Michael Huffaker:  

CLASS OF 1966
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Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
St. Matthew SchoolClass of 1962
Phoenix, AZ

Michael's Story

Married to Susan Hassell and a daughter graduated from ASU. I graduated from Phoenix College in 1968 and graduated from ASU in 1971 in Mechanical Engineering. I have been doing worldwide Internet consulting for the past 20 years (even before the Internet...Arpanet). I retired in 2013. I thought it would be good to update this since it is now September 2021. Well went on a cruise to Antarctica and South America in Jan/Feb 2020 the with Covid no more travel until May of 2021 to Glacier NP and Hawaii (twice). Still riding my bike but no long tours since Covid, all were canceled including a coast-to-coast tour.....bummer. I did get both hips replaced and am doing fine in that department. It is difficult getting older but it is better than the alternative I guess. I just renewed my classmates membership after letting it lapse for the past couple of years. We have on daughter and now one really funny grandbaby. They live in San Diego and we go every month for a few days to play with the grandbaby. I have worked and traveled pretty much all over the world with a lot of time in Asia (China..just about every province, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea) and Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Israel, Middle East, Central and South America. Susi and I take a month long trip every year somewhere in the world with just small backpacks. We go on cruises and especially like the river cruises in Europe. For fun I do long distance bicycle trips, backpack travel, read, build and program computers, hike, kayak, flyfish and scuba dive. Each year I complete a week long cross state bicy...Expand for more
cle ride (Oregon, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Washington, California and Canada). In 2018 I did the Sierra to the Sea tour for the third time and the Selkirk Loop (Idaho, Washington and Canada). I have completed 27 of these cross-state rides. I like to ride about 50-70 miles a week to keep fit. I build up my own bikes (frame up). In 2017 I bicycled from the Canadian border to the Mexican border over a 6 week period. I have completed many major hikes worldwide including the "Great Walks" of New Zealand, the Inca Trail in Peru, a multi-day hike in the Andes ending at Machu Picchu. Hikes in Greece and Crete. I am hiking portions of the Pacific Crest Trail sections at a time. I likely won't finish that one but each section has its own challenges and benefits. I have kayaked in many places outside of Arizona....New Zealand, Viet Nam, Costa Rica, Alaska, Hawaii. I have scuba dove on the Great Barrier Reef in Australian, Philippines, Mexico, Red Sea in Egypt, Hawaii and Florida. I really enjoy night dives and cave diving. I hike a lot and have completed the great walks of New Zealand and the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. I am currently "slackpacking (hike during the day and then get picked up so no tent etc on these trips so fat)" the Pacific Crest Trail one small section at a time. I fly fish, Tie flies and build fly rods and do woodworking I enjoy ancient history and civilizations and have visited many of the great sites, the pyramids in Egypt, Valley of the Kings, Petra, Greece, Crete, Turkey, Angkor Wat, Israel, Italy, China, Viet Nam and Central/South America. I enjoy reading history.
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Claudette Trombley Le Mieux passed away last December.
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