91 year old man makes history hiking the entire Appalachian Trail

0:00You're listening to the Hidden Lightness on America Out Loud Talk Radio. I'm your host Jimmy Hinton. We've all heard this. In fact, I just heard it the other day. When you reach your 40s, your health declines really quickly. You realize that you don't have the life you had before. You begin to gain weight. Exercise feels like an absolute chore. You don't do the things outside that you once did. On and on and on it goes. Well, I have news for you folks. Hot off the press here. A 91 year old man just became the world's oldest person to ever complete the Appalachian Trail. Over 2,000 miles, like 2100 in some odd change, he hiked every last inch of the trail.

1:01Beating a record from about 10 years ago, 9 years ago, a man who was 82 years old or 82 years old. I have to look at the direct facts here. But there have only been two 80 year old people, people in their 80s who've hiked the entire trail. Well, the person whose record that he broke was his own. That's right. He just hiked it for the second time, once in his 80s and once now in his 90s. Nobody has ever hiked it the entire trail in their 90s. This is incredible. And this goes back to what I talk about routinely. Now, yeah, I know what you're thinking. Age is just a number. No, that's not what I routinely say. Though there is some truth to that. But what I talk about routinely is that the population in America is getting motivated.

2:05There's a quiet motivation that's taken place. And nobody wants you to hear about it. Nobody wants you to know about this. They want you to think that the aging population is decrepit that they're basically crippled and can't do anything. And you work, work, work. You work till you can't work anymore. And then you're in such bad physical shape that you just give up on life and you pass away. Well, I've been saying this for a long time. I think that the Make America Healthy Again agenda is having a positive influence on the American culture. Now, it's a little bit early to tell. To be completely fair, it's a little bit early to tell. And my prediction though, is will be and continues to be that Make America Healthy Again is making Americans healthier overall.

3:08And people are pushing back against all the chemicals that are in our food. RFK Jr., though he's really loathed by people on the left, has actually made a lot of sense and a lot of areas. And people say, well, he's anti-science and he's this and he's that and he's not educated and why he's not even a doctor. So it's very interesting. There are people throwing a lot of shade and saying that he is making us go back 50, 100 years. He's a danger to society. On and on and on. But folks, we deal in statistics here. And the statistics are showing that older people, older people in America are healthier. They're more active. They're losing weight.

4:09They're getting more mobile, not less. And I say this all the time, it takes one person to let their hidden lightness shine, to inspire potentially an entire nation or beyond. And here we have a case on point. I think this is just one more piece to the puzzle. And he wants people to be inspired. His name is Dale Sanders and he goes by Greybeard. And this guy is super cool. If you have not yet seen an interview with him, you've got to watch it. He is a super, super cool guy. And he ended up falling 71 times, which sounds like a lot. And I know people are like, oh, see that it's dangerous and he shouldn't be hiking the trail. Well, young people fall too. This is a very, very difficult trail. I have a friend who did it in his 60s.

5:12And it was quite a challenge. In fact, he had a really bad fall and got pretty boogered up on the trail. I think he had several falls, but he completed the entire trail in his 60s. And the stories that he told were just really fascinating. It was so, so cool. So mad respect for Dale Sanders. Here's a PBS article. It's very good. Dale Sanders is a 91 year old hiker who just became the oldest person ever. To complete the Appalachian Trail. Omna Nawaz reports on the achievement of the man known as Greybeard. He goes by Greybeard. And earlier this week, he set an incredible record becoming the oldest person to ever complete the Appalachian Trail. Omna has the story.

6:14And here's the interview between her and Dale Sanders. I'm just going to read a little bit of it. You need to watch the video because it's really encouraging. Amna says it's not as simple as putting one foot in front of the other. Sometimes it's climbing down an old tree stump, flirting a river, and then taking a well-earned rest on the 2,198 mile long trail. Dale Sanders says, I am 91. So I'm blazing new grounds for hiking long distance like this. No one in the 90s has ever threw hiked or section hiked the Appalachian Trail. Only two people in the 80s have done it. Now he's a humble man. He didn't mention that he was one of those two. He was one of those two people who in their 80s hiked the entire Appalachian Trail.

