The Idiot asked a number of friends on the east coast to join him on his 9/11 flight to Beirut and MedTrek in Lebanon and Israel this month.
The invites, which were extended during an Idiot-ic road trip from Boston to Washington DC via New York, produced a unanimous response: “Go take a hike.”
Here are a selection of short hikes taken by The Idiot and various friends during the past week.
Distance: Two miles.
Actress Lynne Taylor strolled with The Idiot through New York’s Central Park to prove she could MedTrek if she didn’t have a day job.
Distance: One mile.
Elliott Thompson, 103, walked one mile with The Idiot in his Fairfax, VA, neighborhood but couldn’t fly to Beirut “because I’ve got things to do.” (Photo: Karen Chambers)
Distance: Four New York Blocks.
Author Craig Unger walked to the subway with The Idiot after dinner at Elio’s but wasn’t sure he was in shape for a longer MedTrek. (Photo: Phyllis Roome)
Distance: 64 feet.
It was difficult for Connie, Susan or Gillian to walk beyond the parking lot after lunch at Jake’s Seafood Restaurant in Nantasket, MA.(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Distance: 37 feet.
Author and conservative bon vivant Harry Stein, who had a road trip planned across the US this month, walked The Idiot to his manicure appointment after their leisurely lunch at Parlor Steakhouse on New York’s Upper East Side.
Distance: 20 feet.
Monica and Mary McClure, The Idiot’s nieces, walked outside Bump ‘n Grind in Silver Spring, Maryland, after discussing their move to DC, and the pressures of work that keep them there, over croissants and coffee.
Distance: 0 feet.
Sylvia Cheslak, 5 weeks old, isn’t allowed to leave Brooklyn for Lebanon or anywhere else for a few more years. (Photo: Elisa Thompson Cheslak)
Beirut here I come!
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