Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Susie Burns sits in an armchair, but she’s not relaxing.
She leans forward, hands chopping the air as she talks, eyes concentrated intensely, she describes her latest hike – the one that completed her journey the length of the West Coast.
That was 2,650 miles of walking, following the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexican border to Canada, a trip that took her eight years and wore out six…