3 Friends Quit Their Jobs, Sold Their Homes & Set Out On An Adventure Of A Lifetime

Three retired professionals dubbed “The Wander Women,” have made it their bucket list goal to complete hiking the “Triple Crown.”

Long-time friends Kristy Burns, Annette Demel, and Lyn Edmiston quit their jobs and sold their homes in Colorado Springs in 2015 with the mission of reinventing themselves.

They moved into motor homes and began exploring different places all over the country. Soon, the women agreed to hike the country’s three main long-distance national scenic trails.

“We wanted to write a new chapter of our life,” Burns said. “We just felt like life is short and there’s many things to do, so we wanted to have as many experiences as we could before we die.”

In 2019, they hiked 2,190 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine on the Appalachian Trail.

In 2020, they hiked nearly 3,028 miles on the Continental Divide Trail, from the Montana border with Canada all the way to New Mexico’s border with Mexico.

Recently, they set out to attempt the Pacific Crest Trail, which would earn them the “Triple Crown” of American hiking.

The “Triple Crown” is an official recognition by the American Long-Distance Hiking Association awarded to people who complete the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail in their entirety.

The three friends are documenting their journey on YouTube, and hope their channel inspires others to live their lives without fear and to pursue their own dreams.

Hear more about their inspirational journey in the video below:

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