Hiker Travels Appalachian Trail Barefoot
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BOILING SPRINGS, Pa. - More than 500 people hike the entire Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, each year. Ron Zaleski has been trying to accomplish the feat barefoot. His goal is to bring attention to the need for combat veterans to receive counseling.
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Travel: Audio slideshow: Nick Taylor delves deeper into the country on a camping and hiking adventure
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WASHINGTON - A chimp-sized human ancestor walked upright 6 million years ago, far earlier than anyone had been able to show before, researchers report.
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A pair of 2-year-olds who wandered out of a vacation home and into the Australian wilderness were found Monday &#151; scratched and dirty but unhurt &#151; after spending more than 24 hours outdoors.
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By ED WHITE  SALT LAKE CITY - A wilderness-survival school where a hiker died of thirst is now allowing campers to carry a 32-ounce water bottle instead of a smaller cup during a grueling course in the Utah desert.
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Mohamed Gad walks barefoot through the  muddy tannery, seemingly not bothered by the acrid odors of  chemicals and the stink of unprocessed skins.
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As he hiked up a steep trail winding into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few days ago, Don Barger reached into his pack, pulled out his cell phone - and turned it off.
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Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.
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As an experienced backpacker, Frank Horath knew to check the weather forecast before leaving on an overnight hike with family members to an alpine lake in the Sierra National Forest.
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A 76-year-old woman was found alive in the mountains Thursday, nearly two weeks after she disappeared while on a hunting trip with her husband, authorities said.
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Summer Test: Comfy Climbing Shoes Replace Heavy Hiking Boots
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A severely autistic hiker who has been missing since Sunday is comfortable around people and would not be expected to shy away from rescuers as they call for him, a spokesman for the search effort said Wednesday.
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Will Self, the author of ÂThe Book of Dave,Â is partial to epic hikes, so the walk from Kennedy Airport to Manhattan, about 20 miles, was a mere stroll.
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Elizabeth Adak Shindu paid a high price to return home. She walked for 30 days, endured hunger and disease and used up the last of her life savings. When she finally reached this sprawling, dusty town, she found another family living on her land.
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CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine - Dr. Ray Stone had no warning before he was knocked off his feet last month while skiing down the Haulback Trail at Sugarloaf/USA.
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If walking upright first set early human ancestors apart from their ape cousins, it may have been their eventual ability to run long distances with a springing step over the African savanna
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- His grandmother's bones went missing two years ago, not long after the rains stopped. "The grave is all rubber trees" now, said Sev Thveal, 23. Part of the Jarai minority, he can barely read and write and has worked the land so long that his toenails are a permanent shade of...