Why not?

For nearly two years they've nursed sore feet, skidded down icy trails and stumbled through rhododendron thickets in the dark.

But at 11 a.m. Saturday, in the soft, warm sands of the Outer Banks, the long hike of Frank Potter and Jim Walters finally came to an end. The Charlotte golfing buddies became only the 14th and 15th people to complete the nearly 1,000- mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

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