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She waved to him as he led his flagging companion away. Then she struggled to keep up with the others as they charged up in a speedy departure from John’s measured pace. Arlene finally threw herself down on the rocky point of the top—only to discover it was a deceptive false summit. She was exhausted, though, and could go no further. As she waited for her companions to summit and then return, she took in the heights: Mount Rainier to the north and Mount Hood to the south rising like a…
