Paralyzed Hiker Tackles the Appalachian Trail

It's easy for a small injury or nagging pain to leave you on the shelf for a while as a hiker, but when there's something you've dreamt of tackling for a years you won't let anything stop you.  That's the case for Ohio woman Stacey Kozel, who despite becoming paralyzed two years ago, is living her dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail thanks to a pair of computerized leg braces.

The Allegheny 100: A True Hiking Challenge

How am I just finding out about this now?  In researching an unrelated blog topic I came across the Allegheny 100 Hiking Challenge.

The A-100 as it's called by those in the know, of which I am now one, challenges hikers to trek either 25, 50, 75 or 100 miles on a stretch of the North Country Scenic Trail in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest. It's all done over a 50-hour span.

The Kindness of Strangers in Scotland

Today's story comes from Scotland, where a pair of university students decided to hike all over the country without using any money, putting the test the Scots' reputation of being generous.

The two intrepid adventurers, Tom Langhorne and Cameron Hyde, left from Aberdeen on Scotland's east coast with nothing but the packs on their backs, a bag of rice and a bag of oats and one week later they returned to their doorstep after traveling well over 400 miles. And they did it all without spending a cent.