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Mission to Inspire the World.

8/23/2017

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Last week, my family and I took a three day hiking trip to the Zealand Falls Hut in the New Hampshire White Mountains. We were doing a ‘fill in’ to bridge the gap between the summer crew leaving and the fall crew arriving.
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Our responsibilities were to cook and serve breakfast and dinner to the 30-50 guests, clean the hut, and deliver the weather report.  My dad was really the leader of this entire operation - he has been volunteering for the AMC for 30+ years.
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It was our 3 year old son, Hazen’s first hike in the white mountains and he did incredible - hiking the 2.8 miles up and down on his own.  He loved scrambling up over the rocks.  It only took a little ‘trail magic’ and encouragement to keep him going on the flat spots.
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While we were in the hut, we had the pleasure of meeting many amazing people, one of whom was Greybeard.  This is Dale Sanders trail name.  Dale is a thru-hiker on a mission to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.  As if that wasn’t impressive enough - at 82 years old, Dale is working on setting the world record to be the oldest person to complete the mission.
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The Appalachian Trail or the A.T is about 2,200 miles in length extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine.  Thru-hikers carry everything they need in their pack and camp along the trail.  Occasionally they are able to stay in huts like Zealand Falls and enjoy a delicious meal or two and a nice warm and more importantly, dry place to sleep.  Dale anticipates his trek will take him six and a half to seven months - hiking from Georgia to Maine and he is on target to finish before the end of the year.  

When we first encountered Dale at the hut, he looked a little listless, he was ready for that meal and a bunk to lay his head.  He had a just come from 8 days straight on some really tough terrain sleeping under the stars and on this day completed 10 miles - just a reminder, Greybeard is 82!!
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The neat part was, once he got a little nourishment in his system he perked right up and started sharing stories about his journey.  The next morning you would have thought he was 32 as he put on a performance at breakfast with his “spirit dance” to inspire the 40 other people in the hut to live life without limitations and believe in yourself and what you can accomplish .  If you ever have the opportunity to talk to a thru-hiker - I highly recommend it!  Their perspective on life and what is important is absolutely incredible, Greybeard is a prime example of that.  What an experience for him and everyone he comes into contact with.
I asked Dale over dinner what motivated him to keep going - he told me that he is hoping to inspire others to adventure and to never put limits on yourself no matter the challenge in front of you.

Imagine that - this 82 year old man - out on a 2,200 journey - in the wilderness for months and he is driven by inspiring others. I told Dale that I wanted to share his story with you all and he was thrilled.

Let’s all take a little inspiration from Dales sweat, gumption, determination, and his journey.  Imagine being Dales age - 82 and deciding that you were going to do something this epic - just to inspire others.  

To me, that is the definition of living life without limitations.  Dale is 82 years old and still living a life of epic adventure.

Thank you Dale, for inspiring me and for allowing me to share your story!

Happy Training!
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Paige
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To read more on Dale’s journey, check out:
http://www.greybeardadventurer.com/
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