7:14He goes on to say it's not a sport. Normally participated in by older people. But maybe they will start coming out now after I'm setting the example. And then he said, woo! This guy is honestly when you hear him talk and when you look at him, when you see what kind of physical shape he's in, I didn't look at this man and say, man, boy, he looks like a 91-year-old man. I looked at him and I was like, man, here's a guy who I could hang out with. He's funny, super witty, very physically fit. He has a really cool beard, calls himself gray beard. He's just a cool guy. And I have a really good friend who's like this. He's in his 70s. And I'm telling you, he's in better physical shape, probably than what I am. And I'm in my 40s.

8:15I mean, this guy has almost 30 years on me and he literally could run circles around me. His physical strength is absolutely powerful. When he shakes my hand, it's kind of like his thing. He always gives me this death grip. And it drops me to the ground every single time. He is so powerful. I call him his bear claws. Like man, your bear claws are just brutal. And he's like, I know. But it's pretty cool. It's so cool when you see older people who are in this kind of physical shape. And it's starting to not be that uncommon. Now, I'll share a little bit of a personal story. This is something that I witnessed the last two years. Biking the great Allegheny passage. I recently did a show about that. I took my two sons and we biked 61 miles. Last year we biked right around 60 miles.

9:18So we did almost exactly the same amount of miles. And last year, one of the very first things that I noticed was the vast amount of elderly people riding their bikes on this trail. Now, a lot of them had e-bikes, but probably half of them didn't. And some of these people we met were in their 70s and we met one or two couples who were in their 80s. And I said, how far are you riding? Oh, we're going to ride the whole trail. Well, the whole trail is over 300 miles. And it's not easy. Believe me. My sons were, they were struggling and they're both physically active. I have an 11 year old and soon to be 13 year old. And they're incredibly just very athletic and very good shape. They were sore. I mean, it was a challenge for them. So when I see people in their 70s and 80s who were riding this trail and a lot of them,

10:21it wasn't like one or two people. There were a lot of people in their 70s and 80s who were riding the great Allegheny passage. That's impressive. And it actually really surprised me. I didn't expect that. I got to be honest. I did not expect it. I thought maybe I would see a couple older people, but mostly people in their 30s and younger. I was, I mean, my sons by far were the youngest people in the trail. Definitely this year. This year we didn't see a single other kid on the entire trail, not one. The youngest people we saw, I'd say probably in their 20s. We saw a handful of them, but the majority of the people biking this trail were people in their, I would say in their 60s plus, the majority of the people last year, I think it was skewed even more.

11:22I think we saw, and I don't know if it's just because it was a different weekend. I don't know what the difference was or if it was a location where we were at, you know, I think that the Ohio pile end of the trail is definitely more popular. It's very touristy. But last year we saw tons of people, out early people, senior citizens. And they, I'm telling you, they were in really good physical shape, really good physical shape. And I met a woman in her husband, this last trip. It's been now like a week and a half ago, almost two weeks. And I forget what she said to her age. I think she was 74 and he was 76. And I was like, you guys, honestly, like I'm not just saying this, you guys do not look like you're in your mid 70s.

12:25And she was very humble. She's like, oh, thanks. Like no, really, you guys look incredible. So we're starting to see more and more of this. And now that you see a 91 year old, this should not be a really unique thing. This should not be a strange thing. And I don't, I think you're going to see more and more of this. I really do. I honest, as my mom would say, honest to Pete. I honest to Pete, believe we're going to see more older people doing this. My mom is in her upper 70s. And you would never know it. I mean, she is, she's out there gardening every day. She works full time. She is just very, very active. And people say it all the time. All right. Your mom, she does not look like she's in her 70s, let alone upper 70s. I mean, she looks really, really young. Well, age is a number.

13:29And what happens is, I really think it goes back to this. It goes back to people having a negative outlook on life. I think that's what ages people. If you have a negative outlook on life, if you think the cards are stacked against you, if you think people are out to get you, if you think that the system is rigged, if you think that we're victims of the system, everybody's out to get us. And you're just waiting. If you're a waiter, what do I mean? What do I mean by a waiter? Somebody who waits around for things to happen. You wait for the government to take action. You wait for Congress to pass laws. You wait for the snap benefits to kick in. You wait for whatever it is. You're waiting, waiting, waiting. You're always waiting for somebody to do something.

