Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-28 | Page 22 | 2 Hikers Aim for Panama

2 H Hikers il A Aim 1 For Panama Navigating Navigating literally by rule of ot th the thumb two Idaho Falls Idaho youths were en route to Panama City Monday on one of the worlds world's longest hitch hitch hiking hiking trl trips ps The two Charles Burgess 25 year old engineer and Charles Grafft Gram year old college student stu stu- stu- stu dent stopped in Salt Lake City briefly after completing the first I leg of their journey The pair plan to hitch rides on freight trains In automobiles and aft after r reaching the hinterlands of Mexico MexIco Mexico Mex Mex- ico on burros Burgess who spent several years in the the tropics while In the theU U U. U S S. S army Is familiar with the territory Grafft who has aspirations as aspirations aspirations as- as as a writer Is making his first trip He hopes to obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain material for future writings The trip which will Include walking tours of oC Mexico Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala Guate Guate- mala Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica and Pam ana will viii be finished about March the hikers said