Jeff Alt’s adventures have been featured in media nationwide including: ESPN’s Inside America’s National Parks, Hallmark Channel’s New Morning, CNN-Radio, USA Radio Network, the AP, the Chicago Sun Times, and many more. Alt is a talented speaker, teacher, and the award-winning author of A Walk For Sunshine and A Hike For Mike. Alt is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). He holds a Master’s degree from Miami University in Ohio and a degree from the University of Toledo. He continues to host the annual Walk-With-Sunshine inspired by his Appalachian Trail journey. Jeff has walked the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail, the 218-mile John Muir Trail with his wife, and last summer he carried his 21-month old daughter in a pack across a swath of Ireland on a family hike earning a “dad of the month” award by iparenting magazine for involving his daughter in his outdoor adventure.  

Jeff Alt's books are award-winning. A Walk for Sunshine is a Fore Word Reviews Book of the Year GOLD medalist, a winner of the 2009 National Best Books Award and a 2010 Bronze Medal Winner in the Living Now Book Awards. Alt’s presentation is available on film: A Walk For Sunshine Appalachian Trail Show. A Hike For Mike is Forward Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist and a Best Books USA Award Finalist. Jeff Alt has been reviewed in Library Journal, The Chicago Sun Times, by the AP, and many more.