Kelly Floro is a Managing Editor at The Trek. She specializes in travel and tourism, consumer travel, and the intersection of technology and the travel industry, with a keen interest in regional stories from North America and beyond. Kelly has also been featured in various publications, including The Trek.
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Kelly Floro's coverage primarily focuses on the HRP (Haute Route Pyrenees) and hiking. Her articles often involve reviews, breaking news, evolving stories, how-to guides, and expert commentary. Given her focus on hiking and outdoor activities along the Appalachian Trail, she may be interested in content related to adventure travel experiences, trail maintenance tips or equipment reviews.
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By: Kelly Floro
It has come to my attention that you recently became the fastest human being to complete the Appalachian Trail, finishing all 2,197 miles in under 41 days. Tara, I have to say I'm disappointed to hear that you did this, and I would like to ask you, very respectfully, to stop.
By: Kelly Floro
t least two Appalachian Trail towns are experiencing flooding as Hurricane Helene (now downgraded to tropical storm status) continues to bring heavy rains and high winds to the region. Evacuations are underway in Erwin, Tennessee (AT northbound mile 345), where high water stranded more than 50 people on the roof of a local hospital today. Severe flooding is also affecting the point where the AT crosses the Nolichucky River in Erwin.
By: Kelly Floro
urricane Helene has wrought devastation across the southeastern United States, with mountain communities in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia — including several Appalachian Trail towns — among those hard-hit by the storm. Although the rains have largely subsided, much of the region remains under a flood warning and the full extent of the damage is still unfolding. Here’s what we know about the status of some of the hardest-hit Appalachian Trail communities. Hot Springs, NC (AT Mile 275) The town of Hot Springs saw severe flooding on Friday and remains under a flood warning through Sunday afternoon. ...
H urricane Helene brought high winds and devastating flooding to much of the southeastern US last week, and Appalachian Trail towns like Hot
H urricane Helene devastated large swaths of the southeastern United States two weeks ago, including at least three AT communities — Hot
I started the AT in a hiking dress but changed my mind after about 700 miles, and I'm never going back. Here's why hiking dresses suck.
By: Kelly Floro
W e caught up with Jack “Quadzilla” Jones, everyone's favorite quadricep-having thru-hiking content creator, about what's really going on with the Appalachian Trail in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
L ook, I'm anxious. (Who isn't these days? It's an election year.) I'm also a thru-hiker. Those two things aren't mutually exclusive, and I'm here to prove it to you, in excruciating detail, with this list of unhinged things I do on trail for no reason other than because my anxiety brain told me to.
You'll regret it if you end up making these common, cringeworthy, but totally avoidable thru-hiker mistakes.
By: Kelly Floro
n accused murderer who allegedly killed a man, stole his identity, and staged a fake bear attack to cover up the crime has been arrested in South Carolina following a three-week manhunt. Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, is believed to have lured 34-year-old Steven Douglas Lloyd into the woods near Tellico Plains, a small town in eastern Tennessee, and killed him to assume his identity. Hamlett was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation. The Monroe County, ...
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