Jennifer Pharr Davis Breaks Overall Speed Record on the Appalachian TrailThe fastest AT thru-hiker on record finishes the 2,181-mile trail 26 hours and 11 minutes ahead of the previous record07.31.2011– Asheville, NC—Jennifer Pharr Davis is the fastest person ever to thru-hike the famed Appalachian Trail. Davis claimed the overall speed record this afternoon, July 31, 2011 at 3:26 pm Eastern time, setting a new record of 46 days 11 hours and...

Hiker Breaks Record on Appalachian Trail By KEITH MULVIHILL Published: August 1, 2011 Recommend Twitter Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints Share CloseLinkedinDiggMySpacePermalink Jennifer Pharr Davis hiked the roughly 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 46 days 11 hours 20 minutes, breaking the record of 47 days 13 hours 31 minutes held by Andrew Thompson since 2005. Pharr Davis set out from Mount Katahdin in Maine on June 15 and reached the...

One of the most salient trends in the United States concerns the status of women in higher education. In the year 2010, just shy of 57% of university degrees were awarded to women. That is an incredible shift from 50 years ago, when less than 10% of college graduates were female. Sooner or later, this trend will be reflected at the very top echelons of major corporations and political offices. America’s hiking trails are also seeing...