14:29I wish somebody would do something about this. I call them the waiters. They spend their entire life waiting for somebody else to take action that's going to benefit them. I think that's why the socialist movement has gained steam in America. I think especially among younger people, younger people have been brainwashed to think they're victims of everything, especially coming from the left. And I hate to say that, but it's the truth. Your victims of oppression, your victims of racism, your victims of entitlement, not entitlement. What's the word they use? Privileged. You're so privileged. Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that I'm privileged. And you have all these white people yelling and screaming, saying how crazy white people

15:35are. You're like, wait a second. You do realize that you're white, right? White people are the most racist. You do realize that you're white. It's like the Bernie Sanders, all these white, wealthy men, Bernie, this just in. You're literally a white, wealthy man, literally. You're the very definition of the people that you point fingers at. And so it's this mindset where everybody's always a victim. People are always out to get you. And that ages people, it really does. Because your outlook on life is always negative. You don't see hope. You're always looking over your shoulder. You're always wondering who's who's screwing you over. No, and it honest to goodness ages people. Where the people who get angry, they get exasperated.

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18:46is a principle and patriotism is loyal to that principle. I'm happy to report that American patriotism flows freely once again. America out loud.news is that latest, will wake it your heart, soul and mind to the out tree. Greybeard completes the entire almost 2200 miles on foot on the Appalachian Trail. At the age of 91, this is no small feat, and I want to make this point. I've been making this over and over, that America is getting healthier. I think make America healthy again. I think we're seeing some of the benefits of that. Now I'm not saying that at 91 year old, all of the sudden became healthy.

19:47Since President Trump took office a year ago, a year and a half ago, I'm not making that argument. I'm saying generally, we're seeing a trend move in a much better direction, and we have a lot of things that are going on. There are a lot of contributing factors to that. I would say at the top of the list, it's awareness and choice. That's a word that drives people on the left crazy, because they want to be the ones who give choice, not the Trump administration. What's interesting is RFK Jr. is all about choice. He's like, no, people need to be able to decide. They need to be able to work with their doctors on a vaccine schedule and not be told what the vaccine schedule is. Oh, my goodness. You would think that he's just out to kill everybody. That's the way they're framing it.

20:47Oh, my goodness. He's reckless. He's dangerous. He's terrible. All of a sudden, it's interesting, especially on the heels of the Lindsey Clancy trial. Later to Lindsey Clancy, they just loved babies. Oh, my goodness. It's so inhumane to not vaccinate our babies. They're getting diseases. Then Lindsey Clancy drops and you find what they really believe. We love you, Lindsey. She's such a good mother. She was so caring. She was so compassionate. You mean the lady who literally killed all three of her kids? By the way, I said there were going to be copycats. There have been three copycats already. Mothers who claim that they had a psychotic break or whatever.

21:53They're looking for compassion. You know, interestingly, they didn't harm themselves, but they did take the life of their babies. So I called it. I said there were going to be copycats and we're seeing what appeared to be copycat murders of little babies. The left is completely quiet about that. No, but vaccinations. Oh, my goodness. RFK junior, he's dangerous to these poor little innocent children. That's the way that it's being framed. So anyway, you have to push through the noise and you have to actually look at the statistics and what's going on. And what we're seeing in America is an uptick, a trend in the right direction of elderly people who are becoming healthy. They're living longer. Their quality of life is much better. They're happier.

22:55Exercise is a very close contributor to overall mental wellness, happiness. And that's because you're active. It's because you're getting your blood flowing and you're producing chemicals in the brain that are good for you. This is our your pain attention to what you're eating if you're exercising. You're getting rest because rest is important when you're getting exercise and on and on and on. It's a it's a cumulative effect. And we're seeing this trend and I'll show you some statistics or I'll read statistics to you here in a little bit. This is not me just saying that I think this is what's going on. This we have actual evidence that this is what's happening in America. Now combine that with artificial intelligence when it's used for good. Never mind the flock cameras. That was a big flop.

23:56But the way that artificial intelligence is being used in the medical community, it's a really positive thing. And again, they're able to see things on by they. I mean, artificial intelligence, it's able to see things that doctors normally can't not within naked eye. It can read charts better. It can spot things and come up with diagnoses that are higher probability diagnoses. And it takes a wealth of information that's out there. And it uses that and it helps diagnose people. It helps the doctors to diagnose people. So it's a really good tool. And because of that, a lot of people are predicting that humans are going to start living, I don't know, 120 years and have a really good quality of life whenever they reach that.

