When Joey’s cousin, Leo, comes to stay with Joey’s family for the summer, Leo tells him I want to take you hiking and eventually I want us to climb the highest mountain in the lower 48 states, Mt. Whitney. Joey would rather stay home but reluctantly starts small hikes with Leo because he thinks it’s what Nonno would have wanted. One day while hiking Joey finds out Leo has MS and wonders how can we hike Mt. Whitney later this summer, but Joey agrees to hoping he won’t regret it and worried he won’t be able to do it. As they take small hikes more and more, the two boys are getting along better, and Joey finds hiking isn’t so bad. One day while on a hike, something happens to Leo. Will they be able to eventually hike Mt, Whitney?
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