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To the mountain biker who knocked my daughter off the trail: you'll be held accountable.

Jun

Arrogance and ear buds have no place on a mountain trail. Last week, while hiking alone on a popular trail near her home, my daughter Erika was sideswiped by a mountain biker and rolled 25 feet down a steep embankment, nearly ending up in raging Little Cottonwood Creek. Had she fallen into the frigid torrent, she would not have survived. As it is, she is beaten up, bruised, cut, and has torn ligaments and tendons in her right ankle. Perhaps worst, the trauma made her autoimmune disease

2017

I was asked what I would have missed had I not broken my neck. Most certainly it would have been meeting and befriending some amazing people who have faced life's toughest challenges and thrived, not just survived. This blog is my chronicle of those people and the places I have encountered along my way.

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To the mountain biker who knocked my daughter off the trail: you'll be held accountable.