The three long distance hikes can technically be done continuously in one season - however, because of snow, they are generally attempted in sections. “Flyin’” Brian Robinson was the first, and Heather “Anish” Anderson was the only woman. Will's trail name is Akuna, from the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata meaning "no worries", and made popular by a song in The Lion King.īy the end of 2018, only ten people had completed the Triple Crown within one calendar year. Will thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2017, the Appalachian Trail in 2018, and completed the Continental Divide Trail in 2019. On September 15, 2019, combat veteran Will Robinson, age 38, became the first African American man to complete the Triple Crown. She thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2015, the Appalachian Trail in 2016/2018, and in 2017 she thru-hiked the Continental Divide Trail. In 2018, Elsye Walker, known as Chardonnay on the trail, became the first African American to complete the Triple Crown. Together they completed the Appalachian Trail in 2013 when Buddy was 5, the Pacific Crest Trail when he was 6 in 2014, and began the Continental Divide Trail in the spring of 2016 and completed it in September 2017 when he was 9. Christian, known by his trail name Buddy Backpacker, completed all three trails with his step-father Dion Pagonis. Along with her father Eric Gjonnes, she hiked The Pacific Crest Trail in 2011, the Appalachian Trail in 2012, and the Continental Divide Trail in 2013.Īs of 2018, Christian Geiger, age 9, is the youngest person to have hiked all three trails to complete the Triple Crown. She hiked all three trails as continuous northbound hikes in one hiking season each. A thru-hike is defined as completing a long trail in a single trip. In 2013, Reed Gjonnes, age 13, became the youngest person to thru-hike all three trails to complete the Triple Crown. Ryback completed a route approximating today's Continental Divide Trail in 1972 and chronicled it in his second book, The Ultimate Journey (now out of print). He completed the Pacific Crest Trail in 1970 and chronicled it in his 1971 book The High Adventure of Eric Ryback: Canada to Mexico on Foot. Ryback completed the Appalachian Trail in 1969 as a 16-year-old. The first person to ever achieve The Triple Crown of Hiking was Eric Ryback. As of the end of the application period in 2021, 525 hikers have been designated Triple Crowners by ALDHA-West since 1994. At the ALDHA–West gathering, held each fall, the Triple Crown honorees are recognized and awarded plaques noting their achievement. The American Long Distance Hiking Association – West (ALDHA–West) is the only organization that recognizes this hiking feat. A total of 22 states are visited if the three trails are completed. These three trails were the first designated National Scenic Trails in the National Trails System. Continental Divide Trail – 3,028 miles (4,873 km), between Mexico and Canada following the Continental Divide along the Rocky Mountains and traversing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.Pacific Crest Trail – 2,653 miles (4,270 km), between Mexico and Canada following the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range and traversing Washington, Oregon, and California.Appalachian Trail – 2,194 miles (3,531 km), between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine and traversing North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.The Triple Crown of Hiking informally refers to the three major U.S. Hikers on the Continental Divide Trail in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, Montana.
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