{
  "id": 5204892,
  "title": "Retired Navy veteran reclaims title of oldest person to finish crossing Appalachian Trail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/retired-navy-veteran-reclaims-title-of-oldest-person-to-finish",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T23:42:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/retired-navy-veteran-reclaims-title-oldest-person-finish-crossing-appalachian-trail/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A retired Navy veteran set a record as the oldest person to ever finish hiking along the 2,200-mile-long Appalachian Trail in 2017. After a friend took his title in 2021, Dale Sanders reclaimed it this week. Tony Dokoupil has the story.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}