When I lived in Switzerland, I used to take very long hikes in the
hills near Zurich. The whole country is crisscrossed with marked
hiking trails that tell you the time to the next town or the next
mountain top etc. I met up with an older gentleman who proceeded to
hike up a very steep trail with me. We engaged in a lively
conversation in a mixture of English and German and I had a real nice
chat with him. This man was 73 years old and he was hiking the same
trail that I was. He was the same age as my father was at the time and he was easily keeping up with me (or was I keeping up with him) It is a culture where exercise is really stressed. The diet
much more vegetable friendly and packaged food unfriendly than ours is
here in the states.
So in a nutshell, I hope to be able to conquer mountains at 73. Just keep focused, keeping eating right and keep exercising.
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