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Struggling To Stay Young As I Rapidly Grow Old

Mon, 22 March, 2021

         Memory lapse in we elder folk, I'm convinced, rarely happens. It's just that spending so much time embellishing the past causes the present to get a little fuzzy.

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Memorable Mountain Outings

Mon, Apr 6, 2021

         Here's a puzzle. Looking down from the top floor of a tall building, I can expect a rapid heartbeat and quivering knees. Yet, going along a narrow mountain ledge with precipitous cliffs, it's a walk in the park. Why not golf or tennis instead of mountain climbing? I have no idea but the urge to be in mountain country has always been there. Climbing was never an obsession, it was secondary, a recreational pursuit.

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Hold On: The Party's Not Over

Wed, Apr 14, 2021

         A June morning in 1959 and Denver Union Station is bustling with activity. In front of the station, a fleet of Greyline buses are parked at a slight angle awaiting the arrival of a few hundred midwestern tourists. A three day excursion through Colorado's mountains, a trip of a lifetime.

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Are You Trying to Kill the Kids!?

Fri, Apr 30, 2021

         The car is parked in the driveway, the rear slightly sagging under the weight of heavy packs. Paul's in the front seat and Niki is popping in and out of the back seat mumbling again and again: my dad and my brother are crazy. Our destination is Wyoming's Wind River Mountains where a multi-day crossing will take us on an ambitious alpine route.

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Old and Bold Men: backpacking near the Colorado River

Fri, Aug 20, 2021

         The scene was the usual winter Friday morning coffee get-together at the Bliss Café. Three guys with graying hair discussing something,

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Hiking: Young at Heart - Phil and Will on the trail again

Fri, Aug 20, 2021

         At Curt’s Café on a Friday morning, Will patiently listened to Phil’s tales of his climbing days and the Fourteeners he had climbed some thirty years ago.