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Geez, that's a long, long, long way from Crescent City.<br>
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Wish some of these could be put online like in YouTube or such. Or
maybe a downloaded presentation.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="75">Some day, maybe.

Tortoise

&lt;&gt; He who finishes last, wins! &lt;&gt;
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Donna Saufley wrote:
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Just wanted to give you
all a heads-up about Andy Skurka’s
presentation at the Los Angeles Times Travel Expo at the <st1:place
 w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Long Beach</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">Convention Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.  He’ll be
presenting at 1:00
p.m. on Saturday, February 9<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">For those unfamiliar with
Andy, he recently completed the “Great
Western Loop,” a 6,875 mile trek in 208 days.  He’s the first
person to ever accomplish this feat, but that’s no surprise, </span></font><font
 color="#000033" face="Arial" size="2"><span
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 51);">in
July 2005 he concluded another monumental first: hiking
the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">7,778-mile Sea-to-Sea
Route</st1:address></st1:Street>,
a transcontinental network of hiking trails from <st1:State w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State>
to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>,
which he completed in 11 months. Andy has also completed the 1,700-mile
California section of the Pacific Crest Trail (in 44 days), the
480-mile
Colorado Trail (twice), the 2,170-mile Appalachian Trail (in 95 days),
and a
385-mile trek through northern Minnesota in January.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 51);">Andy
knows a thing or
two about long-distance hiking and lightening your load.  It’s no
wonder that National Geographic Adventurer honored Andy with the title
of “Adventurer
of the Year” for 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 51);">Discounts
are
available at the event website, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
 href="http://www.adventureexpo.com/Default.aspx?id=4a2afa34-c786-4141-9c8a-0530f8f184c9">http://www.adventureexpo.com/Default.aspx?id=4a2afa34-c786-4141-9c8a-0530f8f184c9</a>
follow the instructions at the site to get your discount!   <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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