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So I just picked up a Steripen Adventurer Opti from REI. Only thing I could think of to use my small dividend and 20% coupon on. I'm excited to test it out this summer and have some questions.1. Any recommendations on a good source for batteries online would be appreciated (I'm guessing prices online are better). I won't be using rechargeable batteries. I'm looking for brand name since it appears that they generally provide better battery life.2. Do any of you users have a system for utilizing carbon to give the water a better taste when needed or do you just deal with it? The best idea I've come up with is to use my AM Frontier Pro, but I may just leave that home and deal. Any other ideas?3. Is it still necessary to remove the batteries on trips when you're not using it? I read old reports where it was necessary. Has that problem been fixed with the newer model?
I've had an Opti for about 8 monthsI got batteries from amazon.comI just scoop water out (carefully) and put into Platypus, then treat as necesary.Water that I heat for soup, oatmeal, coffee I don't treat.If water sits in Platypus for a while, some stuff sinks to bottom. I'm careful not to stir it up.I haven't removed batteries.I always carry another set of batteries because the Steripen is sort of persnickety.
I bought Panasonic from battery junction and they worked great. I don't remove batteries. I sleep with it in the chest pocket of my shirt. If I leave mine outside, and use it before warm, the batteries give up very quick.
I've had good experience with Energizer Lithium CR123's. I never bother taking them out in-between trips.
+1 with BatteryJunction.comI don't take my batteries out unless storing at home.
I've always had good luck with the red surefire brand batteries. Generally you can find them online for under $2 each.Steripen does not change the taste of water.I'll take the batteries out at the end of summer since I won't use the steripen again for probably 6 months.
Panasonic batteries work great in my Opti. One set lasted for three weeks last year in the Sierra. I did carry a spare set last year, this year I will not be carrying spare batteries. I purchased my batteries from MEC.CA in Canada.The beauty of the Opti is it does not change the taste of your water. During my three weeks in the Sierra and trips in Canada last year I used no filter of any kind, worked great.The Opti draws a very small current when not in use. During a trip I leave the batteries in, between trips I take out the batteries.Ultra Violet filters have a reputation of being unreliable. Carry a backup system to process your water, I carry Chlorine Dioxide pills just in case the Opti fails. During my three weeks in the Sierra and two trips in Canada the Opti worked perfectly, and I did not need the backup. This year I will still carry Chlorine Dioxide just in case.I keep the Opti in the foot of the sleeping bag if the temperature is expected togo down to freezing.I use the UV filter with a 1/2 Litre hard Nalgene bottle, and process 1/2L of waterat a time. For me the Opti filter strongest feature is that water is processed very quickly, as well as being easy to use, and not changing the taste of the water. The Opti is a good piece of kit, just keep it clean and dry. It's flashlight mode saves having to carry a spare flashlight/headlamp.
Edited by ChrisW on 03/31/2012 20:03:43 MDT.
Hey Jeff,I just looked for a quality name brand battery online and found the cheapest price and bought a set. Think they were energizer. Haven't needed them yet.No need for charcoal. At least if you are where there's fast moving water.I just keep the plastic tab in place that it comes with from the store until I need to zap water. A nickel is a good screwdriver for opening the battery compartment. I've had good luck with my Opti and it did stop short once, so I just ran it again and it functioned correctly thereafter. Think I got mine a year ago this time at REI with my 20% off coupon as well. Probably at the same REI you did.
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19 Mar 2014
Who inspires you and who do you inspire?
On Tuesday night I had the privilege of watching Neal speak to a group of athletes and coaches at Community Rowing Inc.'s monthly Coaching Colloquium. The topic was Cross Training and he was on fire. Seeing the way he gets himself and the whole room fired up about the possibilities of constantly varied, functional movement, performed at high intensity is inspiring. Every time I see Neal tell his story and share his passion with others it reminds me of why I do what I do. Who is on your team and who inspires you?
Who's on your team?
