- Height: 6’4”
- Feet: 13 ½ D, mild pronator, Morton’s toe, ¼ inch bunion on left 1st metatarsal head, numerous bony protrusions on both feet.
- Born: Philadelphia – Grew up: Cocoa Beach, FL
- Favorite National Parks: Grand Canyon, Rainier, Big Bend, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain, Bryce Canyon and Zion.
- Favorite Ski Resorts: Vail, Snowmass, Alta, Squaw Valley and Telluride.
- Heavy I-Pod Play Count: KC and the Sunshine Band, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Railroad Earth, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and British Prog Rock (Sample here ), No Strings Attached
- Unusual talents and physical attributes: Able to solo eat a large pizza with all toppings, extra anchovies, in one sitting. Can palm a basketball or hold a dozen eggs simultaneously in one hand. Burn 8,000 calories in a day. Possess a longer wingspan than Michael Phelps-6’8”.
- Books read in last 2 months: Lennon-Phillip Norman, Why We Suck, A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid-Denis Leary, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild-Greg Childs, The Lazarus Project-Aleksandar Hemon, Physics For Future Presidents-Richard A. Muller
- Goal number of days to spend outdoors annually: 50
- Wish list trips: Tramping Milford Track, Sea Kayaking Dalmatian Coast Croatia, Touring Australia’s Natural Areas, Beach bumming in Kauai, Skiing Portillo Chile, Snowshoe racing in the North woods.
- Need to get back into it: Scuba Diving
- Favorite Surrealist Artists: Dali, Magritte, Chagall, Ernst and Di Chirico.
- Years road and trail running: 26
- Projected Years to Developing Osteoarthritis, Degenerative Cartilage Breakdown and Snapping Hip Syndrome: 3
