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Adventure Bio
Jennifer Pharr Davis is an internationally recognized adventurer, speaker, author, and entrepreneur who has hiked more than 14,000 miles of trails on six different continents.
In 2011 she set the overall fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail by finishing the 2,185-mile foot path in 46 days (an average of 47 miles a day). And she hasn't slowed down since.
Jennifer has backpacked 700 miles pregnant, walked across North Carolina while nursing her newborn son, and hiked in all 50 states with her two-year-old daughter.
She is a member of the President’s Council of Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, was featured in the 2020 IMAX film Into America’s Wild, and served on the board of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Jennifer is truly a force of nature. But what excites her most is introducing people to the life-changing opportunities that nature provides.
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Adventures
14,000 miles on six continents
2005
- Appalachian Trail thru-hike (northbound)
2006
- Kilimanjaro summit, Africa
- Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike (northbound) and Fundraiser ($10,000)
2007
- Hike for Habitat Fundraiser ($10,000)
- Machu Picchu and Cotahuasi Canyon (Peru)
- FKT (fastest known time) on 280-mile Long Trail (Vermont)- 7 days, 15 hours
2008
- Self-supported FKT on Australia's 600-mile Bibbulmun Track (Australia)
- Women’s FKT on the Appalachian Trail- 57 days and 8 hours (southbound, 38 mpd)
- Blue Ridge Outdoors Person of the Year
2009
- 480-mile Colorado Trail thru-hike
2010
- 80-mile Foothills Trail (South Carolina), 110-mile GR20 (Corsica), 110-mile Tour du Mont Blanc (Itally, France, and Switzerland), 180-mile Pembrokeshire Coastal Path (Wales), 95-mile West Highland Way (Scotland)
2011
- FKT on the Appalachian Trail- 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes, (southbound, 47 mpd)
- Ultrarunning magazine's Female Performance of the Year
- National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
2012
- 550-mile GR11 (Spain), and 50-mile Laugavegur Trail (Iceland) during the 2nd & 3rd trimesters of pregnancy
2013
- Day hikes with husband Brew and daughter Charley in all 50 states
2014
- 250-mile section hike on the Continental Divide Trail in Colorado
2015
- 100-mile Bartram Trail (North Carolina)
- 250-mile section hike on Continental Divide Trail in Wyoming
2016
- Camino de Santiago (Spain), Mount St. Helens and Katahdin (during 2nd & 3rd trimesters)
- Laurel Wreath Award for athletic achievement from Governor of North Carolina
2017
- 1,175-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail (while nursing newborn son)
- named one of 25 most adventurous women of the past 25 years by Men's Journal
2018
- 300-mile Pinhoti Trail
- The Pursuit of Endurance published by Viking Press
2019
- 300-mile Benton Mackaye Trail
- "Female Entrepreneur of the Year" by Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
2020
- featured in IMAX film Into America's Wild, narrated by Morgan Freeman
- released short film Positive Forward Motion, about experiences in nature changing her life
2021
- Joined President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
- visited 22 national parks with her family