Every day you go to work there is a team of people you work with. Every day you go to the gym there is a team of people holding you accountable and pushing you. Every day you go home there is a team there to support you and love you. Recognize your team. Support them by working as hard as you can every single second of the day and you'll make them better.
Inspire Someone Today!
Whether it's your training partner, friend, family, or complete stranger, find a way to inspire them and fight for their goals. Help drive their passion and pursuit of a better self. Show them what you take pride in and how hard you work for what you believe in. Find a way to motivate them and do what needs to be done.
If you're looking for a chance to have some fun with your fellow class mates, meet some new members, and learn something new – sign up for the Partner Mobility Seminar at CrossFit Boston March 29th!
Spring is here, set a new goal, attack it, have some fun.
I don't know about you guys, but my shoulders have been feeling it this week after attacking "14.2". Congrats to everyone that gave it a go. I saw many retests and PR's earlier this week and it was a blast seeing everyone break through their previous scores. I hope you've taken some extra time to smash and mobilize as we get ready for "14.3".
If you're looking for some extra tips on mobilizing those shoulders consider signing up for our Partner Mobility Seminar on Saturday, March 29th!
Sign Up for the Partner Mobility Seminar Here!
It will also be a good opportunity to get to know some of our new members. Here are pictures of a few members that crushed "Fight Gone Bad" and graduated to group classes over the past week. Give them a shout if you see them in class!
Have a great weekend and get after "14.3"!
Who are you and what are you about?
My name is John Woodson and I am from Lawton, Oklahoma. I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Oklahoma and love my Oklahoma Sooners and OKC Thunder. I am a pretty big sports fan and I grew up playing baseball and basketball. I moved to Boston in 2012 for grad school and have accepted a job up here once I finish up in May. I have been married to my wife, Whitney, for 3 years this May and we are both super excited to be staying up here in Boston.
Why did you join CrossFit Boston?
Like I said earlier, I grew up playing team sports and was always used to working out with my team. But when I went to college and my sports career tapered off, I couldn't seem to get into a good individual routine. I would always try to start some new workout regimen, but after 2 weeks would just get bored doing the same things all the time by myself. I lived in Houston before coming to Boston, and one of my buddies down there started describing crossfit to me and it sounded like just the thing I needed. But I didn't take any actions about it. When I moved up to Boston I focused on grad school for a year, but earlier this January looked in the mirror and realized I was about 30 pounds overweight and needed to do something before it got too late. So I called Crossfit Boston and started the 10 session training program.
What are you getting out of the Private Training?
A ton. The private training helps on so many levels. After 8 years without consistent exercise, I struggle through a lot of what we do and have to scale several of the exercises. But having Pat there as my instructor helps me make sure I'm keeping proper form to avoid injury, and he acts as a great coach and motivator. I am able to do more in these sessions than I would have imagined, and I keep improving all the time.
What are some of your goals for this year?
When I started a month ago, I weighed in at 214 pounds and was close to 30% body fat. I now weigh in at 204 and am closer to 26% body fat. I am hoping to get down below 20% and closer to 15% at least by the end of this year.
I used to be able to do 10 pullups no problem back in high school. I can't do a single one now. Eventually, I would like to be able to hit 10 again.
Overall I just want to feel better. My weight and fitness issues have been an emotional as well as physical drain on me. I want be able to play basketball without needing to take breaks every 5 minutes on the floor. I want to be able to go out and enjoy a nice run in this beautiful city I now call home. Most of all, I want to make habits and build skills that will set me up to stay fit for the rest of my life.
What are you looking forward to once you graduate to group classes?
Working out with a group again. Having people there so we can all push and encourage each other and getting to know more people at the gym.
Just seeing continued progress on top of the foundation I am building through the private trainings.
26 Feb 2014
Are you Ready? Bring on the Open!
How's it going CFB?
