Hike of a lifetime: With her parents, a 10-year-old conquers Pacific Crest Trail In 2005, San Jose Mercury News copy editor Barbara Egbert, husband Gary Chambers and their daughter, Mary, took leave of their jobs and schoolwork, put their Sunol house, pets and finances in the hands of friends and relatives, and set out on a 2,658-mile trek from Mexico to Canada.
June 6, 2013 - Inside Bay Area
Pacific Crest Trail: By the numbers Here are key figures in the Chambers-Egbert family's six-month adventure hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
June 6, 2013 - Inside Bay Area