Do You Know What Old Friends Are Up To?

I got motivated to find my best friend after losing track of him for 8 years or so.

We went to high school one year apart at the same school and had some wild times growing up in Los Angeles in the 70s and 80s.

We even shared the same girlfriends at some point, not at the same time of course!

Jobs, family's, personal challenges and all kinds of distractions kept us from keeping in close contact and we slowly lost track of each other.

We won a doubles title at our men's golf club one year than the following year I had a bad motorcycle accident which kept me down for about 18 months.

When I recovered enough from my accident we played golf one day when I was still on crutches. I had a huge Hoffman Device coming out of my lower right leg still with 5 steel pins sticking out.

When we showed up on the tee these other two guys looked up and "oh no! this is going to be really slow". They hit first, one a worm burner along the ground about 70 yards  and the next guy slaps it out of bounds on the right. 

Mitch, my bud , hits a nice drive up the middle and then Mikee,  MY self, crutches up to the tee! On one leg, spinning like a top as I made contact, hit a perfect drive right up the middle like 220 yards!

The look on those guys faces was priceless. Mitch shot 84, a pretty good round for the level we were at those days, and I had a 89.

Needless to say it was those guys that slowed us up!

Mitch honored me a couple years later by my being the best man at his wedding, which was a fantastic gesture as i had some issues going usually all the time! Let's say the diamond needed to be cut and polished a bit to bring out the shine!

So now I come to find out Mitch, my long time friend and confidant, is into running and climbing and man is he ever! Mitch Lewis has run the marathon on seven continents  a feat only 250 or so people have accomplished! 

Also he has achieved most of another personal goal. That is climbing the seven highest peaks in the world, completing 5 of the seven. Just one in Antarctica and Mt. Everest to go! Un-freaking real!

You can see his marathon and climbing stats on www.climbingandrunning.com plus other personal views regarding the world at large and people in it!

Needless to say, I am in awe of my closest friend I ever had and hope to run a half-marathon in the future mainly just to honor my buddy!!

Set goals, be a good person and set a good example to all in pursuit of all your dreams, whatever they may be! One day you will find they are within your grasp!

Keep up the good work Mitch! Just awesome talking to my buddy again!!!!

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland