Walking Strong
– Beyond 50 Magazine

My Dad, Norman, turned 90 years old in December. It’s amazing – at one time, he smoked three packs of cigarettes a day and sat in a truck six days a week. He drove the mail in a single-axle truck with a 35-foot trailer from Dawson Creek (Mile Zero on the Alaska Highway), up to Whitehorse, Yukon (mile 918 on the highway). It’s a three day trip each way.

From the time he moved in to the Highlands, a senior’s home in North Glenmore, he started to walk regularly. He had some trouble with his knees and the uphill walks. When he read about the Keenfit Walking Poles in the paper, he tried them out at the Senior’s Centre in Rutland. He got his new walking poles December, 2005 for his birthday. He’s been walking nearly every day since…Read Full PDF