Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Our mission is to protect, manage, and advocate for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. As the only nonprofit devoted exclusively to the entirety of the A.T. and its landscape, we work to make sure that the Trail and its surrounding lands are always protected, resilient, and connected for all. Together with our supporters, partners, and thousands of volunteers, we keep the Trail alive.www.appalachiantrail.org
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Sep 29, 2026
Rod CabralHOST
Sanders reached the summit of Maine's Mount Katahdin in late August, finishing a journey he began on foot last September.
Rod CabralHOST
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy defines a through hike as completing all the trail sections within a year.
Rod CabralHOST
Sanders knows the route well.
Rod CabralHOST
He first completed a thru-hike in 2017 at age 82, which was then a record.
Paul Duncan RobinsonPANELIST
I'm in honor of that.
Paul Duncan RobinsonPANELIST
I'm wearing an Appalachian Trail Conservancy t-shirt that I got as a result of donating to the organization.
Paul Duncan RobinsonPANELIST
To commemorate the hike, I'm wearing the t-shirt today.
Paul Duncan RobinsonPANELIST
No, I had a pretty standard week.
Jeremiah StringerHOST
So it kind of hits home for me after being out there for a month.
Jeremiah StringerHOST
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is rolling out a plan to reevaluate every shelter and every campsite on the trail.
Jeremiah StringerHOST
That doesn't mean that all shelters are going away, but aging shelters may no longer be automatically rebuilt.
Jeremiah StringerHOST
In some places, they could be replaced with just tent pads or more sustainable camping areas.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
Fun fact, another fun fact about Gray Beard's record-breaking hike at 91 is this time he decided to cement his legacy in Guinness, the Guinness Book of World Records.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
But Guinness, so there's one thing where you can just through-hike this thing, and then you document it with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and you document it with a magazine called The Trek that keeps track and they highlight all these people throughout the year.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
It's a pretty cool thing.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
You send your photo in for Mount Katahdin, or from wherever in Georgia, and then they kind of do a little spread on you.
13 MINS LATER
Patrick RichardsonHOST
Prior to 1948, seven people have hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, but had done so by means of section hiking, like I was explaining.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
While many people considered a through hike of the App Trail to not be possible at all...
Patrick RichardsonHOST
After much scrutiny from the ATC, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, he proved this wrong.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
They did extensive research on this dude, but he kept meticulous documents.
LamarPANELIST
Dale says he loves the outdoors, and when he's in the woods and the sun is shining, that's the best mood he can be in.
LamarPANELIST
Now, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy states that a thru-hike can be done in parts and with any start or stop point over a single year.
LamarPANELIST
And despite his roundabout route, Dale finished up his thru run, and what most do, they go, they all, most of them finish up on that gray mountaintop in Maine, where he raised his hands to the sky and he thanked the glorious creator for the strength to finish his task.
LamarPANELIST
That's pretty good, isn't it, Max? 'Cause you're a hiker.
Jim FosterGUEST
Larry Luxemburg, who everybody involved with the museum knows, the founder of the museum and now our president emeritus.
Jim FosterGUEST
Ron Tipton is a former CEO of Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Jim FosterGUEST
He's had a long career in many conservation organizations and got inducted into the Hall of Fame just last year.
Jim FosterGUEST
Karen Lutz, who many people in this area of South Central Pennsylvania know well, I'm honored to call her a good friend of mine.
6 MINS LATER
Jim FosterGUEST
He was a crew leader for two years and he has, uh, served as a president of the Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club, and he's been involved in some other trails in addition to the Appalachian Trail, but he's been involved for decades and decades in various aspects of the Appalachian Trail community.
Jim FosterGUEST
The last person in this year's class is no doubt the best known, Sandy Mara.
Jim FosterGUEST
Sandy is a very good friend of the museum, and she's the immediate past chief executive officer of Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Jim FosterGUEST
Before that...
Jim FosterHOST
I am joined by Cynda Waldbruser.
Jim FosterHOST
Cynda is the Chief Executive Officer of Appalachian Trail Conservancy and joined ATC in January of this year.
Jim FosterHOST
Welcome, Cynda.
Cinda WaldbuesserGUEST
Thank you.
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Cinda WaldbuesserGUEST
But this is just, it's been really great to spend some time with you and to get to talk about what's happened over the first couple of months I've been in this role.
Jim FosterHOST
Well, thank you so much.
Jim FosterHOST
My guest has been Cinda Waldbuser, the Chief Executive Officer of Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Jim FosterHOST
Thanks very much for being with us today, Cinda.
DixieHOST
And, um, it was, it was tough.
DixieHOST
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy would not recognize hikers that hiked that year.
DixieHOST
That-
Marina PiroGUEST
Mm
Bob YarbroughHOST
His wife urged him to keep on going.
Bob YarbroughHOST
Trail supporters, known as trail angels, brought food and drinks along the way, and he says, "When people are taking care of you, all the rocks and all the falls simply don't matter." So the Appalachian Trail Conservancy counts a thru-hike if the full route is completed in any order within a year.
Bob YarbroughHOST
You can pick and choose.
Bob YarbroughHOST
You wanna do this segment? And it's all broken up into segments, and as long as you do it in a calendar year, he did it in 359 days, and he closed it out on the mountain in Maine, raising his hands in thanks.
Brett FriedmanGUEST
... doubled it again.
Brett FriedmanGUEST
Um, and so, uh, I, I think at some point the Appalachian Trail Conference is gonna have to do permitting or something like that the way they do on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Brett FriedmanGUEST
But in, in the course of those three days, w- I, like, we didn't see a squirrel, let alone a bear.
Brett FriedmanGUEST
We saw one black snake.
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