By Ed Parsons
This past Wednesday was like the blank pages of a book, with a rainy Tuesday and Thursday as hard covers. Something needed to be done to fill the pages of that beautiful day. I decided to climb Mount Jefferson, and perhaps Mount Clay as well.
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