Jennifer Pharr Davis

Jennifer Pharr Davis

Author, American Hiking Society Ambassador

American Hiking Society Ambassador, Jennifer Pharr Davis, talks about the importance of National Trails Day.

Biography

Jennifer Pharr Davis is a hiker, author, adventure speaker, and 2012 National Geographic  Adventurer of the Year. She is the founder and owner of Blue Ridge Hiking Company, an Asheville, NC-based guiding service that strives “to make the wilderness accessible and enjoyable” for hikers of all ages, genders, and ability levels. Jennifer has covered over 12,000 miles of long distance trails on six different continents. In 2011, she completed the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail in forty-six days, eleven hours, and twenty minutes, maintaining a remarkable average of forty-seven miles per day. By doing this, she set the overall fastest known time on the “A.T.” and became the first woman to set that mark.

As someone who thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail as a twenty-one year old, completed the Colorado Trail as a newlywed, traversed the Spanish Pyrenees as an expectant mother, has hiked in all fifty states with her husband and two year old daughter, and who is currently section-hiking the Continental Divide Trail, Jennifer truly embodies her belief that “the trail is there for everyone at every phase of life.” She is thrilled to be an Ambassador for the American Hiking Society, and she looks forward to championing AHS initiatives as she continues her speaking and writing career.
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