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	<title>Climbing and Running &#187; Why We Climb</title>
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		<title>On Caring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all so fortunate to live in a world where most people want to leave the planet in a better place than when they entered.  I&#8217;ve been so amazed and blessed to see the reaction from friends, colleagues and loved ones to the Caring aspect for the Everest climb and the legacy that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Clarke on Everest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The house lights dimmed on 2,200 of my fellow colleagues in a massive ballroom at the Venetian Hotel.  The speaker was introduced, &#8220;He has climbed the seven summits and Everest&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;Please welcome Jamie Clarke&#8220;.  For the next hour plus, the audience was either so quiet and spellbound that all you could hear was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Moving On</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 06:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life as we know it. Or think that we do. Always changing. What we believe and might knew. Our time is so short. Still waters run deep. Mountains don&#8217;t move. But friends we must keep. Live life to it&#8217;s fullest. For we have to move on. Wherever that is. And towards a new dawn. No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Happiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about happiness and being happy lately. What does that really mean? Is it when you&#8217;re walking down the hallways at work that your footsteps feel lighter?  Is it when you&#8217;re running and the perfect song comes on and the words are meaningful and completely relevant?  Is it when everything seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to write a post recapping personal events and achievements of 2008 but while I was out during my last run of this year late this afternoon, I thought about the truly magical moments of the past year that were so wonderful that they took my breath away or made my eyes hurt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We (I) Really Climb? Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in a conversation today where it was pointed out to me that I used the words &#8220;makes my head hurt&#8221; (MMHH) in reference to a presentation that was done as part of a work project to me and a team.  What does this have to do with mountain climbing? I had to think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Run and Climb</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us get asked from time to time, why do you do what you do?  Why do you run marathons?  Why do you want to climb mountains?  Especially when the experience can be so &#8211; well &#8211; hard and distasteful. Sir Edmund Hillary gave the supposedly flippant comment, &#8220;Because it&#8217;s there&#8221; &#8211; referring to [...]]]></description>
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