What we thought was a groin pull turned out to be Stage 4 kidney cancer with metastasis to his bones. The eight months it took to kill him were one shitshow after another, the saddest being losing the ability to walk almost a year to day he finished hiking the Inca Trail. He fought like hell and remained his kind, decent, hilarious and optimistic self through it all. He was the best person I ever knew. It'll be five months on Saturday.