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Panoramic view of the Potomac River taken from Weverton Cliffs looking west/southwest. Edward B. Garvey (November 13, 1914 [1] in Farmington, Minnesota [2] – September 20, 1999, at Arlington Hospital in Virginia [3] of congestive heart failure) [4] thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1970 and in 1971 published a book about his adventure, Appalachian Hiker, that raised awareness of thru-hiking.
The Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 to support and promote the interests of long-distance hikers in the Appalachian mountain area and east of the Mississippi. It "was the first organization of long-distance hikers in the United States". [1]
Warren Doyle (born 1950) became interested in hiking while attending Southern Connecticut State College.He had spent one summer after his junior year volunteering in the mountains of Jamaica and the next year on the edge of the coalfields in southwest West Virginia; the latter enabled him to meet, and be mentored by, the noted Appalachian activist/educator/poet Don West.
Gene Espy (born 1927) is recognized as the second person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, [1] making the entire 2,025-mile journey alone in one outing, covering 14 states in just over 123 days. [2] Born and raised in Cordele, Georgia, Espy first heard about the Appalachian Trail from his seventh-grade teacher. [2]
Colin Fletcher (photograph, John Sexton/Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association) Colin Fletcher (14 March 1922 – 12 June 2007) was a pioneering backpacker and writer. In 1963, Fletcher walked the length of that portion of Grand Canyon contained within the 1963 boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park .
Trevor Thomas (born 1968 or 1969) [1] is the world's only professional long-distance blind hiker and as of 2022 has hiked over 22,000 miles (35,000 km) solo. [2] [3] He was the first blind person to complete the Appalachian Trail [4] [5] on an unassisted solo hike, in 2008.
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Jennifer Pharr Davis is a long distance hiker from the United States of America who serves on the President's Council for Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. She has been called "the Serena Williams of long distance hiking" by Baratunde Thurston (PBS America Outdoors) and is also an author, speaker, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and Ambassador for the American Hiking Society. [1]