Hiking 1,863 Miles at 72: Sobriety, Bear Encounters & Resilience - Rand Timmerman
What does it take fora 72-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran with an artificial knee and fouryears of hard-won sobriety to set out on a 2,200-mile trek across theAppalachian Trail—and how do you process the heartbreak of your physical bodygiving out just short of the finish line?
Rand Timmerman is a retired attorney, author, and UnitedStates Marine Corps Vietnam combat veteran. In his early 70s, Rand joined his71-year-old brother Ronnie—who was mourning the loss of his wife—to hike theentire Appalachian Trail across 14 states and over 600 mountains. Despitetaking daily falls, braving…
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