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The Lost Vikings

By: Bechdolt, Jack

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation: 1931

Seller ID: 2261511

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket, corners lightly bumped, ink note on front endpaper, pages faintly toned. 1931 Hard Cover. x, 267 pp. Features juveniles who discover a Lost Race of Vikings in Alaska. John Ernest Bechdolt (18841954) was an American short story writer, novelist and journalist. He wrote under the name Jack Bechdolt as well as his full name. He worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1909 to 1916, after which he moved to New York, where he worked for Munsey Publications for a year before freelancing. His first novel, The Torch, was serialized in the magazine Argosy in 1920. Severa...
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The Last Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools

By: Brand, Stewart

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Portola Institute: 1974

Seller ID: 2308158

ISBN: 0394704592

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Edges lightly rubbed, corners faintly creased, pages lightly toned. 1974 Large Softcover. 447, [1] pp. A catalog for everything a person could need for self-sufficient living. Also includes articles and musings.
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One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest

By: Davis, Wade

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks: 1996

Seller ID: 2305788

ISBN: 0684834960

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Address label on front flyleaf. 1996 Trade Paperback. 537 pp. The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South AmericaRichard Evans Schultes and his protg Wade Davisan epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorio...
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Chronicles of an African Trip

By: Eastman, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., John P. Smith Company, Inc.: 1927

Seller ID: 2201377

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Lightly rubbed and toned, faint stain on front flyleaf. 1927 Hard Cover. 87 pp., plus numerous unpaginated full-page photographs. Original beige cloth spine over paper covered boards, paper title label. The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party -- consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr. Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer -- which left New York on the 13th of March, 1926. Stewart and Eastman returned to Rochester on the 24th of October, 1926. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll ...
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Chronicles of an African Trip

By: Eastman, George

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., John P. Smith Company, Inc.: 1927

Seller ID: 2275481

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Related articles laid in, small spot on rear board. 1927 Hard Cover. 87 pp., plus numerous unpaginated full-page photographs. Original beige cloth spine over paper covered boards, paper title label. The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party -- consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr. Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer -- which left New York on the 13th of March, 1926. Stewart and Eastman returned to Rochester on the 24th of October, 1926. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to br...
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Chronicles of an African Trip

By: Eastman, George

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., John P. Smith Company, Inc.: 1927

Seller ID: 2295378

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Binding repaired, corners exposed. 1927 Hard Cover. 87, [1] pp., plus numerous unpaginated full-page photographs. 8vo. Original beige cloth spine over paper covered boards, paper title label. The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party -- consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr. Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer -- which left New York on the 13th of March, 1926. Stewart and Eastman returned to Rochester on the 24th of October, 1926. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring pho...
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Chronicles of an African Trip

By: Eastman, George

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., John P. Smith Company, Inc.: 1927

Seller ID: 2300404

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards stained, edges rubbed. Letter (from Eastman Kodak Company to the factory employees regarding vacation pay, 1937) laid in. Signature on bookplate printed in every copy. 1927 Hard Cover. 87, [1] pp., plus numerous unpaginated full-page photographs. 8vo. Original beige cloth spine over paper covered boards, paper title label. The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party -- consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr. Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer -- which left New York on the 13th of March, 1926. Stewart and Eastman returned to Rochester on the 24th of O...
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Chronicles of an African Trip

By: Eastman, George

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., John P. Smith Company, Inc.: 1927

Seller ID: 2306862

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. One plate loose but included, board edges lightly rubbed, boards lightly soiled. 1927 Hard Cover. 87, [1] pp., plus numerous unpaginated full-page photographs. 8vo. Original beige cloth spine over paper covered boards, paper title label. The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party -- consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr. Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer -- which left New York on the 13th of March, 1926. Stewart and Eastman returned to Rochester on the 24th of October, 1926. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastm...
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Chronicles of a Second African Trip

By: Eastman, George; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Mandala, Elias

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., The Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries: 1987

Seller ID: 2201442

ISBN: 0961082410

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. 1987 Hard Cover. xxv, [1], 89, [5] pp. 8vo. A follow-up volume to Eastman's popular account of an African safari, compiled from a collection of letters related to his second trip to Africa in 1928. Foreword by Elias Mandala, introduction by Kenneth M. Cameron. Illustrated with photographs by Eastman and fellow adventurer Martin Johnson. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the mot...
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Chronicles of a Second African Trip

By: Eastman, George; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Mandala, Elias

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., The Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries: 1987

Seller ID: 2278774

ISBN: 0961082410

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1987 Hard Cover. xxv, [1], 89, [5] pp. 8vo. A follow-up volume to Eastman's popular account of an African safari, compiled from a collection of letters related to his second trip to Africa in 1928. Foreword by Elias Mandala, introduction by Kenneth M. Cameron. Illustrated with photographs by Eastman and fellow adventurer Martin Johnson. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first film...
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Islands, the Universe, Home

By: Ehrlich, Gretel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 1991

Seller ID: 2281692

ISBN: 0670821616

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1991 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 196 pp. A collection of poetic essays explores the realms of nature, astronomy, and the sanction of the mind found in the prairies and mountains of Wyoming.
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The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold

