At Big Sur, it climbs up the rough volcanic ranges, carving around cliffs with sheer drops to the thrashing ocean below, and leads on to the silver-grey foreshores of San Simeon, where elephant seals parp and loll, wriggling to inch themselves up the sand as the frothing tide approaches.
The former King, Simeonof Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, swept to parliamentary victory in the 2001 election, but never quite settled into the prime minister's chair.
Chambers, banned for two years after being caught in the BALCO doping scandal, clocked a swift 10 seconds flat to hold off the challenge of promising youngster Simeon Williamson.