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I led a hike yesterday starting in upper D.C. and hooking through Georgetown and returning along the C & O Canal.\u00a0 It was hotter than I druthered (heat index reached 107 today, it was almost as hot yesterday). None of the hikers died of heat stroke so all’s well that ends well.<\/p>\n

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