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Competing again in Boston Marathon
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The second strongest
earthquake ever docu-
mented blasted the region
near Sumatra, Indonesia,
resulting in a massive tsu-
nami that inflicted havoc
all across the coastline.
Massive 100 -foot waves
belted the nation causing
over 230,000 deaths.
Hours later, Scott and his
wife, both teachers on a
deferred leave, were a
couple days into their trip
around the world with
their children. From Nepal
to the mangled country of
Thailand the family
departed.
"It was pretty amazing;
the way they were dealing
with it was pretty well,"
commented Scott. "I
found that North America
was much more agitated
about it."
"The Thai view it as life
goes on."
They were not any where
near the coast line, though a
couple of the places they had
planned on traveling to were
completely wiped out and as
a substitute the family
decided to travel to other
parts of the nation. Scott said
not only the fatalities but
also the loss of business from
thousands of cancellations
crushed numerous hotel
employees.
"They thought the
whole country was
flooded. It was kind of like
when SARS hit Canada -
everybody didn't want to
come," Scott said.
With a laugh, Scott
joked, "I don't think peo-
ple want to travel with us
because we've had a lot of
catastrophes."
"We seem to be lucky,
but we have had some
close (occurrences)."
It seems as if Scott is a
walking, talking four-leaf
clover. Nevertheless, there
was one time he said his
luck had run out. It was
roughly eight years ago,
when riding his bike near
Sauble Beach, in a
glimpse, the ground was
taken from under him.
The air whisked across his
face and out of nowhere a
pickup truck shotout in
front of him, cutting Scott
off and striking his bike.
He broke seven ribs,
punctured his lung, and
messed up his shoulder.
These numerous events
that Scott has survived
would leave most hiding
in their house until they
grow old but not Scott.
He's not your average
Jim. He just keeps on
pedalling, running or
swimming.
Next spring he plans to
compete again in the Bos-
ton Marathon. And he's
sizing up a race that mir-
rors how he lives life: The
Canadian Death Race.
The website describes
Scott perfectly: "Elite rac-
ers come to the Canadian
Rockies to cheat death."
That shouldn't be too
difficult of a task.
The 125 -km excruciat-
ing passage launches and
finishes on a roughly
4,200 -foot plateau, passes
through three mountain
summits with a major
river crossing at a massive
canyon.
No matter what this race
entails, with all that Scott
has endured and wit-
nessed, this feat seems
like a walk in the park.
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