For the past two years, Macon County’s Jim Prader has been training for his hike up Mount Whitney near Death Valley, Calif. by hiking hundreds of miles on the Appalachian Trail and the Bartram Trail, often at night and by himself.
Prader did the 22 miles with his daughter, son and Macon County coach in one day. At 83 years old, he is the oldest man to accomplish this task.