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02/11/2014
A middle-aged, overweight, and acrophobic newspaper editor Tom Ryan and a little dog, Atticus M. Finch, are an unlikely pair of mountaineers, but after a close friend dies of cancer, the two pay tribute to her by attempting to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire's four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter. More >>
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| Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Friendships, Health, Personal Responsibility, Relationships, Values
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