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While in the Air Force, he regularly lectured to military and civilian
groups on fitness and nutrition and wrote articles in military publications
throughout the world. He was
Officer-in-Charge of the Cadet Mountaineering club at the Air Force Academy
from 1977 to 1982 where he taught classes in rock and ice climbing, alpine and
winter mountaineering, and ski mountaineering.
Bill is certified as a Fitness Specialist and trained as a Personal
Fitness Trainer by the internationally respected Cooper Institute in Dallas
Texas. . He is a past
Chairman of the Board of the Pikes Peak Challenge Foundation and helped plan
and lead that organization’s annual hike up Pikes Peak for brain-injured
survivors for 16 years. Bill was on the
Board of Directors for Barr Camp where he spearheaded all fundraising
activities for the restoration and capital improvement of this important local
public service facility. Bill retired from REI where he worked as the
Outreach Coordinator for the Colorado Springs
store. At age 77, he
actively pursues adventurous activities such as Treking in the Peruvian Alps
and bikepacking the Great Divide Mountain Biking Route from Canada to Mexico.
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