Jennifer Pharr Davis has hiked the Appalachian Trail three times, won the 2012 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award, has written...

For Richard Judy, the idea of an Appalachian Trail thru-hike began as a Boy Scout, where he developed a love of the outdoors. Decades later,...

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first thru-hike of the famed Appalachian Trail. The 2180 is a series of 70 stories from 70 peopl...