Eventually Looking for the Triple Crown

The North County Times ("serving San Diego and Riverside Counties" in California) has an article titled "Oceanside man set to hike Continental Divide Trail" by Marga Kellogg in its 12 June 2007 issue that is about Paul Longton who, accompanied by

"partner Nancy Imbertson will start the hike with Washington resident Derek Jackman, whom they met while hiking the 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2004.

"Imbertson will return home when the trio reaches South Pass City, Wyo., 1,172 miles into the journey. Longton and Jackman will continue on from there."

But that's not all. Longton hiked the PCT something like 3 years ago.

"And Longton said this trip won't be his last -- he intends to hike the Appalachian Trail and finish what hikers call the "triple crown."

"'The reality is, at 58 it takes a toll on the body. If you space them out every few years, chances are good and the Appalachian is probably the easiest of the three, the movie "Deliverance" notwithstanding,' he said with a laugh."

Uh-huh. That was a canoeing movie, not a hiking movie.