The Portland, Maine, duo of correspondent David Sharp and photographer Bob Bukaty put AP out front, reporting that an 83-year-old has become the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail. While ...

An 83-year-old man from Alabama hiked his way into the record books Sunday when he became the oldest hiker to finish hiking the full length of the Appalachian Trail. M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart, also known ...

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M.J. Eberhart, known by his trail name, hiked into Dalton, Mass., on Sunday and became the oldest known person to hike the more than 2,000 miles of trail from Georgia to Maine. By Christine Hauser M.J ...

A father and son took a journey of a lifetime this year. It lasted six months and took them across more than 2,190 miles of wilderness. Tom Wise, 53, and his son Brody, 23, conquered the Appalachian ...

The Appalachian Trail aka “The AT” celebrates an important milestone in its long history this month as it turns 100 years old! It was in December 1921 that Benton MacKaye proposed it in an article ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped. M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart strode into the record books Sunday as the ...

PORTLAND, Maine — An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped. M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart strode into the record books Sunday as the ...

M.J. Eberhart, 83, arrives on the summit of Mount Hayes on the Appalachian Trail on Sept. 12 in Gorham, New Hampshire. Eberhart, who goes by the trail name of Nimblewill Nomad, is the oldest person to ...

PORTLAND, Maine — An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped. M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart strode into the record books Sunday as the ...