Patty Upton, a mom, a lifetime Girl Scout, a hopeless romantic, a voracious reader, and Loren Lee Upton’s traveling companion and wife. Loren passed away in 2022; he was a father, a grandfather, a great-grandfather, a romantic adventurer, a former Marine, a retired bridge builder, and my rock. It is now time to tell his story and share the man I knew and loved with the people he wanted to inspire. Loren’s unwavering optimism and desire for high adventure have taken him around the world and into the Guinness Book of Records.

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