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Mungeclimber
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Oct 11, 2017 - 07:02pm PT
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deeeee LUX!
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Oct 11, 2017 - 07:03pm PT
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Roy, good to see you postin' up again! How ya doing Brother?
Peace
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 11, 2017 - 07:06pm PT
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Ron!
Me? Well enough, as they say.
You been climbing?
Hope so!
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 11, 2017 - 07:16pm PT
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tar on Buster!
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Oct 12, 2017 - 06:55am PT
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Thanks for these tasty treats! Looking forward to digging into em when I have a few spare moments.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Oct 12, 2017 - 07:19am PT
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Good ta hear Boy! Me? Just drinkin wine, gettin fat and riding my bike again.
Peace
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 12, 2017 - 07:29am PT
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Ha, ha....thanks for the re-heated chronicles!
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Oct 12, 2017 - 07:52am PT
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Tar, I just started reading these and am so very happy you pulled this little collection together for us. This is just outstanding. Thanks.
cheers
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L
climber
Tiptoeing through the chilly waters of life
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Oct 12, 2017 - 09:11am PT
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Wooohoooo! Good readin' for the next couple of weeks!
And then I guess yer gonna haveta get out there and do some more climbin' and picture-takin', Roy.
Your fans have spoken.
xoxo >^..^<
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 12, 2017 - 09:44am PT
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It is really really good to see you posting again.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 12, 2017 - 02:01pm PT
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Thanks Y'all!
Swell companions, each and every one.
L said:
And then I guess yer gonna haveta get out there and do some more climbin' and picture-takin', Roy. Sorry, Laura, once a man of action, and now being fairly beached, my strong suit is master of the perfect picnic with Lisa.
So if your taste runs toward TRs of picnics in beautiful places, it may be that I will oblige!
One of our latest tricks, is to share those picnics with our blowup doll, Molly. It's quite a threesome!
Lisa does the paddling, I organize the hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, and the unsinkable Molly Brown provides untold hours of bouncy pleasure!
Last three photos by Rachel Ames.
She's got quite an eye, and sports a stunning collection of local Colorado images:
https://rachelames.smugmug.com/
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 12, 2017 - 02:12pm PT
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Tarbuster! Nice to see you out & about in any way. Take those photos, pound the keyboard, & share the results with us. It's always entertaining.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Oct 13, 2017 - 07:38am PT
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Hey what happened in vegas stays in vegas there mh...
Hi Roy !
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2017 - 08:06am PT
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Hey Pagan Monkey!
Remember tooling around Indian Creek in your new rig with Nature, searching the airstrip, sneaking sips of whiskey and stretching out in the bright sunshine?
That was a good day.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2017 - 11:02am PT
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Walleye requested:
Hey Roy, you gotta link to the photos of youz and Messemups big day in the Lyell Range?? Here's the thread, I also added it to the OP:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/226703/Scrambles-in-the-Range-of-Light
Walter, here is your taste of the pictures of Messick!
Mount Amelia Ehrhardt to McClure, to Lyell, 20 hour day, from the Meadows:
Approaching Amelia Ehrhardt:
Pristine rubble on McClure:
We were already pretty shagged when I snapped this gem:
And Messick on the approach to Matterhorn Peak:
Matterhorn's oh so glorious crux:
(... or maybe that's the endurance corner on Astro Man, with a bad case of photo tilt-itis?)
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2018 - 07:01pm PT
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This is now the official, sloppy drunk
mkay, slightly buzzed, TBuster Rocky Mountain Picnic Thread.
So, our comic book heroine, The Bunny, and her trusty-busted sidekick, Tarbousier, made away with the second picnic of the year today.
