BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September x, 2025
Carey Kish, a hardcore hiker from Bar Harbor, just completed the 2,700-mile Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada. Kish, who is well past his youth, spent six months walking alone through some of the wildest, loneliest, most rugged terrain in the lower 48. His feat proves that, aside from sore feet and relentless leg cramps, he has mastered the test of emotional endurance. So let’s share in the wonder and inspiration of the Carey Kishes of this world, who remind us of what is possible when passion and perseverance carry us forward.