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substitution for legal or medical advice. I'm Tiffany Reese, and this is Something Was Wrong. There's this initiation phase and transition phase.

And then once you get to the point where you're getting in less and less trouble,

you have more consistent behavior than you go on this backpacking trip called course.

With staff, we did that at Kirkwood Ranch, which is a stopping point within

Hells Canyon, which is a museum area that is dedicated to the Western settlement, which was very

educational. It was very cool. I walked 40 miles in Hells Canyon in

brand new hiking boots, damaged my feet for years. I still have issues with my feet cramping up.

My ankles aren't aligned properly. I had silver dollar-sized blisters in my feet. I couldn't wear regular

shoes for months because it was just wounds all over my feet. We'd have writing assignments every

night. I had to write a letter to my future daughter about what my life would

have been like without the program and with the program. I had to write a letter to myself as an adult,

what my life would have been like without the program and with the program. I had to write my own eulogy on what my life would have been like without the program and with the program.

I had to write my own eulogy on what my life would have been like with or without the program.

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