It had been years since I stepped foot on the Ozark Highlands Trail. That is, until March 6 when my hiking pal Gene Williams and I trekked along a section of this long-distance backpacking trail.

Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills. Wheeze wheeze! He's a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism who always cheers for Mizzou ...

Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills. Wheeze wheeze! He's a graduate of the ...