The Triple Crown Award

The American Long Distance Hikers Association - Western States Chapter

ALDHA-West

The Distance Hiker's Gazette
Newsletter of
The American Long Distance Hiker's Association
Western States Chapter

Volume I, Number 2 March 1994

The Triple Crown

My dictionary defines the word “crown” as a mark of honor or completion; a culmination; bringing to a successful conclusion, as in “a crowning achievement.” I would like to coin the term “Triple Crown,” to commemorate hikes of the Pacific Crest Trail, the Continental Divide Trail and the Appalachian Trail. And as President of ALDHA-West I will extend an honorary life membership to any hiker who completes the Triple Crown.

Copyright (C) 1994 by Ray Jardine. All Rights Reserved.

The Distance Hiker’s Gazette
November 1994

Saturday morning I described the ALDHA-West Triple Crown Award, and showed the plaques acknowledging those present who had hiked the PCT, the CDT, and the AT. As I wrote in a previous Gazette, my dictionary defines the word crown as a mark of honor or completion—a culmination, bringing to a successful conclusion, as in “a crowning achievement.” Thus, the Triple Crown is meant to honor the hiker who has walked all three of the nation’s ultra-long trails.

Copyright © 1994 by Ray Jardine. (No part of this newsletter may be used without permission.)