A group of day hikers at an Appalachian Trail shelter in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1959).

Alternative Versions of Trail Angels

This article is a personal account of one Australian woman's experience with Trail Magic, as well as her opinion, and beliefs regarding how trail magic can be practiced.

Man who hiked the AT with only one foot.

This is a photo of the oldest woman to thru-hike the AT.

A Photo of a woman who had need of Search and Rescue near the Appalachian Trail.

Robert Taylor becomes the first African American to Thru Hike both the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails

Pamela Ellis, a freshman student at GMU loves to spend her summers day hiking sections of the Appalachian Trail

This item is a picture of 41 year old hiker Stacey Kozel, the first quadriplegic to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. At 19 she was diagnosed with Lupus and in her case, the disease attacked her spinal cord. Her disease taught her to live everyday to the fullest and she wants to have no regrets. So with an exoskeleton and her braces, she hiked the entire trail.