Rick Thames was 26 years old and a new reporter for the Fayetteville Observer when he moved to Raleigh in the summer of 1979 to cover the Jeffrey MacDonald murder trial.

Now, after a remarkable career in journalism, including stops as Editor at the Wichita Eagle and the Charlotte Observer, Rick sits down with me to recall those weeks that summer when he had a front row seat for the murder trial of Jeffrey MacDonald.

He remembers it all, saying the moment the jury announced their verdict of guilty was one of the most explosive moments he had ever seen.

Rick tells his thoughts about the trial, the evidence and the very questions he asked MacDonald one day at lunch that summer.

The three birthdays I remember most are when I became a teenage, when I turned 16 got my drivers' license and when I became a legal adult at 21.

Now, many years later, I find that i am still excited about the future, wanting to know what is next. Yes, there are challenges and much depends on my good health continuing, but that has always been true.

None of us are as young as once were, but none of us are as old as we hope to be.

It is in climbing many of the highest peaks in the world that Clark Wright, a long-time attorney from New Bern, North Carolina, says he "feels closer to God and a real sense of peace and contentment".

Fresh from his latest journey in the Andes mountains of Peru, he talks about his love of outdoors and how it has shaped his life and career.

He speaks of his family, his law practice of 43 years, and at the age of 68, the challenges that lie ahead.