Putting the saying '60 is the new 40' to the ultimate test

Whoever came up with that widely popular notion that “60 in the new 40,” I hope they’re right.

Because as you pull this edition of the Free Press out of the mail box or newspaper stand for some leisurely reading I’ll be somewhere along a trail by the Lostine River in Northeastern Oregon headed for Mirror Lake, with an elevation just short of 7,400 feet.

The ultimate goal is the tip-top of the 9,572 foot Eagle Cap, the namesake peak of the wilderness area in the Wallowa Mountains about 200 miles south of here.

A trio of us, all 62, have been busily preparing for this since we finally decided th...