Buy Flowers, Go Hiking.
PEGGY PARK
Last week I finished a 6 day backpacking trip with a climb up Mt
Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental USA. I thought it was
quite a feat until I met Peggy Park who has climbed Mt Whitney 11 times from
the “hard side.”
Peggy is “in her 70’s” and I met her on the way
down from Mt Whitney. She started climbing from Whitney Portal on the
east side at 12:30 am that morning to do the 22 mile round trip that includes
6,000 vertical feet of climbing. I had started from the west side, and
only had to climb 3000 vertical feet and walk 16 miles. I am not sure I
could have done what she did. She has become a role model for me and her
message is, “keep hiking, it will keep you young.”
WHY CALIFORNIA?
Also I included a little video of the top of Mt Whitney. I
can’t tell you how spectacular the view is from the top of Mt Whitney, you need
to see for yourself. Again, I realize that Kitayama Brothers needs to
keep growing beautiful California flowers, so we can stay in California and
explore all its beautiful places.
