You’ve spent months, maybe years, planning a big thru-hike. Now, you’re out on trail and you or one of your companions experience an emergency. Like a life-or-death or life-altering emergency. As much as we expect to stay safe, as much as we take precautions to avoid...
We are now a 501c-3 non-profit organization! THRU-r is a thru-hiker organization created in 2020 to give back to the hiking community. Our founder, Carol “Cheer” Coyne did her first thru-hike and missed the community when she went home. So she built a new community of...
Welcome to THRU-r, an online community for long distance hikers! We thought we’d introduce ourselves, so here goes: WHAT IS OUR “WHY”? In a word: Community WHO ARE WE? We at THRU-r are on a mission to: Help future hikers prepare for their...
