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		<title>The High Road in Hard Times</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Rick Percival was laid off from his job in Kansas City, he decided to return home to New Zealand by an unusual route: a 2,175 mile hike along the Appalachian Trail. We caught up with him in Damascus, Virginia, where he said the simplicity of trail life has already given him a new perspective [...]]]></description>
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