Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast

By ETHAN TODRAS-WHITEHILL, New York Times
Sat, 07/14/2012 - 5:30pm

On a trek across the Olympic National Park coast, racing the tide, climbing with ropes and, finally, reaching the westernmost point in the continental United States.

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