What is the most physically demanding feat you’ve ever accomplished?
Jerry Gerlach, 68, Windham
“I suppose climbing the mast on a destroyer (in the Navy). I’m afraid of heights, so it was very scary.”
Will Johnson, 38, Windham
“Choreographing and then also being a dancer, that was always difficult…sometimes you thought you had a routine down, and then you would go out on the floor and realize you had to start all over again.”
Fred Loft, 65, Windham
“Staying awake for 96 hours straight (in the military). It was 1964 and everyone was on starboard watches in the Florida Keys, 12 on, 12 off. The first 12 you were on watch, the next 12 you were working. You don’t even think about it, you just do it.”
Marla Kepron, 16, Standish
“I’m a sprinter…our team placed second in the Maine Southwesterns, which was a really big accomplishment.”
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