Fortunately, a thru-hiker was at the shelter and he helped me figure out how to get out of there. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Tenth anniversary.] Reference
He was filthy (moreso than the average thru-hiker:), carried a beat-up old rucksack and a huge bright orange sleeping bag. From Wordnik.com. [Man Charged with Hikers' Deaths at cvillenews.com] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - 5 life lessons that I learned while hiking the Appalachian Trail that totally turned out to not apply to the real world.] Reference
That's brilliant - I'll give it to him and call him a thru-hiker. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
That, however, was when he reached Damascus in Virginia for Trail Days, a thru-hiker festival. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
A thru-hiker is an end-to-end backpacker tackling a long-distance trail, as compared to someone who walks segments of the trail in bits and pieces. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
Wow, didn't realize until reading through the previous 250-odd comments before my first that Jim Owen, another thru-hiker, was here - and I'd even recognize his site. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Maybe if you visit during the week it's okay - if you're a thru-hiker, and only in the fall - but the system they have is very rigid and structured because they can't handle people showing up whenever. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
Upper Goose Pond Cabin is not to be missed, particularly if you're a thru-hiker, the Shays Rebellion monument is cool, and the last ten miles or so along a ridge has a great view, but it's not that much of a state for the. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
But there were other hikers all over the place: a 68-year-old grandma descending serenely; a group of women with a wire-haired terrier the size of a rabbit; and a thru-hiker from the Island of Guernsey whose visa was about to run out. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
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). From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
I feel pathetic doing less than 10 miles per day, on average, but I’ve got to remember I’m not a thru-hiker now — I’m just a guy going for a long walk. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Appalachian trial.] Reference
We had one thru-hiker ask us to come along with him to Maine but we figured there was one of us in particular he wanted to accompany him and once again, it wasn’t me. thekickable. From Wordnik.com. [I actually did hike the Appalachian Trail. No. Really. « Dating Jesus] Reference
This year is the tenth anniversary of my hike of the Appalachian Trail (and, incidentally, last month was the tenth anniversary of this blog), I can’t miss the big annual thru-hiker festival. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Those dear old trail days.] Reference
I note this only because Sweet Sweet noticed a register entry from a thru-hiker (!) irrationally fearful of the ascent up it; it's somewhat steep, and it's more steps made of stone than a hiking trail, but to have such fear of a Spanky passes me again near the top of the hill as I water up, and after passing through a field of raspberries (my entry in a trail register nearby is, "Nothing is real - except raspberry fields, forever!"). From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
Whether this appeals or not probably depends to a good extent on whether one is a thru-hiker or not; a group a bit ahead of me stayed at all four on consecutive nights, but I delayed for a long time at the first one (Kincora, vaguely near Hampton. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
2007 - so technically he's not a thru-hiker but rather a section hiker. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mozilla] Reference
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