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A Brief Period of Rest. (Not that we haven't slept on the trails.)

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As we attend to a few private issues, take a break from the heat willingly, and a pass from the mountains reluctantly, we hope you'll join us in enjoying a good rest. We think it's not so much that you rest but where you do it. It makes a big difference.  The New Zealand Hangover. That's pretty blatant at Coral Dunes, Utah. Obviously, a very tired girl trying to get out of cooking that evening. If ever she earned a sleep: Wheeler Peak, New Mexico. Jen could not find her hot-water bottle. Decided not to sleep, rest only. Perdeberg, Western Cape. High Altitude of Sierras, lower pressure, more sleep she tells me. 'Supping, no,...resting with the devil' on its peak in Cape Town via the ravine trail—so easily corrupted. Rudely woken on Hamlin Peak, Nevada. 'Sorry!' We call it the 'Peruvian Forty-one Winks Siesta'. After 1,500 feet climb, we had a further 2,000 to go. Slovenian light sleep before ...