A through hike on the AT is a incredible undertaking for anyone, let alone a gentleman of his age. Enjoy the accomplishment.
Posted on 11/05/2017 9:22:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
There was a moment back in August when Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders considered giving up.
In the middle of the 100-Mile Wilderness in Maine, far from help, he was bleeding internally and having heart palpitations — not surprising considering that he was 50 or 60 years older than most of the people he had met on the Appalachian Trail.
Sanders called his wife in Bartlett, Tennessee, and she urged him to keep going. With a go-ahead from his doctors, he did, and on Thursday, Sanders, 82, officially became the oldest person to hike the entire 2,190-mile trail in a year.
He walked much of it alone, but for the last mile, ending at the There was a moment back in August when Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders considered giving up.
In the middle of the 100-Mile Wilderness in Maine, far from help, he was bleeding internally and having heart palpitations — not surprising considering that he was 50 or 60 years older than most of the people he had met on the Appalachian Trail.
Sanders called his wife in Bartlett, Tennessee, and she urged him to keep going. With a go-ahead from his doctors, he did, and on Thursday, Sanders, 82, officially became the oldest person to hike the entire 2,190-mile trail in a year.
He walked much of it alone, but for the last mile, ending at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters in Harpers Ferry, Sanders was joined by friends, family and hikers — including a pair of dogs — he had met along the trail.
At the end of it, he danced a jig.
At the end of it, he danced a jig.
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I feel like I read that twice.
Did he run into Mark Sanford?
[[and she urged him to keep going.]]
Hmmmmm
“Honey, I’m bleeding internally and having heart palpitations- what should i do?”
“Keep going of course- you’ll be fine- oh before you go- where’s the will?”
Amazing he survived it. And not just his health. Dangerous hike. Lots of people get murdered.
[[With a go-ahead from his doctors, he did,]]
Hmmmmm
“Doc, should i keep going? I’m seeing lots of blood, and it feels like an elephant sitting on my chest”
“Why suuuure- no problem- keep right on going. By the way, where is your will located?”
I did, too. I did, too.
Are the doctors and his wife all in his will and is he worth millions? What doctor would tell anyone, especially a senior citizen who is bleeding internally and having heart palpitations, to not go get help?
[[Are the doctors and his wife all in his will and is he worth millions?]]
Lol- exactly what i thought-
I think this old fellow is asking the wrong people for advice. Sad if true. Maybe he’s the type who needs tough-love every so often and his wife knows that.
Uh... what? Lots? Got some data?
Nice
awesome!
HAHA!! Love it!!
11 in the past 45 years
3 million a year hike the trail to some degree
By contrast the Reese Witherspoon trail has never had a murder
You mean the Pacific Crest Trail? There’s also the Continental Divide Trail.
161 and went out 3 times this year hiking about 330 miles or the distance between Harpers Ferry and Roanoke Virginia. Since last year I’ve completed about 600 miles to the trail and it’s become a passion.
Yes.....I actually liked her movie
Man that was sooooo Ashland Oregon wasn’t it?
I never knew there was a Divide trail
Must be high
He’s braver than I am. People disappear along the trail quite a lot. Frightening phenomenon.
A through hike on the AT is a incredible undertaking for anyone, let alone a gentleman of his age. Enjoy the accomplishment.
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