thru-hike

plural thru-hikes

1. An end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek.

   … to our 2,658-mile thru-hike, …

   2014, Karen Berger, Daniel R. Smith, The Pacific Crest Trail, The Countryman Press, →ISBN, page 12

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   … but you can expect a thru-hike of the Florida Trail to take up to three months …

   2004, Sandra Friend, The Florida Trail, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 37

   I shaved my head for the start of our thru-hike, …

   2011, Francis Tapon, Hike Your Own Hike, SonicTrek, →ISBN, page 23

present singular third person thru-hikes · participle present thru-hiking · participle past thru-hiked · past thru-hiked

1. To walk a long-distance trail end to end, in one unbroken trek.

   I've always wanted to thru-hike…

   2006, David Miller, AWOL on the Appalachian Trail, Wingspan Press, →ISBN, page 60