(first picnic staged at a nice sandstone bench placed at the short loop of the Blue Dot Trail adjacent to Magnolia East, was a dry run, yo)
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Golden Gate Canyon State Park, just south of an hour ago:
First things first, a quick introduction to the person that makes it all happen
'Cuz you gotta figure I ain't got much to do with it:
A crag that we saw while hiking along, called Ralston Roost:
Tim Stich and I tagged that mofo some years ago:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=906357&msg=912460#msg912460
But about that picnic:
View to Mt. Evans:
Lisa will be running to the top, via the road, in just a couple of weeks:
Primary goal of picnicking ... sheltering from the wind on the lee side, catching a good dose of red wine & sunshine before a veil of clouds closes back in:
We interrupt this broadcast for the wine tasting notes:
Quadrant Wines, Quadrant BDX, Paso Robles
Merlot 34%, Cabernet Sauvignon 26%, Petite Sirah 25%, Petit Verdot 15%
Alcohol 12.8% by volume
On the nose: boysenberry, flint, noticeable acidity...guessed syrah and zinandel as the informing grapes.
Color in the glass: ruby and purple at edge.
In mouth: full bodied, Merlot comes thru with roundness and bell pepper.
Good backbone to the blend delivered by the Cabernet. Wish I had bought more! Paid about seven or eight dollars a bottle.
Impressions, which Lisa dictated into her phone for me after we sought shelter in the car:
This is how I want my life to be: toasted 57-year-old body, 12 & half-year-old consciousness, hiding from the cold on a beautiful spring day in a secluded CO state park, recalling the tasting notes for the terrific red wine Lisa and I just shared on our picnic. (Essentially a Paso Robles version of a right bank Bordeaux). All the while sheltering from the 40° weather under the sanctuary of the car heater, and listening to the soothing refuge of jazz by Wessel Anderson.
Back into the Bimmer for a quick tour of Panorama Point:
Climbed this via the obvious central chimney with Kevin Rose, yeah, about 12 years ago:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=258768&msg=258835#msg258835
And this one, with Tim Stich, in 2010, via the slender buttress on the left side:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1210492&msg=1216308#msg1216308
And a future target, visible from the Panorama Point porch, some
prime local Colorado choss, probably gonna wander up that shite with partners Stich, Nature, Nick Danger, or some combination ... or all three simultaneously!
Bon Appetit!
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Inner City
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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Apr 15, 2018 - 09:59am PT
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There ain't nothin' as good on the taco as a Tarbuster TR. Doesn't matter if it's a horribly hard objective from the past or a pleasant day out with some good vino, it's all in the style.
Nice to see you back on here livening it up...
D Reid
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2018 - 10:52am PT
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Always good to hear from you Dave!
Check it out, a report for you on a mutual friend of ours, or more specifically, her daughter.
Helga's daughter, Claire, ripping it up in Indian Creek just last month:
If everything goes according to plan, Claire will be at CU Boulder in the fall.
 Watch this space for evidence of some real climbing action from the next generation!
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Apr 15, 2018 - 07:30pm PT
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As good as sunshine on a cloudy day, on the lee side.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 15, 2018 - 07:35pm PT
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Great photo Tar. Thanks for sharing.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Apr 15, 2018 - 09:36pm PT
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I'll drink to your health good sir!
Looks like a worthy picnic.
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Inner City
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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Apr 15, 2018 - 11:09pm PT
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Wow Roy,
Thanks for the photo. I guess it is all in the genes!
Going to Boulder for college is like a climber's dream, I imagine.
Best to you, haven't seen you on Tenaya Beach in quite a few years now..
I still think of that location as the center of the world in some way..
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2018 - 06:31am PT
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dickcilley
Social climber
Wisteria Ln.
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Apr 16, 2018 - 10:50am PT
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Love the pics
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L
climber
A place where Blue is the new Black...
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Apr 16, 2018 - 11:13am PT
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It just don't get any better 'n this, Tarbousier!
Obviously I'm not alone in thinking that whether you're posting a climb down Memory Lane or a hike up to present day, it's all good...and definitely worthy fodder for your admirers to graze upon.
(Besides, I can now steal your wine kinda-sewers description of that bottle you're guzzlin' and make all the Yelpers think I know something about smashed grapes. Lol!)
