Scott Rogers
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Scott Rogers is the first above-the-knee amputee to complete the 2,174 mile Appalachian Trail
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Several media outlets, including CNN
, Associated Press
, and NBC
, reported extensively on his 2004 hike. Duncan Mansfield, AP writer from Knoxville, Tennessee
coined the term "bionic hiker",
On the trail, hikers knew him simply as "One Leg".
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the AT, is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately long...
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The Bionic Hiker
Rogers became an amputee following an accident with a shotgun on Memorial Day 1998.Several media outlets, including CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, reported extensively on his 2004 hike. Duncan Mansfield, AP writer from Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
coined the term "bionic hiker",
On the trail, hikers knew him simply as "One Leg".