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            RESCUE ANYWHERE WITH AIRFLARE 
                    by Lynn RosenThe AirFlare app is revolutionizing outdoor safety by turning the smartphone that nearly everyone carries, into a new kind of safety and rescue tool that enables a search team to quickly locate an adventurer in need of assistance whether in or out of cell service, or whether conscious or unconscious.  
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            A NIGHT IN THE ER 
              by Steve Giordano 
            A year later to the day, I visited the ER doctor to give him my heartfelt thanks for everything he did that night, and I mentioned the voice in my ear. He smiled broadly and said, "That was me, and that was NOT a theoretical question." Until that moment, I hadn't fully understood I had been in such dire straits. | 
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            SPRING ADVENTURING IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON  
              by Larry Turner 
              I visited three Pacific Northwest States (yes, in the broader definition, Western Montana is part of the PNW) in Spring, all with their pleasures and platitudes...two of which I'll explore a bit here: Oregon and Washington. 
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            EXPERIENCING THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE The Under-a-Bridge Story 
                 
                by Lee Juillerat 
                On a recent San Francisco visit I saw the Golden Gate from a different perspective — from underneath. The new view led to new thoughts. The result is this under-a-bridged version of the Golden Gate Bridge. 
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              TREASURES OFTHE YUCATAN PART 2: CHICHEN ITZA TO ESCARCEGA 
                      by Vicki Hoefling Andersen 
                      In Part 2 we continue the journey through a landscape filled with natural wonders, Colonial cities and designated Magic Pueblos, world-famous coastal destinations, and dozens upon dozens of ancient Maya sites. 
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              ADVENTURE POEM  
                by Timothy Pilgrim, 
                Adventure Poet Laureate 
                  La Push 
                Wend away from Kalaloch, leave miles  
                  of beached cedar logs behind, pass 
                  Ruby Beach, sand there, a gritty cradle  | 
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              PANAMA - OCEAN TO OCEAN IN ONLY EIGHT HOURS 
                    by Brad Hathaway 
                  The voyage gave me a chance to learn about the unique seaway that handles more than  a third of all the international container shipping to and from the United States.  | 
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              GOVERNMENT EFFECIENCY 
                Humor Column by Noma d'Plume 
                Hubby, who just started receiving his Social Security retirement benefits this year, got an email from the government saying that he needed to prove he was a "real person" within 60 days or that his benefits would be terminated. Huh? 
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