I'm 75 and still going (although at a much slower pace than most). I definitely plan to keep going as long as I can put one foot in front of the other!

I actually see a lot of older folks hiking and backpacking. A couple of years ago I was passed on the way up eastern Oregon's Strawberry Mountain by a guy who at least looked older than me, and was certainly hiking twice as fast! There are a number of over-60's who post on this forum. There's a senior hiking group here in the Portland, OR area whose leader is, I understand, in his 90's.

Finis Mitchell, a 20th century pioneer in Wyoming's Wind Rivers, said it best: "We don't stop hiking because we grow old, we grow old because we stop hiking."