A new outdoor recreation area in a Pittsburgh park is meant to include people of all abilities. When hikers make it to the halfway point on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, there’s a tradition of eating a half gallon of ice cream. An environmental reporter shifts his perspective by leaning into the landscape. A network of trails in Northeast Pennsylvania that follows old railroad corridors is now carrying economic development across the region.
From our archives, how a 67-year-old grandmother hiked the Appalachian Trail in just a pair of Keds. And the Brood 14 cicadas are now emerging.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | TuneIn
ADDITIONAL LINKS:
1,000+ miles down, 1,000+ to go; time for ice cream on the Appalachian Trail
Local trails drive economic development
Grandma Gatewood’s epic Appalachian Trail hike - 1955, 67-year old Emma "Grandma" Gatewood became the first woman solo thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail. She would go on to do it two more times.
Essay: A 70-mile hike provides a refuge from a stressful year - "Henry David Thoreau went into the woods to 'live deeply and suck out all the marrow of life.' Me? I just wanted to stop looking at my phone."
Cicadas are back. Brood XIV expected to emerge in parts of Pennsylvania - After 17 years underground, the large, clumsy insects have started emerging to breed in parts of the United States, including Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy opens accessible trail and discovery space in Frick Park - With its new trail and discovery space in Frick Park, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy aims to create an inclusive outdoor experience.
