In 1955, 67-year old Emma "Grandma" Gatewood became the first woman solo thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail. She would go on ...

When Emma Gatewood was 67 years old, she hiked from Georgia to Maine, becoming the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955. Two years later, she did it again. Affectionately called ...

This wasn’t the Appalachian Trail, with its shade trees and beautiful vistas ... Portland politicians had declared it Grandma Gatewood Day and boosters had greeted her with flowers at the city line.

she decided to hike the 2,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail alone and keep it secret. Tampa Bay Times staff writer Ben Montgomery's new book, Grandma Gatewood's Walk, tells the story of her 1955 ...

In 1955, at the age of 67, Grandma Gatewood set out to conquer the rugged Appalachian Trail, a feat that would etch her name into the rocks of the mountains and the pages of history. It is in this ...

ANDOVER - The Appalachian Trail (A.T.), a 2,197.4-mile hiking-only trail, stretching from Springer Mountain in Georgia to ...

An article in National Geographic Magazine made hiking the Appalachian Trail sound like a lark to Emma Gatewood. When “Grandma” Gatewood started walking the trail in 1955, she wore red ...

“Emma Gatewood gets credit for that.” Emma “Grandma” Gatewood is a hiking legend, particularly in the Appalachian Trail community. In 1955, the 67-year-old mother of 11 children, left her ...