I hope you've all had a solid week of training and you're prepared to take on the first workout of the CrossFit Games Open tomorrow. We will be performing "14.1", which gets released tonight at 5pm PST. If you haven't gotten around to registering yet, be sure to register by tomorrow! Here is how to register …
1. Visit the website games.crossfit.com
2. On the Games site, click on the "register here" button. It costs US$20 for athletes from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe, or US$10 for athletes from the rest of the world to register as an individual. Fill out the required information, agree to the terms and policies and enter your payment information. The information you provide will determine your region for the ENTIRE competitive season (Open, Regionals and Games). Once you complete registration you will be taken to your Competition Page where you can select an affiliate, create a team or join a team. Our Team for the gym is CrossFit Boston.
I hope to see everyone crush it tomorrow! Eat well, stay hydrated, get a good sleep, and come ready to throwdown!
First things First! Congratulations to all competitors at the 2014 CRASH-B Indoor World Rowing Championships last Sunday. CrossFit Boston and Renegade Rowing had a total of seven athletes compete for their personal best performance over 2,000m on the Concept2 Indoor Rowing Machine. All of our athletes either met or achieved a new Personal Record (PR). I got a chance to cox many of them, basically sit behind them and motivate them to push harder, and everyone executed their race plan just as we had practiced all winter long. Overall the experience of racing hundreds of the best rowers from around the world was awesome. I'd say they definitely achieved 7 or 8 minutes of Glory!
Here are the results:
David Porter 7:35.6
Jodie O'Malley 8:29.3
Terese Holm 8:14.1
Bob Ezzell 7:50.4
Nick Anderson 6:35.8
Andrew Morrissey 7:03.3
Have you ever used a Partner for Mobility?
The CrossFit Boston Renegades will be hosting a Partner Mobility Seminar run by our very own Kapil Khimdas at the end of March!
Here are the Details:
Saturday, March 29th,
11:15am – 12:00pm Partner Mobility Seminar
12:00pm – 12:45pm Paleo Potluck
If you would like to join in the fun,
sign up here: CFB Renegades March Event
Have you ever dreamed of Running Up Mt. Washington?
Well now you can! A group of runners from CrossFit Boston will be teaming up to conquer Mt. Washington this Spring. If you decide to register and join them, sign up under the team name "CFB United". Sign up at – mountwashingtonroadrace.com
Comment with what you plan on doing!
CRASH-B's '13 from John Rich on Vimeo.
We have six members of Renegade Rowing and CrossFit Boston competing at CRASH-B's, The World Indoor Rowing Championships, this Sunday. If you've never seen an indoor rowing event it's pretty epic. Come check it out and cheer on our athletes. The competition is held at the Boston University Agganis Arena throughout the day. Below is a list of our competitors and the times they're racing. I'll be on the floor helping push them to new PR's. Bring a friend and cheer them on!
Bob Ezzell 9:50am
Thor Helgason 10:05am
David Porter 2:45pm
Terese Holm 3:00pm
Nick Anderson 3:15pm
Andrew Morrissey 3:15pm
Good Luck All! Have Fun!
-Coach Pat
29 Jan 2014
Have you met … Linh!
Hey CFB! I hope you've had an awesome start to the week and you're ready to finish strong!
Today I wanted to take a second to introduce you to one of our new members who will be joining you in classes next week. She's been crushing it in private training with me for the last few weeks. Her name is Linh. Be sure to introduce yourself and say hi!
Who are you and what are you about?
I'm passionate about higher education, fitness, and craft beer (in that order). I'm a former division III dual sport athlete now reliving the glory days through obstacle course racing. I was born and raised in Massachusetts and recently took a job opportunity which allowed me to relocate back to the city. I earned my B.S. in Psychology from Worcester State University and a M.Ed. in Administration of Higher Education from Suffolk University. Yes, my credentials reflect my current profession as a university administrator and I love working with college students! Since being introduced to the Paleo diet, I've developed a greater appreciation for human evolution and modern technology.
Why did you join CrossFit Boston?
I joined CrossFit Boston to regain my strength and speed without sacrificing endurance. I recently relocated back into the city for a job and was running longer distances to improve my endurance. I knew I needed to get back into strength and conditioning if I was going to achieve my goal of becoming a Spartan Trifecta Tribe member this year. After reading about other locations, I decided on Crossfit Boston because of what they had to offer and it is close enough for me to run to when the weather is nicer. Crossfit Boston is preparing me for glory!
