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Sol Shankman, 93, and his companion, Anneliese Clay, 81, walk along Griffith Park's Riverside Trail, east of the Greek Theatre. He began hiking in the park in 1976 after suffering from angina. At first, it was principally therapeutic, he says. But I just kept on walking. Shankman has been walking pretty much every day since then 42,000 miles, by his reckoning,

Outthere - Sol Shankman

( Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times )

Sol Shankman, 93, and his companion, Anneliese Clay, 81, walk along Griffith Park's Riverside Trail, east of the Greek Theatre. He began hiking in the park in 1976 after suffering from angina. At first, it was principally therapeutic, he says. But I just kept on walking. Shankman has been walking pretty much every day since then 42,000 miles, by his reckoning,

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