KXLG • January 14, 2022
New Year’s Day, veteran female hiker Briana DeSanctis, 38, originally of Farmington, Maine, took the first steps of her 5,057 mile journey New Year’s Day. Embarking on the American Discovery Trail to cross the United States in a little more than a year, she began her journey from the coast in Cape Henlopen, Del. DeSanctis hiked the entire 2,198.2 mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine back in 2015. She started that trek March 5 and ended it on Sept. 17 of that year. So, she’s no novice to hiking long distances. The American Discovery Trail, spanning 5,057 miles, is the first coast-to-coast non-motorized trail.