The Purpose
As my husband approached his 40th birthday, I looked for a way to make this era of our lives memorable. One day as we were hiking, it hit me. What if I set a goal... a really high goal? What if we kept track of every foot of altitude and then compared it to Everest at 29,030 feet? And better yet... what if there were a prize at each of the 6 camps used to reach the summit?
The kids and I decided to do it. We created a travel brochure listing 15 hikes within 60 miles of home. We listed the altitude change of each hike and we set goals. On the night of Nate's 40th birthday we gave him a cake (shaped like Everest and made by one of my students) and a basket full of gifts wrapped in string and brown paper. Each gift was labeled with an altitude. To prepare Nathan for our trek, he opened his basecamp gift, the book "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer, detailing the most deadly year in Everest's history. Get ready, Nathan Tiday, cause we are going Over-The-Hill!
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