This is an article from Adventure Journal: Certain things make sense to everyone whether they love the outdoors or not: The summit of Mount Rainier. Running a marathon. Bicycle races. Certain other things do not, and sometimes only your friends who do the same things you do — climbing, biking, yoga — can understand the…

Here’s to the man who inspired countless others. Here’s to the man who transcended the word “handicap”. I still remember Doc’s first concert after his son Merle tragically died. I was visiting a friend at Appalachian State in Boone, N.C. As the lights came up on a dark stage, two chairs were all that were…