Organizers of an extension of the Appalachian Trail that spans two and eventually three continents are making progress stitching together pieces of the long pathway.

At least symbolically, they've united North America and Europe through the International Appalachian Trail.

Representatives of the countries that are part of the International Appalachian Trail held their first meeting last month outside of North America.

Traveling to Iceland from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, they gathered at the Mid Atlantic Ridge National Park and held hands across the millennias-old geological divide between North America and Europe.

The trail extends the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Canada, Greenland, Iceland and then to Europe. Planners want it to end in Morocco.

IAT founder Richard Anderson says portions of the trail are already well-used because much of it is located on existing trails.

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