Life’s trekking trails are not always smooth and wide. I cannot pretend it isn’t a drawback - sooner or later my arthritic hip will be replaced by a “bionic” one. In the meantime, unfortunately, I am a gimp. Fortunately, I have patient, long-suffering friends who slow their pace to match mine and shorten outings to an hour or less. Once out there for 40 minutes or so, I beg, “Even slower now, please!” They must sometimes wonder if we’ll ever get back, but we always do.
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