Like a lot of us, Robin Barefoot got her first taste of being outdoors as a kid, in her case, on the summer vacations her family took in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. And, also like a lot of us, life intervened as she got older and she found herself playing in the woods less and less. Then, in the early 2000s her interest in the woods was rekindled on a trip to the Smokies with her two kids and a friend. Then, a couple years ago, the Durham resident decided to act. She wandered into her local outfitter and asked if they knew of any local hiking groups. They did, setting Robin on the path to achieving her new goal of becoming a hiker, at the age of 62. Robin shares her story in this GetGoing at 50 segment of the GetHiking! Southeast Podcast.
Second Childhood
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