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Andrea Zelinski had been covering the Texas State Legislature for the Houston Chronicle for years and was newly divorced when a stranger on the Appala...

In October 2019, Shawn Mahoney's cousin came into his room to turn off an alarm that had been ringing too long. Shawn was unresponsive. His cousin sta...

Andrea Zelinski was a political reporter in Austin, covering the Texas State Legislature, when the wheels started coming off. She had covered a church...

Glen Van Peski never set out to start a gear company. He was an engineer with a 70-pound pack who decided to make himself something lighter. When hike...

In Part 2, Carl Roberson's life after the AT comes into focus: a 14-year-old turned 15 section-hiking Yellowstone, turned 23 doing the Colorado Trail ...

Welcome to Season 12. Carl Roberson hiked the Appalachian Trail at 14. Not a section. Georgia to Maine. 1974. With a 37-pound Kelty external frame pac...

In 1974, a 14-year-old kid from Delaware named Carl Roberson hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. He carried a 37-pound Kelty pack. He u...

The Route Makers bonus episode: Charlie "Freestyle" Gandy on building the xTx — a 1,500-mile trail across Texas, Louisiana border to El Paso — one lan...

In Part 2, the origin story comes into full focus: a seven-year-old running 5Ks, a music teacher who asked if she wanted to try a half-marathon at 13 ...

Kaylee Frederick woke up at 3:30 this morning to get her run in before the interview. The interview started at 5 AM New Zealand time. She is 21. She i...

He started in a desert in New Mexico, drank out of a cow pond, and told us he'd be back at his desk in Washington, DC by October 1st. On September 7th...

At 16, Kaylee Frederick laid down in the middle of a 100-mile race at mile 93 and cried for what felt like the rest of her life while other runners st...