THE CLASS OF 2026

THE CLASS OF 2026

Hiking America on the American Discovery Trail & Great American Rail-Trail

Rhiis & Sara

Westbound - Northern & Southern Route
Began: February 21, 2025 - Cape Henlopen, DE
Paused: November 5, 2025 - Julesburg, CO
Restarted: March 10, 2026 - Illinois/Indiana Line - Southern Route
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Instagram, TrailJournals, YouTube, Venmo

Renae Gupta

Westbound
Began February 26, 2026 - Cape Henlopen, DE
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Instagram, GoFundMe

Bernie Krausse

Great American Rail-Trail - Westbound
Started: March 28, 2026
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Facebook, Venmo, PayPal Donate

Michael Leland

Westbound - Southern Route
Began February 21, 2026, Cape Henlopen, DE

Brad and Kay McKim

Eastbound - Southern Route -
Spring Section Hike - April 2026 - Southern Indiana-Ohio
Spring Section Hike - April 2025 - Southern Indiana
Spring Section Hike - April 2024 - River to River Trail - Illinois.
Support Link: Facebook


–––– The Class of 2025 ––––

Suzan Brydon

Westbound - Running ADT Southern Route
Began April 27, 2025, Elizabethtown, Ohio
Finished - July 19, 2025, Sheridan, Colorado
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Girls On The Run, BrydonRunning.net, Instagram,

Greg James

Westbound
Support Links: YouTube, CashApp

Daniel & Zack

Westbound
Began April 7, 2025
Support Links: Facebook

Jeffrey Kazar

Westbound - Southern Route
Began: March 6, 2025
Support Links: Facebook

Philip Grele and Drew Diaz

Westbound
Began, March 1, 2025
Support Links: Convoy of Hope, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram

Kolten

Westbound - Northern Route
Began: February 26, 2024
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Venmo

Stephen "SaunterinSteve" Gefell

Westbound - Southern Route with Flipflop at Moab, Utah
Began: February 23, 2025
Finished: November 7, 2025
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Instagram, YouTube

Rhiis & Sara

Westbound - Northern & Southern Route
Looking to complete the entire ADT in a multi-year trip.
Began: February 21, 2025
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, Instagram, TrailJournals, YouTube, Venmo

–––– The Class of 2024 ––––

Marshall 'California Chrome' Travis

Westbound - Northern Route - Full Trip
Began: February 13, 2024 - Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Completed: October 10, 2024 - Limantour Beach, California
Support Links: YouTube, Facebook, GoFundMe

Mike 'I Like Mike' Crowley

Eastbound - Section - Limantour Beach
Started: March 11, 2024 - Eastbound
Support Links: ILikeMike.com, Instagram, YouTube

John Kiracofe Moschetti

Westbound - Northern Route - Section - Cape Henlopen, DE, to Moab, Utah
Started: March 12, 2024 - Camp Henlopen, DE
Ended: September 14, 2024, Santa Monica, California
Support Links: Linktree, Alex'sLemonadeStand, Venmo, Instagram

Zachary Foor

Westbound - Southern Route - Section - Cape Henlopen, DE to Deam Lake, Indiana
Started: March 25, 2024
Paused: July 24, 2024
Support Links: Linktree, Instagram, Website, Patreon

Leif Olson

Started: March 26, 2024 - Westbound - Northern Route
Paused: February 13, 2025
Has completed Northern, Southern, and Eastern sections. Plans to resume later this year.
Support Links: Instagram, Blog, BuyMeACoffee

Matthew Hengst (Masochist Hikes)

Starting: March 27, 2024 - Westbound - Southern Route
Paused: October 22, 2025 - Plans to finish later this year.
Support Links: ImHikingAmerica, LinkTree, Youtube, Facebook, Patreon

Brad and Kay McKim

Eastbound - Southern Route -
Spring Section Hike - April 2024 - River to River Trail - Illinois.
Support Link: Facebook

Bernie Krausse

Eastbound - Northern Route to complete Full ADT
Completed Full ADT Southern Route - 2022
Started: June 22, 2024
Completed: August 14, 2024

'Blackberry Brian' Christner

Started: July 16, 2024 - Sacramento - Eastbound to Fallon, Nevada
2023 Completed: Delaware - Denver Westbound Section hike
Support Links: Feeding America, Instagram, Facebook

Christopher Fiorello

Started: Mid-July
Section Hiking: Harpers Ferry to Elizabethtown, OH & St. Louis to La Junta, CO - part of a Brooklyn, NY to Santa Barbara, CA crossing.
Support Links: GoFundMe, Instagram, TikTok, christopherfiorello.com

Hiking America is an independent navigation resource. This site is not authorized by, and has no affiliation with, the American Discovery Trail Society. Our routes are our own, developed and continuously verified through field research and hiker feedback. They are not the official route of the American Discovery Trail, are not derived from American Discovery Trail Society materials, and may deviate from the route marked with signage.