This is a hero story. At an age when, frankly, most of us are slowing down both our bodies and our commitments, my friend Sylvia Burgos Toftness has launched a new and ambitious venture.
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Some of the 1990 Trans-Antarctica Expedition staff gathered to visit British team member Geoff Somers (seated) when he came to town June 6, 2015. Front left: Pat Braski, Deb Gandhorn, Jennifer Gasperini, Paula Berglund-Swanson, Cathy de Moll, Steve Buetow. Back left: Hans Buetow, Dave Sheild, JuliePeters-Wright, Deanna Peterson-Mello, Cynthia Mueller, Jim Gasperini
Old Home Week
Perhaps it is right that we recognize our lives' most important moments and people only in retrospect. Circumspection breeds clarity. Context comes with time. What we can only understand from a longer perspective is that the prodigious talent, good will, inspired purpose and remarkable good fortune conspire rarely to such great effect. So when they do, I urge us all to recognize their worth and celebrate!
Read MoreTraveling in the Wake of War
If he was still here, I'd thank my dad again today for faithfully charging into battle at such a tender age, as I thank all the young men and women who have followed suit. But I wish, with all my heart that as a nation and a species, we could find a way to render the sacrifice unnecessary. My sons' country has been at war for more than half their lives, no end in sight, no obvious victory or relief.
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