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Michelle DelPonte Reviews "You Started WHAT after 60?" by Jane T. Bertrand

Itching for a challenge when she turned 60, Jane Bertrand set out to reach the highest point of each state. Her strategic mistake was to start with the easiest ones, leaving the most strenuous for the end of this decade-long quest. She recruited over 50 family members, colleagues, and childhood friends to join her in this quest. Ostensibly a book about hiking and climbing, it captures the deep sense of friendship, further strengthened by bear sightings, lack of signage, lost GPS connectivity, muddy trails, snowfields, icy run-off, and tent loss encountered along the way. Paperback: 284 pages Publisher: Walnut Park Press (November 16, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1732847703 ISBN-13: 978-1732847705 You Started WHAT after 60? Highpointing across America  is now available to purchase on Amazon , Barnes & Noble , and IndieBound . About the Author: Jane T. Bertrand is a professor at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, where she splits he...

Book Review - Jane T. Bertrand's "You Started WHAT after 60?"

Itching for a challenge when she turned 60, Jane Bertrand set out to reach the highest point of each state. Her strategic mistake was to start with the easiest ones, leaving the most strenuous for the end of this decade-long quest. She recruited over 50 family members, colleagues, and childhood friends to join her in this quest. Ostensibly a book about hiking and climbing, it captures the deep sense of friendship, further strengthened by bear sightings, lack of signage, lost GPS connectivity, muddy trails, snowfields, icy run-off, and tent loss encountered along the way. Paperback: 284 pages Publisher: Walnut Park Press (November 16, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1732847703 ISBN-13: 978-1732847705 You Started WHAT after 60? Highpointing across America  is now available to purchase on Amazon , Barnes & Noble , and IndieBound . About the Author: Jane T. Bertrand is a professor at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, where she splits he...