Lansing area woman, 81, is oldest to thru-hike Appalachian Trail

Lansing area woman, 81, is oldest to thru-hike Appalachian Trail

CARSON CITY — Betty Kellenberger doesn’t remember the name of the novel that, in one sentence, summed up everything she is. It wasn’t a very good book, she said. In fact, “it was just an awful thing, just a random book that I picked up,” Kellenberger said. One sentence, however, struck her. “It described the main character by saying, ‘He read a map as if it was a novel,'” Kellenberger said. “And this is what it’s like for me.” It tells her story…