Gene Espy's scrapbook (page 18 of 40) from his thru hike in 1951. This page shows views of Center Point Knob, PA, which was the halfway point of the trail in 1951.

On August 6, 1951, Northbound (NOBO) thru hiker Gene Espy met Southbound (SOBO) thru hiker Chester Dziengielewski at the Smith Gap Shelter in Pennsylvania. This grainy photograph is the first ever image of a meeting between a successful northbound and successful southbound AT thru hiker. It is also the only known photograph on the trail of Dziengielewski, the third person to thru hike the AT.

In 1951, four hikers traversed all or almost all of the Appalachian Trail from end to end in one season. Three of those hikers, Gene Espy, Chester Dziengielewski, and Martin Papendick, hiked the entire trail, making them the second, third, and fourth thru hikers after Earl Shaffer in 1948. Bill Hall completed all but 300 miles of the trail, skipping the route between Roanoke and Damascus to save time and money. Pictured here, from left to right, are Dziengielewski, AT founder Benton MacKaye, Bill Hall and Gene Espy. The photograph was taken in October 1952, at a dinner hosted by the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club to honor the three hikers who attended. Papendick was thru hiking the Pacific Crest Trail at the time.

2017 Warrior Expeditions Thru-Hiker Matt and service dog Freedom take a break in Shenandoah National Park

2018 Warrior Expedition Thru-Hiker Jerry overlooking the Nolichucky River in Tennessee

Cara on the Mason Dixon Line

2018 Warrior Expedition Thru Hikers at McAfee Knob

Warrior Expeditions Thru-Hiker Caitlin in the White Mountains

2015 Warrior Expedition thru hikers at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy

The official logo for Warrior Expeditions

The death of Mark Richard Noepel in the summer of 1987.

2017 Warrior Expeditions Thru-Hiker Wesley strikes a pose on top of Round Bald