A 2019 National Geographic Adventurer, Heather Anderson of Patton is training for her next big hike: Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in February. A Michigan native who moved to Patton in 2019, Anderson is an accomplished thru hiker. Known by her trail name “Anish,” Anderson has completed the Triple Crown the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific […]
After six months in Iraq and a stop in Germany for medical treatment, Will Robinson returned to Louisiana, where he often felt too broken to leave the house, much less pursue outdoor activities.
Will Robinson was about 100 miles into his hike on the Pacific Crest Trail when the dark clouds started to lift. Not the ones high in the California sky, but the ones clustered in his head.