A hiker passes a trail marker for the Pacific Crest Trail near Campo, Calif. Wildfires, storms and federal cuts threaten iconic trails like Pacific Crest Trail as staff layoffs and lost funding ...

“If we lose these things, we are really going to be lost as a species, and definitely as a country.” The Pacific Crest Trail Association ... bestselling memoir “Wild” that inspired a ...

“If we lose these things, we are really going to be lost as a species, and definitely as a country.” The Pacific Crest Trail Association ... bestselling memoir “Wild” — which inspired ...

Lena learned to accept herself in the face of "aging, illness, scrapes and scars" and her decadelong battle with ...

“If we lose these things, we are really going to be lost as a species, and definitely as a country.” The Pacific Crest Trail Association ... bestselling memoir “Wild” that inspired a ...

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Eric Kipperman, one of the Pacific Crest Trail Association's experienced guides known as "crest runners", right, takes a picture of hikers Joshua Suran, center, and Laura Flocchini as they get ...