What are you getting out of the Private Training?
Other than spending quality one on one time with Pat Larcom, I definitely benefited from the personal training sessions! Becoming familiar with the Crossfit language and work out format helped me become accustom to functional fitness skills and techniques. With Pat's help, I finally learned how to properly row and to rely on a different sense when lifting. Before Crossfit, I heavily relied on mirrors to make sure I was keeping proper form. Now, I know when I am maintaining good form because I can "feel it" rather than needing to "see" it in the mirror. The private training helped me assess what I need to work on, helped correct bad habits, and expanded on what I did well by learning new techniques, which helps me finish my workouts more efficiently.
What are some of your goals for this year?
My big goal for this year is to become a member of the 2014 Spartan Trifecta Tribe by completing all three (sprint-3.1mi, super-8-9mi, beast-10-14mi) races ranging in distance and number of obstacles in one calendar year. With each race my goal is to finish under my projected finish time and not to fail anymore than 3 obstacles. I know I will never fail the row at the Fenway Time Trial again next year!
My Crossfit goals are to meet all of the prescribed benchmarks weights and reps. I hope not to have to modify anything when doing a WOD with time and hard dedication. Thrusters, Push Ups, and Pull Ups will be a focus. Also, I will continue to work on my rowing technique, which will help me improve my average split time. I would like to get it (under 2:20) and participate in the Renegade Rowing League next year.
What are you looking forward to once you graduate to group classes?
I am looking forward to seeing myself improve after each group class. I know I will enjoy the camaraderie Crossfit Boston offers with group sessions. I thrive off of a team atmosphere because it motivates me to push harder. Just the idea of having your butt handed to you over and over again and wanting to come back the next day excites me. But, knowing there will be others to endure the tough workouts with me makes doing Burpees a bit tolerable, ha!
Who's going to give her some company on a Spartan Race this year?
Hit up the Comments!
Howdy CrossFit Boston!
How's the transformation challenge going? Have you been able to keep all of your nutrition points? One thing that has helped me keep all of my points throughout the week has been prepping enough food and snacks for the whole week on Sunday afternoon. Below are a few meal options I put together for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner this week. I also make sure to have bananas, apples, cashews, figs, grapes, and plantain chips ready for when I need a little snack or pick me up in between meals and post training. If you'd like step by step directions and pictures for these recipes I've passed them on to Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition to include in her recipe and nutrition plan package. There's lots of awesome stuff in there, so if you need some new ideas to keep things fresh be sure to check it out. Just shoot her an email or drop in to her sessions on Saturdays at 12pm.
Looking forward to seeing how everyone has transformed in a few more weeks.
Keep up the great work!
-Coach Pat
18 Dec 2013
What does your warmup entail?
Performing an appropriate warmup for the workout that is set out each day can make or break a performance. Below is the warmup we use fairly consistently in classes at CrossFit Boston and at the Renegade Rowing Club. It's a good 10min warmup to focus on control, connection, and recovering to strength. Checkout how slow the Renegade Rowing Club approaches the catch in the beginning. Executing this drill with control will allow you to really focus on putting technique changes into effect and hitting that catch with good timing and connection.
Please share what you do for a warmup when rowing is involved in the workout. What is your focus?
Renegade Rowing Club Warmup:
1min – 1/2 Legs Only
1min – Full Legs Only
1min – Legs and Body Only
1min – Full Stroke
1min – Pause @1/2 Slide Every Stroke
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The local council of Limone sul Garda decided to open the Fishing Museum in order to remind us of the history of the town's old trades, crafts and traditions.
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Peoria, Arizona, March 11, 2009 —The City of Peoria has
announced that it has selected four young adults to serve as the city's young
ambassadors for 2009. The youth are Molly Langan of Ironwood High School, Jane
Wakefield of Greenway High School, Gilbert Romero of Peoria High School, and
Carson Bott of Kellis High School.
