The AP reports on Hikers Finish Continuous West Coast Trek. Nate Olive and Sarah Janes, ecologists from the University of Georgia, were the first people known to continuously hike the 1,800 mile West Coast Trail, a path running from northwestern Washington state to the southwestern corner of San Diego County. It took them three and a half months, averaging 20 miles a day, as they “threaded their way across beaches, rainforests and farm country. They marched around, and sometimes through, military bases. In mostly urbanized Southern California, they had to clamber over sea walls and jetties, many erected by homeowners trying to curb erosion, as well as dodge sewage-contaminated rivers.”

One of my life goals is to hike part of the Appalachian Trail, so I admire what this couple has done. Very cool!