Honor Role
The following are those who have completed the River to River Trail either as a Segmented Hike or Ride and a Through Hike or Ride. If you would like to be included in the Honor Role, please submit the required data in the form on the page linked below.
NAME | YEAR | WHEN | COMMENTS | METHOD | TRIP TYPE | SEASONS | HOME | |
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Gary Tews | 2024 | 11/1/24-11/5/24 | Solo. 100 hours total from the Ohio to the Mississippi. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Villa Park, IL | |
Justin Galbraith | 2024 | September and October 2024 | Backpacking trip over two outings: September 10-12 and October 12-16 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | Brighton, IL | |
Kit Anders | kit1331@yahoo.com | 2024 | Sept. 14-22, 2024 | Solo | Hike | Thru Hike | Late Summer/Fall | Teutopolis, IL |
Robert Jones | churchillman1@yahoo.com | 2023-2024 | September 16- 2023 -June 8 2024 | Started at Grand Tower IL and hiked East towards Elizabeth Town | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring Fall Winter | Wickliffe, Kentucky |
Joey Lombardi | lombardi.joey@gmail.com | 2024 | 8 days | Thru-hike from Elizabethtown (May 9th, 2024) to Grand Tower (May 17, 2024). | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Chicago, Illinois |
Darral Ward | darralward@gmail.com | 2024 | 9 days, 8 nights | I posted a day by day on Facebook, if any of that info or pictures is useful. Summary: Day 1 - 16.46 miles, 0810’ elevation, 6:15 Day 2 - 14.62 miles, 1565’ elevation, 6:05 Day 3 - 16.49 miles, 1939’ elevation, 6:52 Day 4 - 14:58 miles, 1161’ elevation, 5:41 Day 5 - 17.67 miles, 1427’ elevation, 7:05 Day 6 - 22.30 miles, 2165’ elevation, 11:01 Day 7 - 17.27 miles, 1191’ elevation, 8:22 Day 8 - 21.19 miles, 2270’ elevation, 9:43 Day 9 - 17.49 miles, 1959’ elevation, 6:54 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Reed KY |
Denna DeWitt | ddewit0926@yahoo.com | 2024 | April 19-April 28 2024 | We traveled east to west. Trials on the east side are a disaster hard to travel due to atvs and horses. West side much better Ferne cliff area was my personal favorite. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Kankakee, IL |
Carmen Williams | carmenkenpo@gmail.com | 2024 | 16 days April 12-28, 2024 | Began in Elizabethtown on April 12th, 2024 and ended in Grand Tower on April 28th, 2024. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Crawfordville, Florida |
Daniel Koch | self.dankoch@gmail.com | 2024 | April 1 - April 11, 2024 | Hiked east to west. Weather started off warm, then stormy, then cold with sleet, then sunny and pleasant, followed by steady rain. Was able to view the total eclipse April 8. Lots of wildlife and some great scenery. Road walks were not bad. Maps worked well and trail was blazed adequately. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Knoxville, TN |
Tom Stachyra | toemasii@hotmail.com | 2024 | 3/21/24 - 3/29/24 | For my 2nd R2R trip I left Elizabethtown with 10 days of food and 2 liters of water at a 34 lb pack weight. My days had beautiful weather. It rained one evening which replenished the available water. The trail was well-marked and even the road walks were mostly pleasant and enjoyable. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Mount Vernon, IL |
Kristi Weaver | saluki9301@gmail.com | 2023-2024 | August 20, 2023 - February 9, 2024 | Previously hiked from the Ohio to the Mississippi, so decided to do it backwards this time. As always, a beautiful and challenging experience that’s good for the mind, body, and spirit. Thanks to those who help with the upkeep of the trail! | Hike | Segmented Hike | Summer Fall Winter | Carbondale, IL |
David Hilt | dwhilt55@gmail.com | 2023-2024 | 9/8/2023 - 2/9/2024 | Started at Grand Tower and ended at Elizabethtown. Hiked in sections mostly on Fridays and Saturdays. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall Winter | Marion, IL |
Kimberly A'Hearn | kimberlyahearn@yahoo.com | 2023 | Approximately a year | Over the span of approximately one year and about maybe five trips to the area. I started in Elizabethtown to the garden of the Gods on the first trip. Then came back and this hike we kind of jumped from section to section, godwin east to west giant city The third trip made it from Garden of the Gods and had to get off trail at new hope cemetery due to one of us being sick. Then number four from New hope cemetery to millstone lake trip five from mill stone and kind if jumped around to get all of the other sections that I had not done I'm sure I may have left something out here but what a wonderful five trips I made to that area and plan on coming back there to do some of the other loops but until then Happy trail to all the ladies I have hiked with | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring Summer | Galesburg Illinois |
