APT in the Media

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TV and Radio

• NBC Nightly News & The Today Show Inspiring America

• KTVZ News Channel 11, 10/11/2022, Bend man walks around the country to scout the route for American Perimeter Trail
• KTVZ News Channel 11, 1/6/2022, Bend man works to develop backpacking loop around the country
• Oregon Public Broadcasting, 4/28/2021, Think Out Loud
• WCCO News Talk 830, Minneapolis ​9/5/2020, Chattin’ ‘Round the USA
• Fox 17, West Michigan 8/4/2020 Oregon man in West Michigan, working to create new trail

Print Articles

• The Source, 10/26/2022, From Sea to Shining Sea…. And Back Again
• Bend Bulletin, 10/14/2022, Bend hiker Rue McKenrick completes his last scouting trip of the 14,000-mile American Perimeter Trail
• The Los Angeles Tribune, 5/10/2022, An Inside Look at the American Perimeter Trail
• Bend Magazine, 4/14/2022, A Bend man’s quest to build the American Perimeter Trail
• Bend Bulletin, 1/7/2022, Bend hiker continues efforts to establish 14,000-mile American Perimeter Trail
• Central Oregon Daily News, 12/12/2021 Bend man’s journey on the American Perimeter Trail
• Think Out Loud, 4/27/2021, Dream of ‘American Perimeter Trail’ still alive for Bend backpacker
• Six Moon Designs Newsletter, 1/28/2021, The American Perimeter Trail is Born
• Backpacker Magazine, January/February 2021, A Hero’s Journey
• Backpacking Routes, 12/2/2020, Creating the American Perimeter Trail
• Portland Monthly, Winter 2020, Perfect Party
• Bend Bulletin, 11/7/2020, American Perimeter Trail
• The Trek, 10/7/2020, A Conversation with Rue McKenrick on White Privilege (as previously featured on Crystal Gail Welcome’s blog)
• The Manual, 9/16/2020,  Hikers can soon circumnavigate the US on the 12,000 mile American Perimeter Trail
• Blue Ridge Outdoors, 9/10/2020, A trail that connects the AT to the PCT
• Best Hike, 9/7/2020, The American Perimeter Trail
• Travel and Leisure, 9/2/2020 An Oregon Man Is Walking Thousands of Miles Across the U.S. to Develop a 12,000-mile Cross-country Hiking Trail
• Snow Brains, 9/2/2020 The American Perimeter Trail- 12,000 Miles of What Could Be The Longest Thru-Hike in the U.S.
• ​Time Out, 9/2/2020 At 12,000 miles, the American Perimeter Trail will be the longest one in the U.S.
• Afar, 9/1/2020 The New American Perimeter Trail Will Be the Longest Hiking Route in the U.S.
• Matador Network, 9/1/2020, The 12,000- mile American Perimeter Trail will be the longest in the US
• Not All Who Wander Are Lost, 4/2020, How Leilah Grace keeps Rue McKenrick walking around America
• All Women All Trails, 3/21/2020 A Peek at the American Perimeter Trail
• ​Franklin County Free Press, 02/08/2020 His Passion Is Blazing New Trail
• Six Moon Designs Newsletter, February 2020, How Backpackers Are Going to Save the World
• Bend Bulletin, 1/10/2020 Bend hiker hopes to circumnavigate the US

Podcasts

• Hikes & Mics Podcast, 9/21/23 Rue McKenrick from the American Perimeter Trail
• All-Around Adventure, 9/12/2022, Rue McKenrick, Establishing the American Perimeter Trail
• The Backpacking Podcast 5/25/2022, Rue McKenrick, Rise of Backpacking, Conservation by Blazing Trails, Walking the Perimeter of the US
• Papa Bear Hikes, 4/15/2022, Behind the Scenes of a Conservation Movement
• Kuehl Kuest, 3/24/2022, The American Perimeter Trail
• Oregon Wild, 3/10/2022, Creating the American Perimeter Trail
• I Just Wanna Be Hiker Trash, 2/25/2022, The American Perimeter Trail
• Papa Bear Hikes, 12/26/2021, We Are One on the American Perimeter Trail
• Rocks and Roots Podcast, 12/23/2021, The American Perimeter Trail with Rue McKenrick and Leilah Grace
• Papa Bear Hikes, 11/15/2021, The American Perimeter Trail: Where Humanity and Conservation Become One
• Papa Bear Hikes, 11/10/2021, At the Heart of the American Perimeter Trail
• By Land, 11/8/2021, The American Perimeter Trail with Rue McKenrick
• Legend Life After 40, 5/3/2021, Rue McKenrick, Thru-Hiker and American Perimeter Trail Creator
• Papa Bear Hikes, 4/21/2021, Rue McKenrick: The American Perimeter Trail Conference
• Hike Podcast 4/15/2021, Backpacking Michigan with Rue McKenrick
• The Backpacking Podcast, 3/31/2021, American Perimeter Trail Update
• Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, 3/18/2021, Rue McKenrick
• Hiiker, 2/19/2021, Rue McKenrick
• Papa Bear Hikes, 1/11/2021, Rue McKenrick, Executive Director of the APTC
• Like a Bigfoot, 11/20/2020, Rue McKenrick – American Perimeter Trail, Designing a 12,000 Mile Trail
• ​The Backpacking Podcast, 9/16/2020, Livestream with Rue McKenrick
• Out and Back by Gaia GPS, 8/28/2020, Rue McKenrick and the American Perimeter Trail
• Progress Pod, 6/18/2020, The Latest From the American Perimeter Trail Project
• HBF Outdoors, 6/1/2020, The American Perimeter Trail Project with Triple Crowner Rue McKenrick
• Hike Podcast, 4/19/2020, On The Trail: Catching up with Rue McKenrick
• Hiking Thru, 4/5/2020 Episode #65 Rue AKA Rue McKenrick
• Progress Pod, 3/28/2020 Rue McKenrick and the American Perimeter Trail Project
• Hike Podcast, 3/22/2020 On The Trail: Rue McKenrick and the American Perimeter Trail Project
• Trails to Peaks Radio Podcast Episode, 2/21/2020 American Perimeter Trail Pioneer Rue McKenrick