Yes, yes, yes, with a mountain full

Hyphenation comes slowly

This year, pick the beat, by the high

Let's it dry, one last time, so I take the ones

Oh, that chance with a mountain full

Hello and welcome to episode 1665 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from fan graphs

presented by our Patreon supporters. I'm Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Jeff

Sullivan of fan graphs who has returned from his latest travels. How were your latest

travels? Hello, I understand that you had a very special guest on the most recent episode.

Yeah, not that special. He's been on like a thousand episodes.

Old hat.

The latest travels were good. The idea was to go attempt to summit Mount Chasta over

the weekend with a team. We had to make a team decision to turn around about a thousand

feet short of the summit, but nevertheless it was a wonderful weekend spent at high altitude

reminding me that I am more vulnerable than many to perhaps altitude related symptoms

was not my decision to turn around. But there I've done some research. Apparently there's

a genetic component to people who are susceptible to altitude problems. So it's not all sense.

Look at the draw. But some of it is just look at the draw and there is some interesting

research into the perhaps preventative effects of ginkgo baloba, but it did not come much

to my own assistance. But anyway, long drive all the way down to California. Then a few

days spent on a mountain trying to get up and then down and had one side of the mountain

to ourselves and on the way out got a nice flat tire. So I got brand new tires from

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