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Due to the success of this event, Quest Leaders planned this event on four occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff have made the commitment to bring this event to life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TrinityCollege\/trinity-college-quest-a-thon-2025\">Support Quest-a-thon 2025.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Read about the Quest-a-thon successes and look up previous hikers accomplishments below:<\/h4>\n<p>2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/quest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/12\/Quest-a-thon-2025.xlsx\">Hikers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/quest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/06\/Quest-a-thon-hikers-2023.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hikers<\/a>, photos<\/p>\n<p>2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/quest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-17-at-10.52.33-AM.png\">Hikers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/gp\/194371793@N04\/k6pug4\">photos, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/quest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/Quest-a-thon-2021-Recap.pdf\">Quest-a-thon 2021 Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/quest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/Hikers-2019.png\">Hikers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmX8CkHz\">photos\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Superhike<\/h4>\n<p>The hike is not original with Quest, but has been adopted to serve as a fundraiser and personal challenge for both the Quest Leader and Trinity community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quest-a-thon is a 51.6m challenge, all of the CT-AT<\/li>\n<li>The hike starts at either end of the Connecticut section of the Appalachian trail at either the NY\/CT or MA\/CT state line<\/li>\n<li>Hikers can run, walk, crawl or jog any portion of the hike they want as long as they finish in 24hrs or less<\/li>\n<li>There are eight aid stations that are strategically placed where the AT crosses various roads<\/li>\n<li>Each aid station has a cut off time that hikers must make in order to continue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every two years members of the Quest community spend 24 hours hiking all 51.6 miles of the Connecticut section of the Appalachian Trail. 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