Karen de Boer (’94) completed a multi-year section hike of the Appalachian Trail with her father, Sipke (who is 75) in 2019. The two summited Mount Katahdin in Maine on August 30th, 2019. They began their hike at Springer Mountain in Georgia in 2008. Completing the 2,192-mile long hiking trail took them nine separate trips over twelve years.