Melanie Kasson | mkass@frontier.com | 2023 | 16 days during October and November 2023 | I section hiked with a friend so we could position a vehicle at each end of a section. There were 16 sections averaging around 10 miles each. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall Winter | Tunnel Hill IL |
John Plunkett | charliedango@gmail.com | 2023 | Westbound started Nov 4th in Elizabethtown. Got off trail Nov 5th at Garden of the Gods Backpacking camp. Returned Nov 10th and hiked to Grand Tower, finishing on Nov 17th | Due to getting off trail because of sickness I chose to prepare daily drops of food, clothing and and water. I didn't filter water from any source on trail during the 8 day trip and relied only on the water I got from local restaurants/convenience stores and my own drops. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Jacksonville, Illinois |
Vincent Fuqua | vincefuqua@yahoo.com | 2023 | Couple weeks ish | Third time across this. 2017 westbound 2021 eastbound 2023 westbound | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring Fall | Southern Illinois |
James Schroeder | jimandamyschroeder@gmail.com | 2023 | December 23, 2019 - November 12, 2023 | Me (Jim) and my 4 oldest kids (Zach, Emma, Matthew, and Noah) took off on an unseasonably warm day in late December with a friend and his son, with the goal of segment hiking the entire trail by the time our oldest (Zach & Emma) graduated high school. Over the course of 11 segments and almost 4 years, we were joined by our family and many other friends for different segments of the trail. It was a tremendous experience, with our longest day being 17 miles into camp at Panther Den, and many overnights spent just off the trail, and one at the lodge at Giant City SP. We finished the trail on a beautiful Sunday morning at Grand Tower, a little less than 220 years after Meriwether Lewis stopped across the river for the night. Our oldest will graduate high school in May. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring Fall Winter | Evansville, Indiana |
Randy Sims | heatherandrandy624@gmail.com | 2023 | October 15th-23rd, 2023 | 8 day through hike | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Vienna IL |
Myron Fay | zandchome@yahoo.com | 2023 | May 21, 2023 - October 14, 2023 | Completed first half from Elizabethtown to Goddard's Crossing May 21 - 25, 2023. Completed second half from Goddard's Crossing to Grand Tower October 6 - 14, 2023. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring & Fall | Trenton, IL |
Kevin Owens | kjowens765@gmail.com | 2023 | 8/21/2023 -8/28/2023 | Completed in 7days 12hours. Eastbound. Grand Tower -Elizabethtown. Partially supported. | Hike | Thru Hike | Summer | |
Garion Leamon | 2023 | 2023 | Solo Westbound May 2023 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Carterville, IL USA | |
Alex Fishel | fishals11@gmail.com | 2023 | 2017-2023 | Completed the full trail east to west in 2023 after doing a section a year since 2017 with a group of 4 friends. Skipped 2022 due to conflicts. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring, Fall | Washington, IL, USA |
Dave Pogreba | pogrebad@gmail.com | 2023 | 2023 | Spring | Hike | Thru Hike | Summer | USA |
Jason Durbin | papadurb01@gmail.com | 2023 | March 14 2023 - April 7 2023 | I started my hike in Grand Tower heading east. I did it in a three week period. I got off trail for a couple zero days for Easter with family in Golconda when I got to Shotgun Eddie's. Then got back on and finished the trail. Couldn't find water to filter and was dying of thirst by the time I got to herod church. Thank them for the water and snacks. Lost my Sawyer squeeze around one horse gap and almost died of thirst again until I got to high knob to hang out with JoJo. It had started to rain pretty hard by then so I set for a bit to get out of the rain for a little. Finished up and plan to do it again in 2024. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Campbellsville KY |
Joe Ulmer | tentlifepro@gmail.com | 2023 | 2023 - April 1, 8:31am - April 9, 3:02pm | SPOT Map: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/WX83 #RivertoRiverTrailAdventure | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Chicago, IL |
Glenn Lawrentz | glawrentzjr@aol.com | 2023 | 2023 - Saturday April 1, 2023 to Sunday April 9, 2023 | (West to East) https://youtu.be/Ju3PZH8zwpI | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Lombard, IL USA |
