Roy (Roy Tumbles/The Great Indoorsman) Trimble Is Hanging Up His Hiking Boots.

In a move that had been anticipated since the group was formed, it was announced today at Trailheads World Headquarters in Atlanta, GA, that Roy Trimble, better known as Roy Tumbles and The Great Indoorsman, was stepping away from the trail. 

As a child, he avoided the outdoors. With devastating allergies to trees, grasses, and pretty much everything that grows, he found the outside air not to his liking. He is currently midway through a five-year European allergy treatment program with the hope of improving his sensitivity. This is following two seven-year rounds of self-injected allergy desensitizing shots.

As the palest child in all of his school photos, he was also sun averse. Roy would turn beet red and blister up like a pan of Jiffy Pop. This has resulted in two rounds of Mohs surgeries and a brush with Melanoma later in life. Even with the advent of sunblock and protective headgear, he still feels the burn after every outing. The impact of pickleball injuries has also made his participation on the trail sporadic of late.

While he has enjoyed the camaraderie and friendship of the other five founding Trailheads, he has decided to hang up his hiking boots/shoes/sneakers and devote himself to his guitar practice, pickleball, and feline photography. 

He appreciates the patience, support, and encouragement of the other Trailheads as they guided him on the trail. The group is in violent agreement on almost every subject. That alignment has been comforting and encouraging in a world gone mad. He has enjoyed using his skills to help tell the Trailheads’ story each week and, hopefully, brought smiles to a few faces. Along the way, the boys have made some terrific friends and met some fascinating people.

Tumbles, as he is affectionately called, hopes the team can find a suitable replacement and that they will invite him back for post-hike barbecue adventures. And especially for rainy-day sushi lunches.

“It’s time to move on,” Tumbles said. “I realize my whining, bitching, and moaning can wear thin over time. Perhaps it already has. I need to find new things to whine, bitch, and moan about.” 

He will continue to wear his Trailheads gear proudly (get yours here). Roy will tell every grocery store clerk who asks about his cap (and they all do) that Trailheads is his hiking group that seeks truth and eats barbecue.

In a magnanimous gesture, he has given all usage rights of the “Roy Tumbles Hiking Adventures” cartoon series to the group—unless they find a way to monetize it. Then all rights revert to him, and he will sue Trailheads, Inc. into oblivion.

(Check the cartoons out here:  trailheadshike.com/roy-tumbles)

In Trailheads’ world, “Happy Trails” is reserved for the recently departed. So consider this message, “see you down the road,” from Roy Tumbles.

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