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Looking for Longevity

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Maybe you saw the same story that I did recently, about the 91-year-old man who just completed a hike of the Appalachian Trail, a distance of 2,190 miles. He’d set a record as the oldest hiker to complete the trail in 2017, at the age of 82.  But in 2021 his record was beaten by an 83-year-old and, at 91, he reclaimed it.

Clearly, not all of us are destined for, or suited to, a hike of that nature.  It is not just physically and mentally grueling, it is pretty much devoid of our typical creature comforts so it takes someone with........

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