The City of Peoria and the Borough of Ards, Northern Ireland,
became sister cities in 2002. Since 2003, over twenty Peoria youths and twenty
youths from the Borough of Ards have participated as young ambassadors in a
summer exchange program. The program offers high school students who reside in
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cultures. Peoria's young ambassadors will travel to Northern Ireland in late
July and will stay with host families of the young ambassadors who visited them
earlier in July. The young ambassadors were selected by the Peoria Sister City
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international "brothers or sisters." With their families, Peoria's young
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whom may continue to return in subsequent years to attend school, seek
employment or just visit their American families and lifelong friends.
The Peoria Sister City Program provides for air travel expenses
for the delegates participating in the Young Ambassador Program. The host
families will be responsible for expenses relating to hosting their exchange
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ambassadors are visiting from Northern Ireland.
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TAYLOR SWIFT wrote an essay in the "Wall Street Journal" about the state of today's music. She starts off by rejecting the idea that low record sales are killing the industry. To her, the bigger threat is when artists give their music away.
She says, quote, "My hope for the future is that artists realize their worth and ask for it. Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.
"It's my opinion that music should NOT be free, and my prediction is that artists and labels will someday decide what an album's price point is. I hope they don't underestimate themselves or undervalue their art."
You probably won't be surprised to hear that she sees a parallel between music and dating. She says, quote, "Fans view music the way they view their relationships. Some music is just for fun, a passing fling. Some we hold dear in our memories.
"However, some artists will be like finding 'the one.' We will cherish every album they put out until they retire and we will play their music for our children and grandchildren. As an artist, this is the dream bond we hope to establish with our fans."
She also believes today's fans have such short attention spans that artists NEED to constantly surprise them: Quote, "In the YouTube generation, I walked onstage every night last year knowing almost every fan had already seen the show online.
"To show them something they had never seen before, I brought out dozens of special guest performers to sing their hits with me. My generation was raised being able to flip channels if we got bored. We want to be caught off guard, delighted, left in awe."
One insight that completely surprised me is the death of the autograph. She says, quote, "I haven't been asked for an autograph since the invention of the iPhone with a front-facing camera.
"The only memento 'kids these days' want is a selfie. It's part of the new currency, which seems to be 'how many followers you have on Instagram.'"
(Is Taylor 100% correct on all these points? No way. But it's worth hearing what she has to say because she's one of the top selling artists on the planet . . . and because she has an almost magical connection with her fans.)......(It's also fun knowing the "Wall Street Journal" is interested in the thoughts of a 24-year-old country / pop singer.)
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Dota 2 players can decide just how much they want to invest in their game.
Valve announced they would make their new real time strategy game free to play and instead offer a "Dota store" in the game to help it turn a profit and give players the option of how much they want to put into their title. Early players' purchases from the store will carry over after the full launch of the game.
The PC game will launch sometime by the end of 2012. Valve will also host an International Dota 2 Championship in Seattle, Washington starting Aug. 31.
Valve's press release:
Introducing the Dota Store and Steam Workshop Integration
May 31, 2012 – Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today confirmed that Dota 2 will be free to play and announced the Dota Store in preparation for the game's release.
Upon its opening, the Dota Store will offer items created by Valve and members of the community that may be used immediately and carried over after the public launch of the game. Early Access to the game is not required to purchase items before launch. However, gamers may get into the game now by purchasing the Dota 2 Early Access Bundle of items.
"The opening of the Dota Store is a big part of our final push to launch," said IceFrog, design lead on Dota 2. "With support for the Steam Workshop, the majority of the items made available on day one were created and being sold by members of the community. By making the game Free to Play, we hope to give gamers the ability to decide how – and how much – they want to invest in the game."
Targeted for full release on the PC later this year, Dota 2 promises to take the unique blend of online RTS and RPG action that has made Dota popular with tens of millions of gamers around the world.
