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Derrick Z. Jackson

Guts and glory

Vahram ''Vee'' Sookikian, 81, section-hiked the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail at age 64. Vahram ''Vee'' Sookikian, 81, section-hiked the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail at age 64. (Derrick Z. Jackson/Globe Staff)
By Derrick Z. Jackson
Globe Columnist / August 16, 2008

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AS MIDDLE-AGERS at the Beijing Olympics exalt the iron abs of 41-year-old swimmer and mother Dara Torres, the gold medal for guts goes to 81-year-old Vahram "Vee" Sookikian. Three days before the games began, Sookikian jubilantly bore his backpack on spindly legs back into base camp at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M., the oldest national high adventure camp ... (Full article: 694 words)

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