Trails are connectors. They guide us from one place to another, but the path is rarely linear.

And the movement is less about the destination and more about the connections we make along the way,

with the land, with each other, and with ourselves.

The Appalachian Trail winds 2,190 miles up the eastern spine of the United States.

Though connected in 1937, the trail, the people who walk it, the animals who call it home, and the landscape it follows are ever evolving.

Where we walk is a special six-part series made in collaboration with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy

with support from REI that explores the women who help make the trail what it is today.

And those who will help shape its future.

I think with volunteering, especially on the AT, it's about giving and going out on the trail and really like creating an experience

that someone else.

Going into it, knowing that doesn't matter how many miles you put into it, like you're

wanting to protect this space as well, and so you should be able to walk into those

spaces not feeling or doubting that just because you're not a through hikers that you're not able to be here.

You're leaving your footprint in a different way because sometimes you get on the trail and you're like,

man, this is grown out, like something needs to be done here.

How can I get involved so that this space still looks beautiful for me and my friends and my family

and I can keep his legacy going.

Just walking away, leaving a stepping zone for someone else to take over and you can say being

happy that you know I was able to place that stepping zone for someone else. I'm Laura

Worshevsky and in this final episode of the Where We Walk mini series Gail Strob

host of She Explorers and co-host for this series, is going to join me as we take a look at volunteering

by hearing from two individuals who have had a big hand of positions for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy,

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