Grandma Gatewood Took a Walk, Feb. 20-22
In 1955, Emma 鈥淕randma鈥� Gatewood, a 67-year-old Ohio woman in Keds, carrying her things in a homemade sack, walked the entire Appalachian Trail. She hiked nearly 2,200 miles from Georgia to Maine. She was the first woman to complete a solo thru-hike and later did it again twice. Her story is about grit, stubborn hope, […]