Appalachian Trail Episode 6: The Trailblazing Grandma Gatewood
Author
The Wild Lens Collective
Published
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://commonland.wildlensinc.org/
Candy reflects on how few older women she sees thru-hiking the AT, and we dive into the history of Appalachian Trail thru-hikes. This history begins with Grandma Gatewood, the woman who popularized the concept of a thru-hike in the 1950s.