thru-hiker

The Maine Forest Service received a call Thursday about a so-called "thru-hiker" who suffered stroke-like symptoms on a rugged stretch known as the 100-Mile Wilderness.

KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

I have walked behind goats and I have walked behing thru-hikers, and I can tell a thru-hiker is ahead by a good 1/4 mile, whereas a goat cannot be detected until you are practically touching it.

Waldo Jaquith - 5 life lessons that I learned while hiking the Appalachian Trail that totally turned out to not apply to the real world. 2007

Fortunately, a thru-hiker was at the shelter and he helped me figure out how to get out of there.

Waldo Jaquith - Tenth anniversary. 2006

He was filthy (moreso than the average thru-hiker:), carried a beat-up old rucksack and a huge bright orange sleeping bag.

Man Charged with Hikers' Deaths at cvillenews.com 2002

The good news about Lyme disease is that it's easily treated, but it can still lay you up for awhile doing so, and the constant vigilance needed to search for and remove ticks isn't always in ready supply in every thru-hiker.

Planet Mozilla 2009

I have no idea how long this not-especially-permanent state line marker lasted, but it lasted long enough for me to derive enjoyment from it; as I noted in the two shelter registers just south of the border (accompanying a gripe to the maintainers about how they need to mark it more clearly - "Even a poor thru-hiker deserves some happiness in life!"), I hope subsequent hikers make it better.

Planet Mozilla 2009

As a thru-hiker I manage to snag one of the bunks inside the cabin (it's two stories, with the second floor devoted to bunks), lucky me - we're grateful to have first call on them if we want, and given the bugs outside recently we're all too happy to be inside behind screened doors at night.

Planet Mozilla 2009

That, however, was when he reached Damascus in Virginia for Trail Days, a thru-hiker festival.

Planet Mozilla 2009

I've gone back through previous entries and attempted to link to each thru-hiker or section hiker's website or trail journal the first time it's mentioned in each entry (if I knew it or could find it), so if you still feel like reading about hiking on the

Planet Mozilla 2009

If suddenly you find you can't hike at even your slowest thru-hiker pace, traveling only a few or a handful of miles in a day more than once, it's time to get off the trail and see a doctor to get treated for it, typically with doxycycline and some rest (particularly as the drug increases sensitivity to the sun, making all-day hiking more painful).

Planet Mozilla 2009