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Reporter Lilly Knoepp talked with 83-year-old Sunny Eberhart, who goes by his trail name “Nimblewill Nomad,” about his long-distance hike on the Appalachian Trail. When he finishes the trail, he will be the oldest person to complete the AT
During a pandemic, an 83-year-old man is attempting to become the oldest person to complete the over 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail. BPR spoke with him as he made his way through Western North Carolina:
It s spring in Franklin. That means that the town is full of hikers making their way up the Appalachian Trail.
After hours at a downtown bakery, a group of locals and hikers are wolfing down spaghetti and meatballs. Among them is a well-known bearded figure in the hiking community.
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