Feel Good Friday

Falling can be really dangerous when you’re in your 90s. Dale Sanders just got done with a hike where he fell 71 times. Hiker, 91, becomes oldest person to complete grueling Appalachian Trail.

+ “Rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River on Friday, nine days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through its valley.”

+ A storm destroyed her tea factory. One Canadian friend kept the business alive 2,300 miles away.

+ The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards.

+ San Francisco fire officials rescue man trapped inside garbage truck.

+ “More than 15,000 people now take part in the Sunday Letter Project, a global initiative encouraging people to write one handwritten letter every week.” (My penmanship would make the recipient feel even more alone…)

+ “Someone felt the need to pass the dutchie during Aryna Sabalenka’s third-round match at the US Open. The world’s No. 1 player and the tournament’s top seed had to stop her match against Kamilla Rakhimova because of the overwhelming smell of marijuana at Louis Armstrong Stadium.” (The smoker was probably feeling pretty paranoid before their puffing stopped play…)