Loading ...In my days as a student , Mt. Timpanogos was visible from the campus , and once a year a hike to the 12600 ft. peak was arranged . I joined that trek about 50 years ago . It was an arduous climb and on reaching the summit , found an old man by the family name of Oviatt was already there , surrounded by students asking how he had done it . ( He hiked half way the evening before , slept by the glacier lake , and finished the climb in the cool of the morning.) He told us that he was in his mid-80’s and had made the climb every year since he was 50 , except for the year before .
Q; Why not last year ?
A: Because I always had my annual physical in the month before the climb and the Dr. told me that my heart couldn’t take the exertion .
Q: What about this year ?
A: I didn’t go to the Dr.