News Blip: Seeking Adventure Till The End
US News Reports On Retired Lakeland Elder Traveling To Italy To Conquer Mount Vesuvius Volcano Before His Untimely Passing
Richard Douglas could honestly say he enjoyed life until his last moment. The 70-year-old Lakeland man was an adventurer who always had an urge to visit some place that would challenge him. His trip to Mount Vesuvius volcano in Italy is evidence of this. However, sadly this was his last hike. He made his last years count, as Douglas and his wife were aware of his heart condition years several earlier.
US News writer Suzie Schottelkotte relates in her article: "Valerie Douglas said she wasn't surprised by the gravity of her husband's condition. He'd been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2003, she said, and was told then he had about five years left." What's beautiful is his wife's comment to US News on the event: [His] life ended the way he would have wanted - wrapped in adventure.
Check out the full article at US News right here.
-MRV: The Buzz