By: Ehrlich, Gretel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 2004

Seller ID: 2281690

ISBN: 037542251X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A fine copy. 2004 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xv, 200 pp. This book is written out of Gretel Ehrlichs love for winterfor remote and cold places, and the ways in which winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and souland out of the fear that our democracy of gratification has irreparably altered the climate. In The Future of Ice, Ehrlich travels to extreme pointsfrom Tierra del Fuego in the south to Spitsbergen, east of Greenland, at the very top of the worldin her quest to understand the comp...
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Take Your Bike! Family Rides in the Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley Region

By: Freeman, Rich and Sue

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Footprint Press: 1999

Seller ID: 2299973

ISBN: 0965697444

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Signed by both authors with inscription, Jody, Hope your family enjoys these rides. 5-99. Very minor general wear. 1999 Trade Paperback. 232 pp. The rides in this book are designed for people who delight in exploring unique or little-known places. The paths and backcountry roads allow you to safely enjoy the natural world and learn about our community and its history. With this guide, youll be able to explore the Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley Region with ease and confidence. Each of the 40 rides is rated for difficulty and type of terrain, and described by length and estimated time required....
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Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine

By: Gibson, W. [William] Hamilton

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1891

Seller ID: 2266382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1891 printing. 194, [2] pp. Olive cloth, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt. Illustrations and decorative headers, footers, and margins by the author. A celebration of nature by the American naturalist, detailing walks the author has taken outdoors. Includes: A Midnight Ramble; Night Witchery; Bird Notes; Bird Cradles; Prehistoric Botanists; The Wild Garden; Index.
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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 1851-1852

By: Herndon, William Lewis; Kinder, Gary

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press: 2000

Seller ID: 2305789

ISBN: 0802137040

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine creased, wrapper edges lightly rubbed. 2000 Trade Paperback. xxi, 343 pp. An epic and intimate firsthand account of a true American heros daring journey into the heart of the Amazon forest in the nineteenth century. Captain William Lewis Herndon was memorialized in Gary Kinders bestselling book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, which recounts Herndons final acts of heroism as his ship foundered in a hurricane off the Carolina coast in 1857. Seven years before those tragic events, the secretary of the Navy had appointed Herndon to lead the first American expedition into the Amazon Valley...
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Appalachian Trail Stories and Other Adventures: Living Your Dreams at 60 and Beyond

By: Kimball, Emily

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., Emily T. Kimball: 2013

Seller ID: 2295005

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Signed by author with inscription, Happy adventures to you Alicia. Minor general wear. 2013 Trade Paperback. 56 pp. Emily Kimball is an adventurer and motivational speaker who provides entertaining presentations and workshops to challenge people to reassess their risk taking and inspire them to make their dreams happen. This book features nine stories from the author's thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail completed at age 70, hiking trips in the High Sierras at age 76, and an Elderhostel wilderness canoe trip on the Allagash River in Maine at age 78. Known as the Aging Adventurer, Ms. Kimball ov...
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The Madman of Mount Everest (A Barry Ross International Mystery)

By: Livesay, Ann

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Medford, Oregon, Silver River Books: 2000

Seller ID: 2269171

ISBN: 0966281721

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A paperback original. Faint smudge to top page ridge. 2000 Trade Paperback. 296 pp. A madman, convinced that Buddhism is a heathen religion, sets out to destroy the sanctity of the religion and its most visited sites. Murders at a monastery at the foot of Mount Everest and at the largest Buddhist stupa in Indonesia scare tourists away from these inspiring sites. International investigator Barry Ross is on the case, following the murderer through the Himalayas. This fast-paced mystery allows an in-depth look at Indonesian arts, Nepalese customs, and Buddhism, with the morning mis...
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Exploring the Outdoors with Indian Secrets

By: Macfarlan, Allan A.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, Stackpole Books: 1994

Seller ID: 2303844

ISBN: 0811721833

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

5th printing. Owner blind stamp on front flyleaf. 1994 Trade Paperback. 223 pp. Indian secrets on tracking through forest growth, stalking wildlife, and seeing without being seen.
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The Survival of the Bark Canoe

By: McPhee, John

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Warner Books: 1975

Seller ID: 2304372

ISBN: 0446872512

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Second printing. Spine taped with duct tape, wrappers stained. 1975 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. It is a book squarely in the tradition of one written by the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, ...
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In the Land of the Quetzal Feather

By: Morton, Friedrich

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Devin-Adair Company: 1960

Seller ID: 2305344

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Stain on rear jacket panel, minor tear along top edge of front jacket panel. 1960 Hard Cover. 208 pp. Illustrated by Fritz Berger. The Guatemalan jungle remains one of the least known and least described regions in the Western Hemisphere. As the North American continent narrows to become the Central American corridor, the concentration of living creatures increases prportionally, and the struggle for survival becomes intense. Of this struggle, Friedrich Morton writes, telling of a country where men have learned they cannot survive unless they meet nature's savagery on its own te...
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Cranberry Portage: Gamblers and Bush Pilots, Love and Survival, in a Frontier Town - A Personal Account

