Ever since I moved to the mountains I have been impressed by the number of older adults that pass me up on the trails hiking or mountain biking.

“Altitude is a fitness challenge in itself”, wrote Eric Swenson in the Journal of High Altitude Medicine and Biology May 2015. “Low fitness contributes to events” [altitude illness]

People who live in the mountains usually stay very active, like this hiking group from St. John the Baptist Episcopal church that goes out every week.