Code,917031 Subject,Lee and Carol Schiemann Date,8/20/17 Interviewer,Jane Hill Abstract,"Lee and Carol Schiemann joined the Cleveland Hiking Club in 1988. They had started hiking seriously when Lee was transferred for work to England. They lived in a small town where everyone used the ""footpaths"" recreationally. When they returned to the US, they began to hike regularly with the Cleveland Hiking Club and especially enjoyed many of the excursions." Tags,"nature, hiking" Special Notes,"This interview was recorded in several segments because the interviewer pressed ""stop"" instead of ""pause"" in several places." minutes:, 0,"Introduction, Prior to joining the club, spent lots of ttime intoors; felt the need to spend time outdoors" 1,Originally spent time camping and walking in the neighborhood; then found a CHC hiking schedule and started hiking with clug 2,They participated in tours arranged when their daughter took a geology course; rafted and hiked side canyons of the Grand Canyon 3,"The geology tours got them intereted in hiking outside of Ohio, though they grew up in Cleveland" 4,"Work Assignment in England, lived in ""midlands"" in a small town with few facilities" 5,England has many footpaths that go all over. Neighbors were anxious to share their country via footpaths 6,"Walked across England in the hottest summer ever; used raingear ""because we had it"", British will hike in any weather rather than change ""holiday"" plans\" 7,"Became more active with CHC after returning from England, number of hikes has increased dramatically" 8,"Used to take one weenend hike, after retirement took advantage of increased schedules" 9,John Nelson organized the Metroparks Challence for the club 10,"Went to parks that they had never been to; Began to lead hikes in Geauga County, involved with Geauga Parks" 11,"Very involved with Geauga Parks, helping to develop trails and establishment of a park in South Russell" 12,"Worked on Park Commission, Retirement activities seemed to dovetail" 13,"Began to go on excursions with the club, Utah was memoriable;" 14,"Leaders questioned Carol's ability to keep up in Grand Manan, but she kept up and ""showed them"" what she could do" 15,"Hiked in New Zealand, Switzerland, Thought that the lake hike would be flat, but it was in the mountains: pelple waited for her to catch up" 16,Benefit for health; Hiking has helped feel better 17,Hiking kept Carol in good condition and helped Special people: Louise McDounah was kind to their daughter who was having trouble keeping up 18,"Ray Lusin never stopped, besides benefits of hiking relationships are important" 19,Hikes are close enough to get to on time and the people are welcoming 20,Louise's personality got her out of a traffic ticket 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83,