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91-year-old Dale "Graybeard" Sanders set a new record, becoming the oldest hiker on the Appalachian Trail.

91-year-old Dale "Graybeard" Sanders set a new record, becoming the oldest hiker on the Appalachian Trail.

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September 1st, 2026

91-year-old Dale "Graybeard" Sanders set a new record, becoming the oldest hiker on the Appalachian Trail.

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Dale "Graybeard" Sanders, 91, got the record back.

91岁的戴尔·“灰胡子”·桑德斯又拿回了纪录

He is the oldest hiker on the Appalachian Trail.

阿巴拉契亚小径上最年长的徒步者

He fell 71 times this time.

这次走了71次跌倒。

Six of them were "hard falls".

其中六次“硬摔”

One put him in the hospital.

一次让他住了院

Another happened 200 yards from the end.

另一次发生在离终点200码的地方

The trail is 2,193 miles long.

小径全长2193英里

It goes from Georgia to Maine.

从佐治亚州到缅因州

Sanders started from West Virginia on September 6.

桑德斯于9月6日从西弗吉尼亚州出发

He rested a little, then moved in jumps.

短暂休息然后跳跃式前进

On Monday he reached the highest peak in Maine.

周一登上了缅因州的最高峰

He stopped at the sign on the top to pray.

在山顶的标志处停下来祈祷

He thanked God. He thanked his team. He thanked all his helpers.

感谢上帝支持团队所有帮助他的人

He first made the record in 2017.

于2017年首次创下纪录

He was 82 then.

那时82岁

Four years later, his friend M.J. Eberhart took the record.

四年后他的朋友M.J.·埃伯哈特拿走了纪录

Eberhart was 83 then.

埃伯哈特当时83岁

Then Sanders said he would come back.

然后桑德斯宣布复出

This trip was much harder than the first one.

这次旅程第一次难得多

In June he fell in Vermont.

六月在佛蒙特州摔倒

He hurt his legs, arms, and hands.

擦伤了胳膊

But no bones broke.

没有骨折

He kept walking.

继续徒步

After a few weeks, his left arm felt numb.

几周后他的左臂麻木了

He was taken to the hospital.

被送往医院

The doctor said it was a pressed nerve, not a stroke.

医生这是神经受压不是中风

He wanted to give up.

曾想放弃

But his wife told him to keep going.

妻子说服继续

She stayed with him when he came home.

在他回家时陪着他

Saunders is now a star among other hikers.

桑德斯现在其他徒步者中的明星

Thousands of people follow him on social media.

数千人在社交媒体上关注

He says getting the record back is not important now.

他说拿回纪录现在不重要了

The most important thing is that people are inspired by his effort.

最重要的人们因他的努力受到激励

Hiker Meredith Ewenson says he shows the idea. That idea is 'anything is possible.'

徒步者梅雷迪斯·尤恩森他体现了“一切皆有可能”的理念

She is amazed that he is so healthy at his age.

她惊叹于在这般年纪还这么健康

Saunders has other age records.

桑德斯还有别的年龄纪录

He is the oldest person to row the whole Mississippi River.

划船走完密西西比河全程的最年长者

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