By: Paterson, Ruth & Jack

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., McClelland and Stewart Limited: 1970

Seller ID: 1951496

ISBN: 0771069553

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes original jacket. Top page ridge lightly foxed, jacket edges lightly rubbed. Very Good. 1970 Hard Cover. 171 pp. 8vo. Ruth and Jack Peterson's personal account of life in the Canadian North, which bore a certain resemblance to the early American West, with gold prospectors, bootleggers, gamblers and railroad men all common fixtures of the community.
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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

By: Piven, Joshua; Borgenicht, David

Price: $5.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books: 1999

Seller ID: 2287324

ISBN: 0811825558

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Front wrapper faintly creased, a few smudges to page ridges. 1999 Trade Paperback. 176 pp. Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know FAST-from detecting a bomb to delivering a baby in the back of a cab. Providing frightening and funny real information in the best-selling tradition of the Paranoid's Pocket Guide and ...
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Two in a Bucket: A Personal Account of Ice Harvesting, 1915-1923

By: Rothra, Willis H.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ashville, New York, Harmony Hill Enterprises: 1984

Seller ID: 2274307

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Signed and dated 11-21-89 by author without inscription. Wrappers lightly toned, newspaper clipping laid in and taped to rear wrapper recto, ink name and date on title page, white out on a few pages. 1984 Stapled Binding. 23 pp. Ice harvesting generally involved waiting until approximately a foot of ice had built up on the water surface in the winter. The ice would then be cut with either a handsaw or a powered saw blade into long continuous strips and then cut into large individual blocks for transport by wagon back to the ice house.
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Strayed, Cheryl

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Vintage Books: 2013

Seller ID: 2201643

ISBN: 0307476073

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Light general wear. 2013 Trade Paperback. 315 pp. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mothers death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington Stateand she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor,Wildpow...
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Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes

By: Stroud, Mike

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Woodstock, NY, Overlook Press: 1996

Seller ID: 2261555

ISBN: 0879516364

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ink name to inner front wrapper. 1996 Trade Paperback. Recounts the experiences of Fiennes and Stroud as they journeyed on foot across Antarctica in 1993, combatting psychological and physical stress and unpredictable weather.
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Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

By: Tabor, James M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 2010

Seller ID: 2266456

ISBN: 1400067677

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Gift note on front endpaper. 2010 Hard Cover. xv, 286 pp. The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made: both poles by 1912, Everest in 1958, the Challenger Deep in 1961. In 1969 we even walked on the moon. And yet as late as 2000, the earths deepest cavethe supercaveremained undiscovered. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong. In 2004, two great scientist-explorers...
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The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness

By: Turk, Jon

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2010

Seller ID: 2305793

ISBN: 0312540213

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket edges very lightly bumped. Address label on front free endpaper. 2010 Hard Cover. x, 324 pp. Jon Turk has kayaked around Cape Horn and paddled across the Pacific Ocean to retrace the voyages of ancient people. But, the strangest trip he ever took was the journey he made as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. In a remote Siberian village, Turk met an elderly Koryak shaman named Moolynaut who invoked the help of a Spirit Raven to mend his fractured pelvis. When the healing was complete, he was able to walk without pain. Turk, finding no rational explanation, s...
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The Waterfront Trail

By: Waterfront Regeneration Trust

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ., Waterfront Regeneration Trust: 1996

Seller ID: 2121542

ISBN: 0777852071

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. 1996 Trade Paperback. xxv, 359 pp. Includes section of color photographs. Includes maps, directions, distances, and guides to areas accessible to hikers, cyclists, and people in wheelchairs, along with historical information about the Waterfront Trail's history, environment, and citizens.
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Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft, with Notes on the Habits and Life Histories of Big Game Animals

By: Whelen, Townsend

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Marshallton, Delaware, Small Arms Technical Publishing Co.: 1927

Seller ID: 2308206

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Publisher's order form laid in. No jacket. Light stain on rear board. 1927 Hard Cover. x, 338 pp. Illustrated with photographic plates and sketches by author. Essential for the beginner outdoorsman, Wilderness Hunting & Wildcraft details hunting big game in North America. Covering everything from woodcraft skills to the habits of big-game animals, this book comprises Townsend Whelen's experience drawn from a lifetime in the game fields, as well as a compilation of writings by the most observant and successful hunters of the time. Whelan devotes several chapters to an assortment ...
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On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds: Twenty-Eight Hundred Miles after Musk-Oxen and Wood-Bison (Classic Reprint Series)

By: Whitney, Casper

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Forgotten Books: 2015

Seller ID: 2306859

ISBN: 1332312594

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Print-on-demand edition. 2015 Trade Paperback. x, 324 pp. Caspar William Whitney (1864 1929) was an American author, editor, explorer, outdoorsman and war correspondent. He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889 when he worked for Harper's Magazine. Lest the reader should be deficient in his knowledge of Arctic geography, Mr. Whitney explains that the Barren Grounds begin ten days' journey beyond the Great Slave Lake and run down to the Arctic Ocean, with Hudson's Bay as their eastern and Great Bear Lake and the Coppermine River as their western boundary. ...
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