I was able to draw a pension at age 55 with a 10% penalty. I also had a heart attack, received a pacemaker and a stent, about the same time. Thankfully, I had no tissue death. I said I better get started living, rather than dying. I’ve been hiking for 4 plus years now. Hiked about 3,300 miles to date. Done a lot of camping in some of the most beautiful places on the planet. I feel like Joe Dimaggio... the luckiest man on earth.
I’ll have to research the author you mention.
I leave earlier each year, and finish later each year too.
And I think you might have questioned Donald giving you the NICKNAME “SPIDER-MAN”....
Amazing....hiking really sounds like your life line.