This is Mountain Thru Hiker and his cat Jericho, whom we met on one of the USA’s most demanding trails. MTH (as he calls himself) is walking the 1,200-mile Mountains-to-Sea path across North Carolina to Jockey’s Ridge on the Outer Banks. MTH says he has walked thousands of miles on trails throughout the eastern USA, including the entire Appalachian Trail. Jericho’s favorite perch is atop his friend’s shoulders, which he climbed to one and a half years ago when he was a kitten. “I knew right then that she had chosen me,” MTH told us. Sue and I were walking a short section of the trail near the Blue Ridge Parkway on a hot and humid day when we all stopped to chat. Jericho even leaves their tent to do his business. I bet MTH has no worries about pesky mice looking for a meal.