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Meet the 74-year-old who set a record on the Appalachian Trail

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Here & Now Newsroom

November 28, 2024

A weather-worn sign at the peak of Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Maine. Katahdin, the tallest mountain in Maine, is nearly a mile high and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. (Beth J. Harpaz/AP)

Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is an incredibly challenging feat. The 2,100-mile route from Georgia to Maine includes 900,000 vertical feet of climbing, and just about one in four people who set off on the trail actually finishes it.

Seventy-four-year-old Linda Vanderloop just finished the hike with her daughter Hanna, setting the record as the oldest known woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.

The pair joins host Deepa Fernandes to talk about their journey.

This segment aired on November 28, 2024.

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