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\"\"<\/a>

Chama, 2011 "Crazy River Dog" winner at the FIBArk whitewater boating festival, Salida, Colorado<\/p><\/div>\n

. . . <\/strong> you can never retrieve a stick from the same river twice.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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