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	<title><![CDATA[Maya's Web Journal]]></title>
	<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my online journal.&nbsp;   Read about training and fundraising for the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society's hike in Yosemite National Park in June 2006. Find out about my adventures hiking in some of California's national parks.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Death Valley to Mojave]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/22618/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I had originally planned to get up really early and do a sunrise hike out to the dunes (before it got ridiculously hot), but I guess I was exhausted from all the driving. By the...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sequoia National Park to Death Valley]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/22616/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn't get up quite as early as I'd intended, but I did manage to grab breakfast before checking out of the lodge. Before I left, I took pictures of the view from my...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paso Robles to Three Rivers]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/22615/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Paso Robles was not exactly what I expected. Downtown was pretty sleepy. I think I expected more of a "Main Street" shopping area like in Sonoma. I tracked down a cozy down-home...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[San Francisco and Pinnacles National Monument]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/18465/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[First thing on our agenda: find food. Second thing: figure out how to take the cable car to Ghirardelli Square. Can you believe I’ve been to San Francisco 6 or 7 times and...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[From Yosemite to San Francisco]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/18464/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaving Yosemite was so difficult. I didn’t get to spend nearly enough time in this magnificent place.&nbsp; On the 2-hour bus ride back to the Fresno airport, my teammates...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hike for Discovery in Yosemite National Park!]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/17379/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[My hike was amazing!!&nbsp; I can’t even begin to explain how truly magical this experience has been, but I’ll try and give it a shot. If that doesn’t work, here is my...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Pysched Up for Yosemite!]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/17378/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, our group made it safely to Fresno, CA and into the mountains to our destination, Tenaya Lodge last night. There are 23 hikers from the DC chapter, and we will be joined...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Final Training Hike #16 – Hawksbill Mountain and Betty’s Rock]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/17042/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I can’t believe this is our last training hike before Yosemite!&nbsp; This week we were supposed to be winding down and hiking for only 3 hours.&nbsp; It was a “plan my...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #15 – Hazel Mountain]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/17041/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whew!&nbsp; I went into this hike thinking it was only going to take 6 hours, but it ended up being about 7.5.&nbsp; That’s a loooooooong 10-mile hike.&nbsp; Now I think I am...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #14 – Prince William Forest Park]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16881/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is National Trails Day!&nbsp; What better way to celebrate than by going on a 5 hour hike in a local park?&nbsp; The 15,000 acre Prince William Forest Park, near Quantico,...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #13 – Blackwater Falls State Park, WV]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16816/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent Memorial Day weekend visiting my friend Craig in Morgantown, WV. On Saturday, we took a mini-hike on the rail-to-trail path along the Monongahela River to downtown. It...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 08:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #12 – White Oak Canyon]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16716/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We really lucked out on the beautiful weather today – high of 70 degrees and sunny skies over Shenandoah. I expected this to be the most difficult and grueling hike yet, as we...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 07:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #11 – Jeremy’s Run]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16625/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Back to Shenandoah!&nbsp; This was an interesting hike because it started out downhill for about a mile or so, then we headed up an old fire road to the summit of Knob...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 07:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tyler’s Fight]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16571/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone -- I recently found out that Tyler, the 2-year old son of my friends Viengkeo and Dave Tzong from W&amp;M, was just diagnosed with leukemia.&nbsp; In the past couple of...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 03:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #10 – Bull Run/Occoquan Trail]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16524/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, who knew that there is an 18-mile trail that runs from Fairfax County to Prince William County?&nbsp; I’ve lived in Northern VA most of my life and I had no idea this...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 03:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I made my goal!]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16523/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t believe it!&nbsp; Today I received a donation that put me just over my $5,000 goal!!&nbsp; I am amazed and touched at the flood of generosity I’ve witnessed since I...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 04:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #9 – Old Rag Mountain]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16485/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s hike took us to the summit of Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park. Katie, Ellen and Carey came to my parents’ house to pick me up on the way, and I gave...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #8 – Fridley Gap/Mary’s Rock (again)]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16342/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[At 6:45 this morning I met up with my Yosemite teammates, Ellen, Carey and Katie, at the Vienna metro station so that we could carpool to Fridley Gap in George Washington...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #7 – Mary’s Rock in Shenandoah National Park]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16234/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I was able to plan my own outing to Shenandoah. This time I dragged my dad and my brother Jason with me, as well as my teammate, Carey, and friends Patrick, Kaustuv...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Training Hike #6 - Sugarloaf Mountain]]></title>
		<link>http://mayalarson.bravejournal.com/entry/16057/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rain… rain… sleet… and more rain…&nbsp; I had not been this wet and cold in a long time. Up until yesterday’s hike at Sugarloaf Mountain in Dickerson, MD, we had been...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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