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 When Jo Ann Evans taught elementary school just outside of Portland, Oregon, she never did anything more adventurous on her vacations than housekeeping or yard work.
But that all changed in 1999 when she retired after three decades of teaching. In a span of six years, Evans has climbed Mount Saint Helens in Washington, hiked the Vatnajökull Ice Cap in Iceland, reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and completed a 190 mile coast-to-coast trek in northern England.
“When I was teaching, I wasn’t physically fit. I was in a classroom all day, corrected papers at night, and, in the summer, I just did projects around the house,” said Evans, 63. “Ironically, I had to retire to become fit.”
And Evans is not alone. Teachers who were once content with routine trips to the Bahamas, Europe, and Disneyland are now taking on extreme challenges
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