Attending the 50th reunion of Stanford University Men’s Swimming 1967 NCAA Champions at the Sierra Camp on Fallen Leaf Lake near South Tahoe, CA.
The Idiot wears a vintage T featuring a diving/swimming Indian, the name and mascot of Stanford’s sports teams until 1972 when it was deemed offensive and changed to Cardinal. He was one of three dozen erstwhile Stanford swimmers from the 1962-72 era attending the reunion.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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