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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mountains are among the earth's most spiritual realms. Simultaneously inspiring and forbidding, snowcapped peaks, windswept ridges, open alpine expanses, and blue-ice crevasses speak to us, stripping us of everyday concerns and reminding us what it is to be human. This is why we fell in love with trekking, and why we worked hard to gain access to every trek route within Bhutan and then to a whole host of other off-limits mountain areas. Orrog continues to pioneer exhilarating routes to some o...]]></itunes:summary>
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