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Emma Rowena Gatewood (née Caldwell; October 25, 1887 – June 4, 1973), [1] better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
She has written two guidebooks about hiking in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, and one about hiking near Asheville, North Carolina. She has also written two memoirs- 2010's Becoming Odyssa , about her 2005 Appalachian Trail thru-hike, [ 7 ] [ 19 ] and 2013's Called Again , about her record setting A.T. hike, both published by Beaufort Books.
She is known for creating the popular website JenniCam. [2] [3] Previously, live webcams transmitted static shots from cameras aimed through windows or at coffee pots. [4] Ringley's innovation was simply to allow others to view her daily activities. She was the first web-based "lifecaster". [5] She retired from lifecasting at the end of 2003.
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In 2023, she created a new TikTok account on which she posts comedic videos. [8] That February, Althoff announced she had filmed a pilot for her upcoming podcast. [6] The podcast, named The Really Good Podcast, debuted in April 2023. [9] In July 2023, Althoff interviewed rapper Drake on an episode of The Really Good Podcast. Clips from the ...