Feeling on top of the world after hike

Uneventful and memorable.

Those two words seem to best sum up five days of real sweat, some tears, and just a tad bit of blood following the outdoor challenge — that trip back in time to the Wallowa Mountains — I previewed last week in Write to the Point.

It was uneventful because there were no injuries — outside of a toe blister — and memorable because a group of old friends did just fine it seems recapturing a bit of their youth.

Oh, the tears—those were caused by brutal leg cramps. Now I have a true understanding of what football players go through when dehydration sets in and they need an...