24:56Now, well, this ever come to fruition, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know if we'll see it in my lifetime. I don't know. I don't know if we'll see it in my kid's lifetime. I don't know if we'll ever see it. Anything can happen. Who knows? But one thing that we do know is that older people are getting more active. And it's high time that this happened. America was the unhealthiest nation in the world. Pretty much. Definitely, definitely the fattest nation in the world. I don't know if you're allowed to use that word. That might be too offensive because big is beautiful. All right, that's what we're told. But it's unhealthy. So America had an obesity problem or still has an obesity problem. All right, here we go. Speaking of weight loss and obesity, U.S. obesity rates are showing early tentative signs

26:01of leveling off or slightly declining after decades of increases, largely coinciding with the rise of weight loss drugs. However, experts debate whether this is a permanent turning point and a broader metrics using new health criteria suggests the overall burden remains exceptionally high. So we're not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination. America is very unhealthy. There's absolutely no disputing that. Data from the Gallup poll indicate that the U.S. adult obesity rate fell from a peak of 39.9% in 2022 to 37% in 2025. There are fewer high obesity states, according to the Trust for America's Health. The number of states with adult obesity rates over 35% dropped from 23 to 19 in 2024,

27:07the first decrease in over a decade. Then there's an impact of GLP-1 medications, increased use of weight loss and diabetes injectables has more than doubled from early 2024 to 25. It's increasing from 5.8% to 12.4% of U.S. adults, with the steepest drops in obesity occurring in the age groups 40 to 64 that use these drugs the most. Now I'm not against GLP-1s. There are some people who legitimately struggle. They struggle with metabolism. They struggle, you know, as the body gets older, they have a really difficult time. So preliminary results are actually looking pretty good. They're looking pretty encouraging and pretty promising for weight loss. I know several people who are taking GLP-1s and they said that it was a miracle drug,

28:15that there are virtually no side effects whatsoever. They feel healthier, they look healthier. And once you get that weight off, it creates a really significant psychological impact. It makes you start to have hope again. So I'm not against GLP-1s. Do I think that it's better if you can exercise and lose weight naturally? Yeah. Are GLP-1s a horrible thing? They don't appear to be. Now I don't know what the long-term effects are. I just, I've not looked that deeply into it. And I'm not a doctor. I don't pretend to be a doctor. So I just don't know. But what I do know is that for the people who I know, who are using GLP-1s and they've lost a tremendous amount of weight,

29:16they look good, they feel good, and their overall mental health has increased exponentially. They're more active. You know, it's really interesting. I think a lot of people think that they just turn into couch potatoes and they're like, oh, it's a lazy man's way. You know, I'm going to give myself a shot in the leg and that's a lazy man's way of losing weight. But I think the opposite thing is actually happening. People who are losing weight are becoming more and more active. They're doing things that they could never do before because of their weight. So I think it's a really encouraging thing and we're starting to see these trends moving in the right direction. Here's some other key findings. Activity levels among older adults showed mixed results. Exercise the percentage of older adults meeting the federal physical activity guidelines increased. On the other hand, physical inactivity or being sedentary also increased.

30:19So kind of a mixed review, but that was 2021. Recent, more recent studies show that a lot of older adults are actively embracing exercise and they're trying new health-related activities. Surveys from organizations like NORC at the University of Chicago show that about 54% of older adults report getting moderate to vigorous physical activity on a weekly basis. Adults age 65 and older have started more new health-related activities on average over a 12-month period compared to their younger cohorts. That's largely aided by free time. The retirement provides. So really interesting. I mean, we're seeing positive directions.

31:20We're seeing things move in a good direction. And so it shouldn't surprise us when we see a 91-year-old. Okay, maybe it should still surprise us a little bit. Because it's just cool. But when we see a 91-year-old, Haika 2200 mile vigorous trail. It shouldn't shock us. We shouldn't be like, oh, well, it must be nice. You know, that's not what gray beard wants to happen. He's trying to inspire people. He said, maybe they'll start coming out. Maybe they'll start coming out now after I'm studying the example. Woo! I love that. Dale Sanders completed what was known as the Appalachian Trail through Hike. That's all of the sections from Springer Mountain in Georgia all the way to Maine where the trail ends. You can do that in any order within a year.

