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Zorro

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6. You can drive up to the refuge at about 14,000 feet above sea level

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 09:19 PM

May 2016

And if you do, you'll find out what thin air and oxygen deprivation is all about.

You will get woozy/lightheaded/feeling like you're about to faint if you do.

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