When Jennifer Pharr Davis graduated from college, she felt lost. Searching for time and space to reflect on her future, the North Carolina native decided to hike the Appalachian Trail.
Time in nature ultimately became her future. Davis transformed into a skilled hiker and backpacker who has covered more than 14,000 miles on foot.
She set records for the Long Trail in Vermont and the Bibbulmun Trail in Australia. In 2011, she clinched the record for the fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail, traversing the 2,190-mile trail in 46 days, 11 hours, and 20 minutes (a record later beaten by Scott Jurek in 2015).
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