32:21There was another guy who said, I was so sad, I thought maybe I'd never meet this legend. You're a legend for me. So it's pretty cool. You know, he inspired a lot of people. A lot of people really wanted to meet him along the trail. And one of the things that Dale Sanders said is he was really shocked at how many people just started coming together and supportive him. In fact, here's a quote from him. He said, one of the things that surprised me is how quickly the public caught on that it's and started to follow in me. How many people were encouraged and embraced by my efforts at 91 to try and hike this trail? That's really a bit inspiring to me at the same time. Well, Mr. Sanders, that should be inspiring. You know, because we've been told that America is divided. We've been told that Americans are selfish.

33:23We've been told that Americans don't care about other people. We've been told that Americans are always out to get. They're always out to get each other. And they're out to get the poor man who's under their thumb of these rich people, these evil rich oligarchs. Right? We've been told this. We've been told that people are racist. We've been told that there's elder abuse. There's this widespread elder abuse and elderly people should fear walking down the sidewalk. And they play these videos on loop over and over and over again of these teenagers who beat up elderly people in cities at random. And the news media plays these videos over and over and over again. They're like elderly people are afraid to leave their apartments because an elderly woman was beaten by a teenager and she was robbed.

34:28They play these stories over and over and over again. And what's interesting is the story is about the 91-year-old man who not only walks the entire Appalachian trail but meets hundreds of people along the way. People literally lined up and were waiting to meet him and help him out. They provide food and water. Encouragement people would come just to cheer him on. I mean this is really incredible. So like I said, he did this at the age of 82 and then he came back and did it nine years later at the age of 91. So he said there's a huge difference between hike in the trail at 82 or at 91 a huge difference. But it is possible because I'm proving that.

35:29Yeah, he's exactly right. So you know listen to the difference in mindset. Notice how he's not a victim. Notice how he doesn't make himself a victim of age. He's like, oh, I'm going to be in a nursing home changing my own diapers. He's not talking like that. He's like, man, well there's a big difference between 82 and 91 hiking this trail. But by golly it's possible. I'm proving it. I'm proving that it's possible. You know, if that's not encouraging, I don't know it is. So all these people who talk about getting older, yeah, same thing with teenagers. I just had somebody the other day. I have a 16 year old daughter. I have a son who's turning 13. And somebody just said the other day they're like, what do you, what did you do to prepare for your kids being teenagers? Because everybody tells me how horrible it is. I'm like, it's not horrible at all.

36:29Oh, it's an absolute joy. My kids did not turn into monsters when they were teenagers. It's absolute hogwash. It's a myth. You know, your kid is a product of how you raise them. For the most part, you know, don't fear the teenage years. Don't fear the older years. Age is a number. And America is embracing that. We're coming up on another break here. All of our shows do go to podcasts the next day. After the broadcasts are done, talk radio. You can hear them on your favorite podcast app. Be sure to subscribe, break the show, share it. And when we come back, we'll talk more about how America is getting healthier. Very cool stuff folks. We'll be right back. Have you been looking for a healthy snack for on the go? Well, not all energy bars are soft and sugary.

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39:38That they'll go outside. That they'll exercise. Well, that's pretty darn noble. Here's a CNN article that's pretty good on this one. Gray Beard, 91-year-old man, becomes oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail. There's a really cool picture of him fording a river. I'm telling you, this guy does not look 91. This dude looks so incredibly healthy. He looks really, really good. And yes, people can say, well, it's genetics and he just has good genes and it must be nice. Yeah, that's probably part of it. No doubt, he probably has pretty good genes. But the other part of that is that it's a mindset. Be an active. Going outside, exercising, being outside. Man, there's so many people who sit inside and they just feel sorry for themselves.

