\u201cThe authors of these articles all have day jobs,\u201d writes Doti in his preface. \u201cSomehow, some way, they carved out enough time to experience and then record their adventures, pushing against the boundaries that often constrain the range of life\u2019s offerings.\u201d The contributors\u2014Scott Chapman, Ryan Dahlem, Adam Doti, Lynne Doti, Daniele Struppa, and Dan Temianka\u2014recount the broadly varied expeditions they\u2019ve undertaken, from climbing famous mountains like Rainier, Kilimanjaro, and Everest to running famous meets including Tanzania\u2019s Mount Meru International Marathon and the Boston Marathon. These events range from high-profile and well-organized endeavors, like summiting Mount Denali, which requires long and careful preparation, to the far more ramshackle and informal, such as the Mount Meru run, in which Jim Doti and the other runners found themselves navigating roads filled with people, donkeys, and cows (\u201cEvidently, there was no traffic control for the marathon\u201d). Each chapter features plenty of color photos of the smiling participants camping out in exotic locales. Most of the entries highlight the most human moments: \u201cafter the Boston medal was placed around my neck,\u201d Jim Doti writes, \u201cI turned right at Clarendon Street and walked a half block to Hancock Tower, where it wasn\u2019t long before I was showering under a steaming spray of hot, soothing, and redemptive water.\u201d This element of relatability is the book\u2019s strongest and most winning throughline; Doti starts off the collection by asserting that the friends, songs, and meals were the point of it all, not the peaks reached or the miles logged. He recites Mark Twain\u2019s dictum to \u201cExplore. Dream. Discover\u201d as he looks back on \u201call the laughs, the cold winds, the relentless climb up the mountain, the lessons [he] learned, the beautiful sights [he] saw, the new friends [he] met.\u201d Charmingly, this sense of appreciation extends even to the discovery of a new book.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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