Thank you Rick and George, and other APers from whom I've received mail.
You may have noticed I've been slowing down in recent O meets...well, the absence of speed has affected my personal life too. But in this case, I'm quite happy.
In a way, I owe my marriage to the sport of O. In 1996 Mike Minium and I took a month-long orienteering trip arranged by Vladimir, to attend a series of European O events. I wrote up our trip for ONA. On the trip, I became very impressed with Finland during the week we were at the Fin5. So several months later, when I happened to meet Sari back in Chicago, I immediately wanted to get to know her and her culture better. And I think Sari was impressed that someone actually knew where Finland was located, and had actually BEEN there. One thing led to another, and after a full life as a comfirmed bachelor.... <
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=55...> Orlyn Skrien from Colorado was my Best Man.