Dave Hanscom

                                           Dave

I met the legend, Dave Hanscom, this week. Dave and my oldest brother Allen have been lifelong friends who raised every kind chaos as boys in Rumford. They jumped The Suicide—a huge ski jump—as boys and upta camp attached two motors to our little boat. A champion XC racer and jumper on the junior national level and at Middlebury College, Dave has led an athlete’s life right into his 80’s. 

For thirty years, Dave led a huge Wasatch Citizen’s cross-county ski series. He’s written about back-country skiing around his home in Park City, Utah, and been inducted into several halls of fame. He’s now completing the phenomenal feat of hiking the highest point in every state. This week he hiked Mount Washington with his son, Greg. Dave’s a quiet, humble guy who’s living a large life. Remember Mary Oliver’s poem “The Summer Day” and her final lines?

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?”

In Dave’s case, the answer has to be “just about everything.”