My friend from 1969 is now 75 years old and my best friend from the "I AM" activity passed away in 2006 and my best High School Friend passed away in 2011 who was in the Viet Nam war as a Jet engine mechanic repairing Jets of all kinds in Thailand so he didn't have to die in Viet Nam then like many did on the front lines of that war because of the draft.
However, my friend from the "I AM" that I started climbing mountains starting with Half Dome in August 1969 is still alive and we climbed many mountains together with other friends and also climbed Mount Shasta and Mt. San Gorgonio too later.
It was nice all the mountains we have climbed together and even when I went for 4 or 5 months to India, Nepal, Thailand and Japan he was playing music in Switzerland and flew over to Kathmandu Nepal I think in maybe February of 1986 to meet me and my family in Kathmandu because we were returning from India then. And I think that trip he climbed Langtang Mountain with a mountain Climbing group of climbers likely from all over the world then too after we left I think back to San Francisco then around April of 1986.
Even after we stopped climbing mountains together when I got married and had a family we still skied together first cross country than metal edged cross country and then Downhill at Mt. Shasta Ski park over the years too. So, our love of mountains and being in remote places (for example, around Mt. Shasta you can be about 50 miles from the nearest person if you want to be in the wilderness you just need to realize that your cell phone or smartphone isn't going to work in this remote of a place unless you have emergency service (sort of like a Satellite phone) if you have an IPHONE 14 or newer. But, this is just if you are going to die or something in the wilderness that you can use this feature.
So, basically we have been good friends now and I helped him build his house in Mt. Shasta and he helped me build My house in Mt. Shasta. First he built his around 1976 and I started building my house around 1980 and I owned that land until 1989 whereas he still owns his 2 1/2 acres of land today in Mt. Shasta.
So, it's good to have friends that you can still visit that are still alive after 57 years isn't it? 1969 to 2026 and I graduated at the "I AM" School 60 years ago now in 1966 in May.
So, my life has been an amazing Adventure all these years!
By God's Grace
