Good day, Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners.

As always, thank you so much for listening.

All we have amongst ourselves is time,

and we so appreciate you sharing yours with us

by listening to this program.

This week, we have a special guest

who actually is going to join us

for a bit of the podcast intro, Mr. Russ Eagle.

Before we go there, as I thank you for listening,

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So, Russ, you tell the true story

of Clay stumbling up Mount Whitney,

and I'm so glad that you've decided

to share Clay's true colors with our listeners.

Well, thank you, it's been a number of years now,

since that first version aired here on the show,

so it's, you know, I've been tossing

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