After strolling for 293 days, Troy “Punisher” Croxdale touched the southern border of the Continental Divide Path—his third lengthy path for the reason that yr started.
A path marker on the CDT in Montana (Photograph: Editorial RF / iStock Unreleased by way of Getty)
Revealed October 23, 2025 03:07PM
On October 22, Troy Croxdale made it to the Mexican border on the Continental Divide Path, finishing a uncommon border-to-border Calendar 12 months Triple Crown in 293 days.
In a typical mountain climbing season, just some thousand hikers try to finish a single leg of the Triple Crown (the Appalachian, Continental Divide, and Pacific Crest Trails), normally taking 4 to six months to hike a path in its entirety. Comparatively, Croxdale—a well known runner and thru-hiker—accomplished all three trails in lower than 10 months and added additional miles at first and finish of the Appalachian Path to succeed in Newfoundland from Key West on the Jap Continental Path (ECT).
In a current Instagram submit, he defined that finishing this endeavor concerned mountain climbing between the Canadian and Mexican borders 3 times, masking 8,562.5 miles, 1,300,766 toes of elevation achieve—the equal of climbing Mount Everest 24 occasions—and greater than 18,000,000 steps. He walked throughout 24 states and used up 18 pairs of footwear.
Croxdale is the primary to finish a border-to-border Calendar 12 months Triple Crown in 2025, however there are two different hikers on his tail who intention to finish the identical problem. Madison Blagden and Philip Witmer are additionally making an attempt to hike all three trails border to frame this yr. Carl “Professor” Stanfield beforehand accomplished the feat in 2022 as a part of an in the end unsuccessful quest to hike 11,000 miles in a yr.
Celebrating his accomplishment, Croxdale wrote,”What a journey! I’m nonetheless processing all the things that has occurred within the final 293 Days. What I do know is that I can’t thank everybody sufficient for all of the help alongside the way in which. From encouraging messages, donations, firms hooking me up with gear, family and friends popping out to the path, hikers I met alongside the way in which, individuals providing help and all the things else. I’m overflowing with pleasure.”
