An 82-year-old man hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. Then he danced a jig.

Sanders, 82, officially became the oldest person to hike the entire 2,190-mile trail in a year.

.. A naturally gregarious person, Sanders had periods of depression while alone on the trail. He was helped by what he calls “trail angels,” people who recognized him from seeing him on the Internet, who called out his trail name — “Grey Beard” — and hiked alongside him for a stretch

.. During the hike, he wore a tracker so people at home could locate his position. He fell “about 100 times” along the rocky, mountainous trail, but only the Kinsman Mountain fall was serious.

.. Sanders takes 30-inch steps, so he figures he took 4,625,256 steps for the hike.