Later this summer Valve will host the International Dota 2 Championships 2012 in Seattle, WA.
For more information on Valve and its games, please visit www.dota2.com


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'Castle' - 'Overkill' Recap
by Kona Gallagher, posted May 11th 2010 10:41AM
(S02E23) As much as I adore Nathan Fillion and Rick Castle, I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for him. He's been around Beckett day in and day out, and hasn't made his move. Eventually, she's going to find a hot robbery detective to fool around with. That's just science. Castle can bust out the hurt puppy-dog eyes as much as he wants, but he should take a page from his own book and make a move.
In 'Heat Wave,' the Beckett and Castle characters were doing it by page 125. Castle should apply a little bit of that to his own life and make it happen if seeing Beckett with someone else bothers him so much. Although, seeing Beckett and Demming together bothers me as well -- mainly because Demming looks like a wax statue. I'm always half expecting his face to just start melting off in the interrogation room.
I enjoyed this murder of the week for a couple of reasons. One, the two killers angle, while overly convenient, was a good time. The one thing I still wonder though is if, when Castle and Beckett were questioning each of them, they knew what had happened and that they were actually alibiing each other. It seems to me that if either of them knew exactly what was going on that they would have tried to pin the blame on the other person, making sure that they were in the clear.
This certainly wasn't one of the best mysteries that 'Castle' has ever had -- they obviously shoehorned a lot of it in in order to heighten the rivalry between Castle and Demming -- but the whole shaving cream thing alone makes me forgive the episode for its sins. I don't know why it's so funny to me, but one, I really love the idea that the shaving cream comes out hot, and two, it's funny how even though there was no heat source, it didn't occur to anyone that there's probably a pretty frightening chemical reaction going on there. In any case, here's hoping that no one ends up with permanent capillary damage. They're all too pretty for that.
There also wasn't nearly enough Alexis in this episode, although the scene that she was in, where she was reading her dad's new chapter was great -- mainly because of the whole, "Detective Schlemming" thing. Now that's a brilliant writer at work right there.
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Directed by Ola Vasiljeva. Taken from Nite Jewel's Am I Real? EP, out now on Stones Throw.
Nite Jewel :: Am I Real?
Love the "mermaid" singing feel to this song! But then again, I'm a sucker for "whimsical" sounds. ;)
"We want our things" is absolutely fantastic! So soothing, so hypnotic and oh so chillwave.
holy crap, that's trippy!!
I want to go run around in circles and make myself dizzy after seeing this
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Everest Base Camp Trek: Tucker & Team Have a Couple of Big Days on Their Trek Out
Posted by: Mark Tucker | April 03, 2014
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 11,300'
BIG, BIG days in a row. What a whirl wind tour this has been. Since leaving Pheriche at 14,000 ft and going up to 17,000-foot Everest Base Camp it has been all business.
The team has linked together so many tough days and been rewarded with so many memories, I sure hope the lack of oxygen to the brain doesn't effect the retention of them. We were up early to a blue-sky day. Quick breakfast and off we go. The word descend is a bit misleading when traveling in the Khumbu region. The dramatic relief in topography combined with all the weathering and rivers makes for a lot of ups and downs from start to finish of the day. Midway on our trek today, it started to snow pretty heavy. The team has been fine tuning what basic equipment to have in our packs at all times. Needless to say most of our clothing went on as we traveled through a winter wonderland. The downhill becomes a big challenge with wet and slippery condition. An impressive demonstration by my group of climbers today with no misstep under trying conditions. All tired but happy with one more BIG day tomorrow, which will get us back to the Lukla airstrip.
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Nicole and team,
BREATH TAKING VIEWS, NICE TO SEE THEM. KEEP CLIMBING, I'll keep praying!
"For a Climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God."
Roland Smith, Peak
Looking at the pictures…I can only imagine!!::))
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Hi, Nicole LoBiondo and team!
What an amazing journey! The photos are beautiful. Can't wait to see you standing on the summit! Sending my love and LOTS of positive energy!!! xoxo Patti T
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