Karl Van Scyoc | 2023 | 2023 - March 3-19 | Westbound thru-hike with 5 other backpackers. Includes the Battery Rock segment and numerous off-trail points of interest. Journal and a selection of photos available at https://www.trailjournals.com/VanScyocR2R2023/ | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Magnolia, TX | |
Lauren Glass | glasslak@yahoo.com | 2022 | 2022 Jan - Dec | I hiked from Elizabethtown to Trigg Tower in January 2022. Then I hiked from Trigg Tower to Giant City SP March 2022. I completed my hike from Giant City SP to Grand Tower in Dec 2022. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring, Winter | St. Paul, MN |
Andrew Asher | 2022 | 2021-2022 | Group hike - Start date: October 20, 2021 Finish: October 19, 2022 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | Springfield, Illinois | |
Rex Gradeless | 2022 | 2021-2022 | Group hike - Start date: October 20, 2021 Finish: October 19, 2022 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | Springfield, Illinois | |
Scott Sievers | 2022 | 2021-2022 | Group hike - Start date: October 20, 2021 Finish: October 19, 2022 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | Springfield, Illinois | |
Scott Bell | 2022 | 2021-2022 | Group hike - Start date: October 20, 2021 Finish: October 19, 2022 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | Chatham, Illinois | |
Mike James | mikej8904@yahoo.com | 2022 | 2022 | Fall | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Hillsboro, IL USA |
Joe Ryder | lowjoe_69_lowjoe@yahoo.com | 2022 | 2022 | Fall | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Eldorado, Illinois 62930 |
Scott Graham | edselboy60@hotmail.com | 2022 | 2022 - Oct. 14-25 | 2022 Solo Battery Rock to Devils Backbone St. Pk. Oct. 14-25. Is there an Oldest Known Thru hiker? Or do you want to go there? LOL 66. I can provide more details of the trip -Scott. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Mount Vernon |
Toran Fiene | toranfiene@gmail.com | 2022 | 2022 - Oct 9th-14th | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Indianapolis, IN | |
Stephen Beard | okapi52@hotmail.com | 2022 | 2022-0911-22 | Great hike. Avenza app definitely a big help. Started 9/11 at Elizabethtown finished 9/22 at Grand Tower. | Hike | Thru Hike | Summer | Petersburg, Indiana, USA |
Mike Gunderloy | retired@larkfarm.com | 2022 | 2022 - August 6-12 | Hike | Thru Hike | Summer | Newburgh, Indiana, USA | |
William Hines | willk416@yahoo.com | 2022 | 2022 May 23-29 | Hike | Thru Hike | Summer | Lombard, IL United States | |
Tom Logsdon | logsdont@gmail.com | 2022 | 2022 - Jan 14 - Apr 24 | After having a Japan trip cancelled twice by Covid restrictions and aware of the inextricable linkage between age and health, I decided on an adventure less subject to bureaucratic interference and closer to home: section hiking the River to River Trail from Elizabethtown on the Ohio to Grand Tower on the Mississippi. Pertinent data: started 1/14/22, finished 4/24/22, walked 17 days, daily distance 7 to 13 miles, total distance 168 miles. Thanks to Kristi for walking with me for 118 miles. Thanks to Joe for logistical support and to Lucy for IT support. My advice to all—in Maude’s words—”Dance like no one’s watching and live like there’s no tomorrow.” | Hike | Segmented Hike | Winter, Spring | Shawneetown, IL |
Charles Turnbull | 3turnbulls@gmail.com | 2022 | 2022 - April 14-20 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Williamsville IL USA | |
Kristi Weaver | saluki9301@gmail.com | 2022 | 2022 - January and April | Completed all sections between January and April of 2022. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Winter, Spring | Carbondale, IL USA |
Tom Stachyra | Toemasii@hotmail.com | 2022 | 2022 - Began: 3/26/22 Completed: 4/4/22 | My hike covered 181+ miles. I carried 12 days of food (just incase) with an initial pack weight of 36 lbs. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Mount Vernon, IL |
Michelle Samson | msamson31@yahoo.com | 2022 | 2022 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Pleasant Plains, IL | |
Casey Huff | chuff73074@yahoo.com | 2022 | 2019-2022 | July 2019- March 2022 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter | Buncombe, IL USA |
Jackie Powers | 2022 | 2019-2022 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter | Paducah, KY USA | ||
Joe & Allison Kallo | quietglow@gmail.com | 2022 | 2022 | We started in E-town on Sunday Feb, 27 (2022) and finished March, 5th (7 days). If anyone needs current trail conditions, please feel free to reach out. Wonderful hike! | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Chicago |
Ronda Bennet | peacefulmassagebyronda@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | September 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | US |
