a man I met through the Woodcollectors Society begged me a few years ago to share the driving from Wash DC to Kansas for a meeting. He was 86 then, and I thought he was amazing. He had just returned from a trip to Costa Rica where he rode donkeys and tramped the jungles. Then, several years later, at 90, he went on a wood collecting trip to Peru, where he climbed up ladders to do the forest canopy walk! The local natives were amazed, as they had never even seen anyone that old.

As far as I know, 'ol Elbert is still around at about 93. Guess I ought to call and check, as he is my idol!