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February 2025

Down To The Sea
#119 - Swimming underneath and alongside us, called “whale muggings” by old salts, we could have been mugged if they had chosen to.
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BADWATER – MY WORST AND BEST RACE – part 3 - the best of it
#10rp - I think running the race is easier than all the prep work or being part of the crew. All you have to do is run.
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Jimmy Swann - THE HOMESTEAD
#18 - On the next morning’s walk, Barbara motioned them over to meet them. They came over after a look back to the trailer, smiling at LJ and petting…
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BADWATER - MY WORST AND BEST RACE - part 2 - the worst of it
#9rp - One by one crews with their runners moved out before dawn from Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells to the starting line in Badwater Basin at -282…
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January 2025

In Japan - 3
#117 - I spent the midday in the springs, had a beer afterwards, then hoofed it back, all downhill, the nine miles home to dinner and Sumo.
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BADWATER - MY WORST AND BEST RACE - part 1
#8rp - In Death Valley. Yes, it was hot!
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The Rainbow Around Her Neck
#116 - Part 2 - The grounds lit up with floodlights, and I heard a guard call out.
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The Chase - Raccoons At Night
#7rp - I wouldn’t do such a thing in broad daylight, yet, on a chase, there we were, doing it anyway.
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The Rainbow
#115 - Part 1 - I swapped the winter season in the US for the summertime in the small tourist and sports-oriented town of El Chalten, Patagonia…
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December 2024

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