40:39We live in a society. I harp in this often because it's really troublesome to me. That we live in a society where people are told that they're victims of everything. That everybody's out to get you. That we're victims of our food. We're victims of climate change. You name it. There's always a Doomsday scenario. And the people tell us, the world's coming to an end. Look at our goal. The oceans are rising. We have five years until catastrophic across the globe. It's going to be catastrophic and everybody's going to die. Anybody who lives within a whatever, 100 mile radius of the ocean, they're all going to be swept away. Really. I mean, really. And the sad thing is, these people make a fortune off of the Doomsday stuff,

41:40off of telling us that our healthcare system is broken beyond repair. Now, I complain about the healthcare system, but it's mostly the Unaffordable Healthcare Act. But generally, honestly, we do have one of the best, if not the best, healthcare system in the world. You know, if we don't have the best hospitals, which we have a lot of them, but other countries that have the best hospitals are funded by the United States of America. And so it really is incredible. And even though I complain a little bit, it's anything but a Doomsday. I mean, do I think that we need to reform healthcare? Absolutely. Do I think the American people are getting ripped off? Yep. But do I think that healthcare is good when doctors are actually allowed to do their jobs? Hands down 100% yes.

42:42We have a very, very good health system, especially compared to other countries, especially compared to socialized medicine. Hands down, we have a really good, if not the best healthcare system in the world. So anyway, it's all the Doomsday stuff. It's all my goodness. They're taking social security from you. As if that's the only option that people have to retire. And on and on. It's, well, RFK juniors, you know, in Magon, make America healthy again, that whole agenda is bringing measles back. And there are going to be all these pandemics that are going to sweep the, the, the, the whole world. It's going to be another worldwide pandemic. People are already predicting another worldwide pandemic. And it's this kind of Doomsday stuff that keeps people inside. It keeps people waiting.

43:43It keeps people on edge. It keeps people anxious. We have an anxiety problem in America that's a significant portion of the population is chronically anxious, including panic attacks. 31.1 to 33.7% of Americans experience an anxiety disorder as some point in their lives. A third, a third of the US population in the same anxiety is not just because Americans are anxious people. It's, it's a culturally conditioned response to negative stimuli. A lot of this is that we're told that everybody's out to get you that, that the, you know, the, the, the Democrats are telling us that their Republicans are,

44:44they're evil, they're, you know, they're, they're, they're racist, they're violent. You know, whatever the case may be, and people lose their minds. I'm quite literally. So it's really important for us to actually look at the truth, to look at the real numbers, to look at the trends. Trends are very important when we see a 91 year old man who looks like a 55 year old man doing these hikes. Yeah, a couple thousand mile hike. We probably ought to pay attention. Yeah, we probably ought to watch us a little bit and say, okay, all right, is this a one off or are there other trends that are kind of trail on along with this? No pun intended. And it appears from the research that I've done, it appears that we have trends that are forming.

45:49Again, data form data shows that many older adults are actively embracing exercise and trying new health related activities. Adults age 65 and older have started more new health related activities on average over a 12 month period compared to younger cohorts. So the older you get, the more active you get. Well, that's different. That didn't used to be the case. Yeah, we still need to pay attention though, despite the positive trends in lifestyle engagement, fewer than 15% to 34% of adults 65 in order fully meet the federal recommendations of 150 minutes of aerobic activity and twice weekly muscle strengthening. So only 15 to 34% of adults age 65 and older meet the federal recommendations.

46:51So we need to increase that, but I think we're leaning in that direction. So I keep finding different data and it all looks promising. Approximately, excuse me, 29% of adults age 65 and older in the US meet general, federal physical activity guidelines, about 13.9% of older adults age 65 and older meet both aerobic and muscle strengthening federal guidelines. So about 14%. That's pretty low. It needs to get better. Basic activity, about 29% to 31% of older adults report doing no physical activity or exercise outside of basic daily routines. Inactivity tends to worsen with age. It climbs to over 35% 40% for individuals ages 75 and older.

47:55Why is that? Well, a big part of that is people just feel more tired. The older you get, you feel more tired. But another part of that is the mindset. We're told that elderly people, they ought to be sitting around crocheting and not be inactive because, well, they're in their golden years and that's when your health really begins to decline. And it goes back to what I said about the teenagers. You know, if you think about this, it's the biggest myth. And once your kids turn into teenagers, they're uncontrollable. They're going to mouth back and they're going to defy your parenting. They're going to despise you. They're going to go out drinking and doing drugs. Just wait till your kids a teenager.

