You know the saying, right? The thing is, I’m not even getting the one step forward these days.  Setback after setback. That’s me up there. I just got home from the hospital. I went in for an outpatient procedure; green light laser surgery. I came home, got through the night, and went into my urologist’s […]

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Mile 494—Stealth camp Sunday, April 28 Weelll… best laid plans, right? It was raining, windy, and cold when my alarm went off at 4:30. The rain was what did it, though. I just could not—could not—face packing up in the rain again, and carrying that wet heavy mess. So I…

That would be my grandson, Vinnie, just about to clear 13′. When I sent this picture and a video to my brother John, he reminded me that our dad pole vaulted in high school! That would have been around 1932, in DuBois, PA. Our dad was a super athlete, and musician. He was the captain […]

When my oldest daughter, Jennie, was 8, she was hit by a car. I think maybe it was the most traumatic day of my life. I was home, heard a commotion in front of our house on Rt 313 in Quakertown , PA, ran out the front doors, and was the first one at the […]

I’ve been trying to get to the Priest Shelter for months! Today I made it!!! I’ll get to that. I started at the base of Spy Rock Road, just outside Montebello, VA. It was about a mile up to the Trail and Spy Rock. That is Spy Rock. The view from the top is fantastic, […]

Sometimes you just need to finish things. Coming in first doesn’t matter any more. Just finishing. In my life, while not even realizing it, I left many things unfinished. Back then it seemed like “just getting on with it” was my internal mantra. Pick yourself up and keep moving forward. That’s all gone now. Now […]

Well…it took two attempts but I got to the summit! My first mountain on the AT over 4000 feet. A few days ago, my friend John P. and I hiked up to the first view. That’s me in my lucky Delaware shirt, and John in a full relax position. Truth is, he got there about […]