The hill that started it all is in the Arbor Heights neighborhood in West Seattle.
Each day, young twins Lou and Jim Whittaker made their way down that hill between their home and Fauntleroy School, where they went to grade school, or Lincoln Park, where they paddled around Puget Sound in canoes and rafts they cobbled together. Each trip home meant a hike up the hill.
“We were up and down that hill all the time, so maybe that’s where it all began,” Jim Whittaker said. “That’s how we came to be in such good shape.”…Â More info
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