Heather Anderson is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, avid mountaineer, professional speaker, and author. She holds several Fastest Known Times and was the first woman to complete the Triple Crown of thru-hiking in a calendar year. Follow her adventures at anishhikes.wordpress.com.
By age twenty-five, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the 'Triple Crown' of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail-a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million fe...[SEE MORE]