BACKPACKING -- Phil Hough and Deb Hunsicker, a pair of long-distance hikers from North Idaho, will tap 3,100 miles of footwork to present a free program, “Wildflowers, Wild Lands and Wild Times Along the Continental Divide,"  Wednesday, 6 p.m., at the Sandpoint Community Hall.

The program is cosponsored by Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society, Sandpoint Parks and Recreation and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness

In July 2008, intrepid hikers Phil Hough and Deb Hunsicker, aka Nowhere Man and Walking Carrot, embarked on an epic journey to hike the 3,100 miles length of the Continental Divide Trail.  Over the following three summers they completed this rugged route as it traces its course along the spine of the continent.  In doing so, they also completed the third and final leg of the coveted “triple crown” of hiking, which also includes the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail.

Hiking the Continental Divide, with an eye to native plants and wild lands, they snapped more than 14,000 photos and compiled countless tales from the trail.