Bill Keaggy | keaggy@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | October 16-23, 2021. Self-supported solo thru-hike from the Ohio to the Mississippi. Great weather aside from some rain the last day, although the road walks are tough in the hot sun. Highlights: GotG, Lusk Creek, the old bus, Panther Den Wilderness, Giant City Lodge, and Inspiration Point. Track recorder crashed the last day so the stats were: ~168 miles and ~16,000 feet of elevation gain. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | St. Louis, Missouri USA |
Ryan Parke | rparke@hmcgears.com | 2021 | 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Princeton, Indiana (Gibson County) | |
Joe Ulmer | tentlifepro@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | October 15 8:29am - October 26 2:02am, 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Chicago, IL |
Amanda Fernandes | fernandaa1028@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | October 16-26, 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Kokomo, IN USA |
Jason Schneider | jasonschneider99@yahoo.com | 2021 | 2021 | October 16th-26th 2021. 11 days on the trail, 10 days of hiking and one zero day after day 7. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Sterling, IL. |
Joel Furrer | joelfurrer@comcast.net | 2021 | 2021 | September 4-12, 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Summer | Saint Joseph, IL, USA |
Marcia Skinner | mskinner_1@frontier.com | 2021 | 2020 & 2021 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring / Fall | Carterville, IL | |
Jacinda Shields | jacinda.shields@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | May 2021 | Hike | Thru / Section Hike | Spring | Flanagan, IL USA |
Scott Oldham | joso7@comcast.net | 2021 | 2021 | Spring | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Joliet |
Irene Miller | irenem192@hotmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | May 1st - May 15 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Flat Rock, IL USA |
Ethan Beachy | ethanlynn429@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Flat Rock IL USA | |
Rebecca Bissette | rlbissette@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | April 2021: Completed over 4 back to back weekends/solo 6 days with drop off/pick up by my husband and dog. Started in Elizabethtown and ended at Grand Tower. Met the sweetest man that lives on Tall Tree Lake Rd just past the railroad tracks (map 17)...87 years old and still going strong, said he admired young folks that get out and hike and plans on making it to 100. Lovely trail..get there early by May snakes and ticks are already getting bad. Loved Lusk Creek and Panther Den wilderness. So many beautiful places!!! Watch out for trial closures due to controlled burning and aerial gunning of feral pigs. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring | Belleville, IL USA |
Lindsey Roberts | lindseyrgroberts@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | Trail Run / Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Carbondale, IL | |
Daniel Faust | dannofaust@gmail.com | 2021 | April 10 to April 19, 2021 | I write a daily blog about my trip on the R2R Trail. You can read about it at the following URL: https://newglorydays.wordpress.com/2021/05/27/river-to-river-trail/ | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Pontiac, IL |
Vince Baker | vbscouts@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 Started April 10 in Elizabethtown and finished April 20 in Grand Tower. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | St. Peters MO USA |
Kevin Gottlieb | kgottlieb09@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | My attempt at doing the trail in the Unsupported fastest known time. See my trail story. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Carbondale, IL |
Robb Roth | rrobbo171@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | Started Elizabethtown April 2nd, finished in Grand Tower April 9th, 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Bluford, IL 62814 |
Joe Prince | joeprincehounddog@gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | Started April 2 from Elizabethtown and finished in Grand tower April 9 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Opdyke Illinois USA |
Raymond D. Bonnell | BonnellRD@Gmail.com | 2021 | 2021 | I began my solo Thru-Hike in Elizabethtown on Sunday, March 14th and finished in Grand Tower on Saturday, March 27th. My wife resupplied me on day 7 at Livesay Spring. I took a day off, rented a cabin and explored Giant City State Park on day 11. Having rained much of the week prior to the start of my trip -- the trail was quite soggy requiring 14 river crossings in my 5-toe water shoes. On the up side, all that rain made for a bountiful crop of mini waterfalls and flowing creeks. Is there anything more peaceful than the sound of a waterfall or flowing creek? | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Maryville, IL |