48:58What about the terrible twos? Think about this. The terrible twos wait till your kid turns to. They're going to just turn into monsters. You know, we had all kinds of people who were given us parenting advice. We listened to about none of it because it was all doom and gloom. It was all negative. It was like, oh, your kids, when your kids turn to, they're they're going to do nothing but scream and yell and they're going to be defiant. They're going to test every boundary. Our kids didn't. Yeah, there were a couple of challenges, but there was absolutely nothing about when they turned age two that made them worse kids than what they were at age one. Absolutely nothing. But we're conditioned to believe that this is universal law.

50:02We're conditioned to believe that when kids turn 13, I guess, like the magic teenage years, they're going to be so defiant. They're going to be awful. They're going to be they're going to be the worst. How do I mentally prepare for when my kid turns into a teenager when they're defiant and they're uncontrollable? It's a myth. It's 100% a myth. And yet people pop anxiety meds because they're so nervous about when their kids turn turn into teenagers. Oh, well, you wait until they're 18. They're going to be right out that door. They're going to just, they're going to give you the middle finger and walk out the door. Once they're 18, they're on their own. Really? Because that's not the relationship we have with our kids. Yeah, and on and on it goes. And we do this for different different time periods of life.

51:09I talk about this often where older people look down on young people. How about when they reach their 20s? Oh, they're so lazy. None of them want to work. All they want to do is complain and talk about their feelings. Yeah, and on and on and on. Wait till you're 40. Once you hit 40, it's like a light switch. Your body just completely changes and it shuts down. And you're going to be having all kinds of health issues. People told me I'm going to be tired all the time. And yeah, I'm almost 50. I'm in my upper 40s. I have to feel fantastic. I feel absolutely wonderful. You know, don't listen to all this Doomsday stuff. You get into your 60s. Oh, man. You know, it's, you'll be lucky if you get your retire. And then when you do retire, you're going to be so tired you won't be able to do anything. I have a plan. My wife and I have a

52:14very clear plan for retirement. There's literally zero guesswork. We have a very, very well formulated retirement plan for early retirement, actually. You know, and on and on it goes, we just spent time with with really good friends of ours. They're they're in their upper 60s. And they're fully retired. They've been retired for several years. And they just they travel and their love in life. I mean, they go all over the world. They're very, very active. They're starting out a bowling league. You know, they're just extremely active and happy. And and we we talk to them and we're like, Hey, you know, how are you liking retirement? We love it. We can't believe we didn't figure this out sooner. Do you have any desire to go back to work like

53:18do part-time work? Nope. Why not? Because we love retirement. It's great. We're making new friends. We're hanging out with with different groups of friends. We get to travel. We meet people every country that we go to. We're doing a cruise. You know, on and on and on. They just their love in life. And they do not look their age at all. Happy people tend to be healthy. Happy people have a good state of mind. Make America healthy again. People are losing their minds over that. They're like, no, you know, like throwing themselves on the ground. They're ruining our culture. Not according to statistics. I'm just I'm not even looking at who's president. You know, this trend actually started when Biden was president. I'm just looking at the numbers. I'm looking at the trends.

54:25I mean, it's it's pretty cool. The numbers are getting better. They're not getting worse. And so when we have people like gray beard, I think we're going to see a lot more of that. We're going to see a lot of senior citizens who are very active. They're biking, hiking, skydive. Did you see that with the the world's oldest woman to do a a wing walk on an airplane? Yeah, here it is. Just back in August August 4th, 2026, 97 years old. Betty Brawmidge from England. The oldest female wing walker in the world. By the way, she beat her own record. She broke her own previous Guinness world record, which she set four years ago at the age of 93. She's been completed six wing walks since she began the stunt at age 87.

55:31You got to watch a video of that. It's super cool. She's hilarious. This lady's literally strapped to the wing of an airplane and it's doing flips and summer salts and it's so cool. You got to watch the interview with her too. It's really, really funny. She is hilarious. She's like, I hope to be doing this for a long time to come. 97 years old. You know, things are moving in a better direction, not just here in the states, but around the world. People are realizing that life is worth living. Life has a lot of value. God created us, not to live a short life, and then to feel sorry for ourselves, and to get old and live in a nursing home and die. That is not how God created us, but we've got to be proactive. We've got to be active. We have to exercise. We need to get outside. We need to enjoy nature and each other. And when we do that, I think the world is a better place. That, my friends, is the hidden

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