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91-year-old Dale Sanders becomes oldest person to complete the Appalachian Trail

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Dale Sanders, 91, summited Katahdin in Maine on August 31, 2026, becoming the oldest person to hike the entire 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail after 359 days, during which he fell 71 times and was briefly hospitalized; he had previously set the record in 2017 at age 82.

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