Joe Chifos | jchifos@yahoo.com | 2021 | 2021 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Saint Peters, MO USA | |
Dan Pestka | danpestka2001@yahoo.com | 2021 | 2021 | I started the trail February 27th, 2021 and took March 3rd and 4th off due to blisters. I went back out on March 5th and finished in Etown on March 9th 2021. It took 9 days total of hiking and 11 overall days. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Carterville, IL. 62918 |
Samuel Moore | sambo.moore1988.sm@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | 10/26/2020 - 11/2/2020 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Madisonville, KY USA |
Sarah McQuay | sarah.mcquay4@gmail.com | 2020 | 2016-2020 | Hike | Segmented Hike | Spring, Summer, Fall | Evansville IN | |
Carl D Brannan | huntin75@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | I section hiked the R2R starting 8-30-2020 and finished on 11-28-2020. 13 days total over 3 months. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | West Frankfort, IL Franklin |
Jennifer Rydzewski | RYDZZZ@SBCGLOBAL.NET | 2020 | 2020 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Chicago, IL, USA | |
Jay Qualls | whackattacker1@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | I started November 5, 2020, in Grand Tower, and ended on November 14, 2020 in Elizabethtown. I was solo and did not resupply, carrying my entire food supply. I met several westbound thru hikers, a few day hikers, and about a dozen horse riders. Weather was great, a little warm the first two days, and just a couple of light showers. All in all a wonderful trip. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Centralia IL USA |
Bill Conard | billconard511@gmail.com | 2020 | 2017-2020 | I started in 2017 at Elizabethtown with my eldest grandson, and did segmented hikes--a day at a time. The first days I missed the way several times, losing hours and progress. Then a Forest Ranger in Harrisburg recommended the Avenza app and R2R Map Bundle--so I downloaded them and rarely got lost again (there are a few spots where the Avenza map is wrong, and it might take 30 minutes to actually find the trail). Because I was alone most of the time, and did not want to hike out and back to my car, I decided to use my bike. So I would hide my bike in the forest near where I planned to end, then drive the car to where I needed to start--would hike to the bike, and ride the bike on nearby roads back to my car. I did that many times, and progressed faster on the segmented portions. Finished on Nov 28, 2020, at Grand Tower, with my son-in-law, and his daughter. I've done the Superior Hiking Trail in MN--that's an amazing trail of 300+ miles; the R2R has nothing to be ashamed of in comparison to the SHT! Thanks to the many people who keep up the R2R, and work out the legal angles to keep it open. | Hike | Segmented Hike | Fall | Evansville, IN, USA |
Reese Borlin | reeseborlin@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Washington, IL United States | |
Jeff Middlemas | jefferymouse@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Boise, Idaho USA | |
Caleb Bess | calebbess912@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | Hike to prep for the AT | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | Carbondale, MO |
Rusty, Amanda, Paige(18), Tuff(12) and Rowdy(5) Troyer | ratroyer2006@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | Family ride over 5 days from June 17-22 going east. | Equestrian Thru Ride | Thru Ride | Summer | USA |
Ray Williams | rwci2000@gmail.com | 2020 | 2017 & 2020 | Equestrian Thru Ride | Thru Ride | Summer | Flora, IL | |
Kristen "Arrow" Dippold | kristen_d24@yahoo.com | 2020 | 2020 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Thebes, IL USA | |
Rick Stone | mordridstone@gmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | Thru-hiked the entire trail during Pandemic, March 16th-April 2nd of 2020, with a week off in the middle. Amazing experience, the first of many | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Bloomington Illinois USA |
Ryne Manion | rlmanion@me.com | 2020 | 2020 | Thirteen (13) days to complete. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Springfield, Illinois. US |
Joshua Letner | godiswitus_87@hotmail.com | 2020 | 2020 | Hike | Thru Hike | Winter | Belleville IL USA | |
Aric Greenberg | aricgreenberg@yahoo.com | 2020 | 2019-2020 | Hike | Segmented | Summer | US | |
