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I'm Gail Straub and you're listening to She Explores.

A quick note before we get started,

I misspoke in our last episode, Risk Takers. The amazing woman who

submitted the story about wild swimming is named Sheree, Angela Matthews.

And another quick note I have a bit of a cold so if I sound a little stuffy that's why.

All with the show. You know those moments on the trail?

Maybe you've got a couple miles to go and you're sweaty and hot and you take a pull on your

camel back only to have it come up empty.

Or that water reservoir is full of water but the tube freezes.

Or you get lost in a frustrating but not a dangerous way.

And I, will I ever get back to my campsite kind of way?

Or you forget the fuel for your camp stove,

or the mosquitoes are so bad that you pass the time before bed

lying in your tent, counting your bites one by one.

Honestly I'm pulling all of those moments from memory. Those moments when you just have to laugh because it's the only way forward.

Last week, she explorers collaborated with Columbia Sports Wear for a night of

storytelling at their flagship store in Portland. There was quintessential

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