Most Appalachian Trail hikers start in late winter at the southern tip of the trail. The weather is milder and the terrain friendlier. Hel-lo, stranger, stepping along with a friend. . . . Before he reached Katahdin's summit, a storm hit, spewing rain and thunder on the hikers. He was warned to turn back and wait a day.
Every dancer knows pain.
In his years of performing, d'Amboise had his share of sprains, tears, twisted tendons and jammed joints. It's my natural state. You might even say some dancers are addicted to pain. Mikhail Baryshnikov endures three hours of physical therapy before each performance, and dances in knee braces. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell kept dancing after hip replacement surgery.