Keith Gehlhausen | kegehlhausen@aol.com | 2020 | 2018 - 2020 | I began hiking small sections of the River to River Trail in 1995, but finally decided to hike the entire trail beginning 12/26/18. Through a series of weekend section hikes over two winters, I reached Grand Tower on 3/8/20. | Hike | Segmented | Winter | Evansville, IN |
Clint Stevens | drmclintoc@gmail.com | 2020 | 2019-2020 | I began on December 7, 2019 and finished on January 4, 2020. I did a mixture of day hikes and backpacking. | Hike | Segmented | Winter | Centralia, IL |
Tod Courtney | tod_courtney@yahoo.com | 2019 | 2018-2019 | Did the east third in Oct 2018 (e-town to east trigg) and the west two-thirds in March 2019 (east trigg to grand tower). | Hike | Segmented | Spring, Fall | Champaign, IL |
Jon Womack | dulce55@yahoo.com | 2019 | 2018-2019 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall, Winter | Pomona, IL | |
ilovetattooing1980@hotmail.com | ilovetattooing1980@hotmail.com | 2019 | 2019 | Hike | Segmented | Spring, Summer | Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 | |
Matt Bower | theweightstation@hotmail.com | 2019 | 2019 | A friend and I hiked the first half together, I finished the second half alone. The River to River Trail Bundle was a great help! Started in E-Town on April 1,2019 finished in Grand Tower on April 7,2019 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Charleston IL USA |
Joe McCamish | josephjamesmccamish@gmail.com | 2019 | 2018-2019 | Hike | Segmented | Spring, Fall, Winter | Carterville | |
Danielle Rose Hartline | daniellerosehartline@gmail.com | 2019 | 2018-2019 | Hike | Segmented | Spring, Fall, Winter | Carterville, IL Williamson | |
Chris Benda (Illinois Botanizer) | 2018 | 2018 | http://illinoisbotanizer.com/ | Hike | Segmented | Fall | ||
Craig Davis | hscraigdavis@yahoo.com | 2018 | 2018 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Lincoln Illinois Logan county | |
Don Wall | tentlifepro@gmail.com | 2018 | 2018 | Don Wall passed away on October 22, 2019 while on a through hike in 2019. He was just a few miles from finishing. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Texico, IL |
Bob Ellis IV | 2018 | 2018 | Bob hikes with his dad and was 14 years old. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Albion, IL USA | |
Bob Ellis III | frabob96@yahoo.com | 2018 | 2018 | Hiked with his son. | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Albion, IL USA |
Eric Johnson | lj1014@shawneelink.net | 2009 | 2008-2009 | Hike | Segmented | Fall, Winter, Spring | Illinois | |
William J Gilmour | william.gilmour@frontier.com | 2015 | 2014-2015 | I did it in 2014-2015 in a series of 14 day hikes | Hike | Segmented | Fall, Winter, Spring | Illinois, Massac |
Les Vaughn | rocketcaver@yahoo.com | 2015 | 2014-2015/2018 | Hiked in segments with a great group! Also hiked it again more recently, but have 3 sections to go to complete. | Hike | Segmented | Fall, Winter, Spring | Illinois |
Steve Lundstrom | 2017 | 2017 | I completed the R2R in 2017 but happened to be back down in Karbers Ridge this last weekend (6/11/23) and got a chance to see the trail and blaze markers again. I also hope to do another through hike within 2 years. It was such a wonderfull experience and I look forward to doing it again! | Hike | Thru Hike | Wood River, IL | ||
Trevor Bollmann | bollmannt@gmail.com | 2017 | 2017 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Covington, LA, USA | |
Jeffery Gosnell | tnsadventure@gmail.com | 2015 | 2013 & 2015 | 2013: Etown-Goddard Xing 2015: Goddard Xing-Grand Tower | Hike | Segmented | Spring | Carlinville, IL USA |
Bill Joe Averitt | Billjoeaveritt@gmail.com | 2015 | 2013 & 2015 | 5 days - 2013 first half 5 days - 2015 second half | Hike | Segmented | Spring | Burnet, TX USA |
Richard Rudy | richard.rudy@countryfinancial.com | 2005 | 2004 2005 | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | ||
Dave Williams | USAF1stSgt@att.net | 2016 | 2016 | My thru-hike from 10-22 Oct 2016. I began in Elizabethtown and ended at Devil's Backbone. | Hike | Thru Hike | Fall | |
Scott G Graham | edselboy60@hotmail.com | 2017 | 2017 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Mount Vernon, IL | |
Scott G Graham | edselboy60@hotmail.com | 2018 | 2018 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Mount Vernon, IL | |
John and Sara Lancaster | emptyenergy1@gmail.com | 2014 | 2014 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Fish Creek, Wisconsin, USA | |
Tyler Brandon | tbpottery@gmail.com | 2009 | 2009 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Peoria IL | |
Robert Lippert | roblippert1@yahoo.com | 2005 | 2005 | 3rd week of July 2005 | Equestrian Thru Ride | Thru Ride | Summer | Clinton, IL |
Tim Worth | yak@iname.com | 2002 | 2002 | Hike | Thru Hike | Spring | Grants, NM | |