How a woman from North Carolina set a record time on the Appalachian Trail
Tara Dower recorded the trail's Fastest Known Time by completing 2,197 miles in nearly 41 days. What put her on this path? A love of mountain running and a problem that arose during the pandemic.
The Great Dismal Swamp isn't as great, dismal, or swampy as it used to be
Sure, it used to be all of those things, and the place has an important history as a hiding spot for runaway enslaved people, but its historic name doesn't exactly reflect its current reality.
