Mike the Hiker (here and here) is nearly finished with his 2000+ mile trek up the Appalachian Trail. Wow. His wife predicts he will reach the summit of Mt. Katahdin on Wednesday. What an amazing achievement, and the fulfillment, for him, of a lifelong dream.

Paul the Paralympian is in Beijing, where the US Paralympic basketball team has won its first game against Israel. His wife reports that everything there is spectacular.

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