Editing Hiking (section)

===Border crossings===
Borders can be poorly marked and in 2009, Iran imprisoned three Americans for hiking across the Iran-Iraq border.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Michael R. |last2=Lehren |first2=Andrew W. |date=2010-10-23 |title=Iran Seized U.S. Hikers in Iraq, U.S. Report Asserts |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/world/middleeast/23hikers.html?_r=1 |access-date=2017-02-24 |archive-date=2018-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424140831/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/world/middleeast/23hikers.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is illegal to cross into the US on the [[Pacific Crest Trail]] from Canada. Going south to north it is more straightforward and a crossing can be made, if advanced arrangements are made with [[Canada Border Services Agency|Canada Border Services]]. Within the [[Schengen Area]], which includes most of the [[E.U.]], and associated nations like Switzerland and Norway, there are no impediments to crossing by path, and borders are not always obvious.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hiking the Via Alpina – Questions / Answers |url=http://www.via-alpina.org/en/page/771/questions-answers#And_what_else_should_I_know_about_walking_in_the_Alps_ |access-date=May 31, 2020 |website=www.via-alpina.org |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805111026/http://via-alpina.org/en/page/771/questions-answers#And_what_else_should_I_know_about_walking_in_the_Alps_ |url-status=live }}</ref>