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Carolyn Highland has been writing since she was seven years old, which means she has been trying to put into language the experience of being alive fo...

Brandon Weis had never thru-hiked anything before he attempted the Calendar Year Triple Crown. He got his trail name carrying a 70-pound pack on a uni...

In Part 2, Lindsay Phenix gets into the coaching side of her life — what she sees first-time 100-miler athletes get wrong (doing too much, too fast), ...

Lindsay Phenix is an elite ultra-marathoner who has run roughly 145 marathons and ultramarathons and is currently training to win the Badger 100 in Wi...

CDT Trail Correspondent Jared "Fisherman" Lampal checks in from Montana as he closes in on the northern terminus of the CDT. Settle in and buckle up ...

Lindsay Phenix has run roughly 145 marathons and ultramarathons and is not done. She first heard about the Badwater 135 — 135 miles through Death Vall...

On New Year's Eve, two hikers finish at the southernmost point in the continental United States. Two more are there to watch, about to attempt the sam...

In Part 2, Dave's background comes into full focus: an inner-city kid from just outside Boston who read a book about walking in high school, went to a...

Dave thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail for the first time in 1996. His trail name was given to him by Earl Shaffer — the man who made the first recorde...

Triple Crowner and HTR AT Trail Correspondent Dana "Sniper" Wolf checks in with Doc from the trail on her yo-yo hike of the trail. Settle in and buckl...

In 1996, Dave was hiking the Appalachian Trail when Earl Shaffer — the man who made the first recorded thru-hike in 1948 — came up behind him, noted t...

At some point, finishing isn't enough. Episode 3 follows two men who came for the number: one who chased a ghost record by starting in May and hiking ...