1955年,美国的一位叫艾玛·罗伊纳·盖特伍德的农妇在《国家地理》杂志上看到了一篇介绍“阿帕拉契亚小径”的文章阿帕拉契亚小径是美国一条家喻户晓的最长山间步道,沿着阿帕拉契亚山脉,南起乔治亚州的斯普林格山脉,途经14个州、6个国家公园和8个国家森林,向北绵延至缅因州的卡塔丁山,全长3505公里。文章中称,迄今为止只有5个人一次性地穿越了这条小径,但还没有一位女性成功实践过。盖特伍德当时已经68岁,是11个孩子的母亲,23个孩子的祖母, In 1955, a farmer in the United States named Emma Rowena Gaitwood saw an article introducing “Appalachian Trail” in the National Geographic magazine. Appalachian Trail Is the nation’s longest known mountain trail, stretching along the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia’s Springer Mountains from the south, passing 14 states, 6 national parks and 8 national forests stretching north to Mount Matin, Maine, 3505 km in length. The article said that so far only 5 people across the path at a time, but not yet a woman successfully practiced. Gateswood was 68 years old at that time, the mother of 11 children, the grandmother of 23 children,