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A hiker who has just completed the Appalachian Trail. Thru-hiking, or through-hiking, is the act of hiking an established long-distance trail end-to-end continuously.. The term is most frequently used regarding trails in the United States, such as the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the Appalachian Trail (AT), and the Continental Divide Trail (CDT).
Williamson finished at the Mexican border October 11. And finally as in 2009, Williamson did the hike of the PCT without taking any detours or re-routes due to trail conditions, nor accepted rides for re-supply. [12] As of 2011, Williamson has had over a 19 year [13] hiking career, logged over 47,000 miles (76,000 km) and thru-hiked the PCT 13 ...
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.
In 2013, Reed Gjonnes, age 13, became the youngest person at the time to thru-hike all three trails to complete the Triple Crown. A thru-hike is defined as completing a long trail in a single trip. She hiked all three trails as continuous northbound hikes in one hiking season each. [8]
Earl Shaffer is best known as the first person to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one, continuous journey. Such hikes have come to be known as “thru-hikes” from the words, “hiking through.” The original concept of a thru-hike was a continuous journey from one end of a long trail to the other.
The Man Who Walked Through Time (1968) is Colin Fletcher's chronicle of the first person to walk a continuous route through Grand Canyon National Park. [1] The book is credited with "introducing an increasingly nature-hungry public to the spiritual and physical rewards of backpacking".
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One of the tours is the eight-day Urban Brew Thru, [5] her thru-hike of every brewery in Denver, Colorado, [17] totaling 60 establishments, [5] the course charting in at 88 miles. [1] She also leads the six-week online course Thru-Hiking 101 [21] for Backpacker Magazine [4] and speaks at "colleges, outdoor clubs, hiking clubs, [and] women's ...