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 28, 2018 - 05:29pm PT
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Recidivism:
: a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
Golden Gate Park, Panorama Point, Coyote Trail:
2018-4-28 wine notes
Goose Ridge Vineyards , G3, Columbia Valley red wine blend, 2014
14.4%
G3: three generations of winemakers.
Ruby red color.
BlackBerry, plum, black currant, tar, spice, vanilla (from the oak)
Informing grapes best guess: Cab, Merlot, Syrah?
On the palate: presents like an Italian wine. Brisk acidity, well extracted fruit, long finish.
In Washington state grapes mature at cooler temperatures, gaining acidity as opposed to sugar, thus the European continental style.
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The view to the Continental Divide, N & S Arapaho Peaks:
What they look like when climbing them:
More pictures here:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=196724&msg=196767#msg196767
Picnic viewpoint accessibility:
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From an early season layabout looking into Golden Gate crags on Mount Thoridon, Panorama Point is in the gap:
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Apr 28, 2018 - 05:42pm PT
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Junk crag looks good.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 28, 2018 - 05:45pm PT
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Going to find out one way or the other!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2018 - 08:23am PT
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18th Anniversary today!
It was a good day: May 6, 2000, 12 hours in the mountains!
Abbreviated, updated, 18th anniversary picnic version to follow in a few hours ...
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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happy anniversary!
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Happy anniversary to you two. Hope all is well. Come visit us in Eldo ifna yer down this way. Cheers.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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👍
At least Roy was smart enough to use a rope for his intended. Mine almost called it off when
I refused to get it out of my pack to cross an iced over slab while descending a Cascades peak.
Hey, it wasnt that bad, there were nubbins poking through the ice!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2018 - 05:16pm PT
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At least Roy was smart enough to use a rope for his intended. Exactly!
Always lean to the side of comfort, where emotional constitution is involved!
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Happy Anniversary you guys busted out another year, congrats!
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Tarbuster
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2018 - 05:44pm PT
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The where are they now? Follow-up:
Wine notes 2018-5-6
Rivetto Barolo
Del Comune di Serralunga D'Alba 2011
14.5%
Color: Garnet, clear @ edge
Nose: black cherries, raspberry, pomegranate, lavender, tar
In mouth: full-bodied crushed berries, sandalwood incense, black pepper, fine grained tannins w/ lots of grip
Persistence: 23 second finish
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L
climber
A place with cats...lots and lots of cats
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Happy Anniversary Roy!
Glad to see not that much has changed as far as where you and Lisa consider your "Happy Place" to be.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2018 - 02:06pm PT
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Thanks, Laura (& Hoob & T Hock)!
Though you are spot on about our happy place, I think the correct answer, when asked about the actual locale, would be: our happy place is ... together.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Wine notes 2018-5-6
Rivetto Barolo
Del Comune di Serralunga D'Alba 2011
14.5%
Color: Garnet, clear @ edge
Nose: black cherries, raspberry, pomegranate, lavender, tar
In mouth: full-bodied crushed berries, sandalwood incense, black pepper, fine grained tannins w/ lots of grip
Persistence: 23 second finish
I was waiting for, "still young".?
Maybe not. Some makers are doing it different there so you don't have to wait for 20 years to get that edge a little smoother. What about this one?
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2018 - 03:50pm PT
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Very much so, Wayno.
This was not a case of infanticide!
Definitely ready to drink, and the tannin levels didn't create the sensation of a World War II era half-track careening over the surface of our tongues and likewise accosting the palate. I've made that mistake with Barolo!
The bottle was given to us by a client of Lisa's who will be presenting a vintage sports car at Pebble Beach when it comes around again.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - May 12, 2018 - 05:39pm PT
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What do you know: Jess from Stonemasters tribe showed up at the pad and we went for a short walk with her husband D!
Wine notes, 2018-5-12
Rosenblum Stark Raving Sonoma Malbec
13.5%
Color: ruby-garnet
Nose: black cherry, blackberry, clove
In mouth: full-bodied, fruit forward
W/Jess & D Larrabee @ home W/Nediterranean pizza from Backcountry
no vintage listed
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