Completed Thru-Hikers
Congratulations to these 2022 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 12
From the moment Appalachian Trail thru-hikers take their first steps on trail, they are already dreaming about that victorious moment atop of Katahdin. Every day, they wake up and tick...
Congratulations to these 2022 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 11
Ah, the Appalachian Trail. One of America’s most iconic trails. The AT spans 2190 miles through fourteen states and along the crests and valleys of the Appalachian Mountain Range. The...
Congratulations to these 2022 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 6
Months on trail have led up to this exact, victorious moment: the final steps on the Pacific Crest Trail. Thru-hikers woke up every morning, either in their tent or in...
Congratulations to these 2022 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 5
This season on the Pacific Crest Trail was wild, to say the least. With the threat of spreading forest fires, multiple re-routes, and the inability to make it to the...
Congratulations to these 2022 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 10
Just look at all these incredible hikers! These folks recently completed their Appalachian Trail thru-hike. They summited peaks, hiked through rainstorms, and overcame every challenge the trail threw
Congratulations to these 2022 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 4
Incoming! We have our next wave of Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike finishers! We're stoked to celebrate this incredible accomplishment alongside these unreal thru-hikers. They spent months on trail,
Congratulations to these 2022 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 9
We're excited to announce our next wave of Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Finishers! These folks spent months on trail hiking towards their long-time goal: making it to the Katahdin terminus. It's...
There is No “Done”: Reflections on a Completed AT Thru-Hike
Even the Appalachian Mountains were fallible, carved and folded into their present form by calamitous, earth-shattering forces. And yet they lay under my feet as steady and solid as anything.
Congratulations to these 2022 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 3
There's a specific moment that every thru-hiker had where they officially decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. What started as an idea turned into a full-blown reality, characterized by...
Congratulations to these 2022 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 8
This is it. This is the moment. The moment these hikers have been working towards for months: The final steps upon Katahdin. 2,193 miles, 14 states, 515,000 feet of elevation...