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There's nothing better than the great outdoors.

I'm a blind person that likes to get out.

I don't get stopped very easily.

I do what I can to work my way around the blindness.

I can participate just like anyone else.

Whether it's fishing, canoeing, cross-country skiing, backpacking, all year round, I love it all.

People that are blind can do a lot more than they think.

The biggest thing is people hold themselves back.

Don't get in your own way.

My name's Ron Walsh.

I'm completely blind.

Get ready for Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends.

Today we're heading down to Lake Diefenbaker.

This lake got about 800 kilometers of shoreline, 150 miles long, 250K.

It's a big place.

So we're going to go down and do some boating.

Going to drive a Zodiac.

Never drove Zodiac before.

So that's going to be kind of cool.

Going to go check out a sailboat, Going to do some sailing.

Right now we're just pulling onto the River Hurst Ferry.

This boat holds about 10- 12 vehicles.

This very has some real history to it.

And I'm here with Ashlyn George.

I'm Ashlyn George and I'm an outdoor adventure travel writer.

Ron and I met a few years ago.

He called me up on the phone and he heard that I love doing some of the same outdoor adventures that he enjoys.

And since then, we've been going on all sorts of really fun adventures.

You can feel the wind.

There is a bit of wind today.

There's no whitecaps on the water, but there are some smaller waves.

It's a bit of a gray overcast day today.

We've had some rain already, but I mean, we'll see what we get for the rest of the day.

But I think-- I think it's going to be all sorts of weather today -Okay!

-Not much sun pointing through right now?

-No, just lots of clouds that kind of-- I think the clouds leftover from the thunderstorm earlier this morning.

Also, here with Sara Eyre.

Hi, my name is Sara Eyre.

I am currently a full time student enrolled at Toronto Metropolitan University in RTA media production.

RON: Is it tougher to work with people on unlevel ground in a country that are blind?

A little bit, yeah, because you kinda got to warn them about the constant changes in the topography of the ground and stuff: Like, okay, here we have a hill.

Okay, now it's going to be a bit softer.

Making sure they don't trip and fall or anything, but, umm, it's got to terribly hard as long as you keep your eyes on the ground a little bit and watch where you're going, it's not too hard.

And Bill Brown.

And Bill, you brought a buddy along.

Whos here?

BILL: I do.

This is Parker.

He's my little helper.

- He is a dog?

- He is a dog, ya.

- What kind of dog?

- He's a cocker spaniel.

I'm Bill Brown.

I used to be a firefighter in Halifax.

I lost my vision in 2021.

This is going to be such a-- a-- an amazing experience to-- to feel that freedom, to be able to get out in the fresh air and experience it.

You never know, the weather down here can change and it can get very rough.

-So we're lucky!

-Enough for sailing maybe, but, uh, hopefully not too much.

Right, Right.

I think we arrived.

(laughter) ASHLYN: I've heard thundershowers in the afternoon could get-- could get a little wild.

I mean, Ron, it's always an adventure especially with the weather.

(Ron chuckles) RON: Well, if there's lightning, we've got to get off the water.

That's the only problem.

If it's a little bit windy, we're okay.

If it's raining, we're okay.

But a little bit of lightning, (Ferry Horn Toots) RON: we're heading to shore.

ASHLYN: So we're just driving down to the beach here.

Smells really nice out too.

You have that, like, earthy smell just after the rain.

(Scratching of branches against the vehicle) ASHLYN: And there's a nice stretch of beach, but to get down to it, you got to go down a pretty sandy, bumpy road.

Coming out onto the sandy beach area.

Caramel colored sand coming out into the lake.

And there's lots of like slumping cliff edges close to the water.

I got a surprise for us!

What is that?

- We have a military style zodiac.

ASHLYN: What?

RON: A landing craft.

It's-- Yeah, we're going to do some exploring.

Getting in there.

-I'm going to drive.

-You're going to drive?

-Im driving!

(laughter in background) I got my boaters license.

-Everything.

-Perfect!

-We're ready to go.

Oh, my gosh!

Where are we going to go exploring in it?

We're going to a mystery coulee.

I'll tell you a little bit more about it when the closer we get.

-Okay.

-Okay, well, let's grab some gear, life jackets and our camping stuff and we're boating.

Sounds good.

Yeah, we are boating arent we?

RON: Sara, I'll take the barrel.

Sara: Alright.

-Off to the landing craft.

-Yes.

Okay.

What is a Zodiac?

Tell me more about this.

A Zodiac, I think this one is about 17 feet long.

ASHLYN: Okay.

RON: It's got rubber on the sides.

ASHLYN: Okay.

RON: So a super floatation.

ASHLYN: Okay.

RON: It's really good in the waves.

And it's exactly what we need for going ashore for this adventure.

Out here, There's umm-- moose and bear and all kinds of stuff.

If they're real close, make just a little bit of noise so they know your there and then hopefully wander off.

But you don't want to get too close.

Umm.

Snakes.

If you see any snakes or hear any snakes, just stop and slowly back up.

We're quite a ways from hospitals or any kind of medical.

The biggest problem, I think today is going to be the water.

It's very cold.

So if you go in the water, the big thing is to catch your breath.

You can hyperventilate real easy when you fall in this cold, cold water.

If you fell in this water, you would have mere minutes.

Your ability to use your hands and function is gone really quick.

Oh, maybe 15 minutes at the most.

And also lightning!

If there's going to be hammering lightning, we got to get off the water.

- Not scaring me at all.

- Okay (laughing together) -Moose, bears, lightning, cold water.

-You didn't read the fine print.

-Not yet.

- Snakes -There is fine print!

(laughing & overlapping speech) -There is fine print!

-The worst part is the snakes.

-Sara doesn't like snakes.

RON: So I hear you're a big fan snakes?

No, no, I'm not.

I really don't like snakes.

And people keep bringing them up is if I do see a snake, you will find me in a tree.

I will climb a tree very quickly Can snakes climb trees?

ASHLYN: Yup.

We're just at the boat here.

And your Dave?

Hi, I'm David Pally.

RON: It sounds like an amazing craft you have here.

Tell me some about it.

Well, it's built by Zodiac.

It's called a rigid hull, inflatable boat as a fiberglass center-- center hall, a rubber tube around the outside the 60 horse Mercury engine.

ASHLYN:And it's a nice bright red Ron too.

So-- RON: Wow!

ASHLYN: Yeah.

DAVID: Lakes here, well, two miles wide.

So if he, uh, doesnt go too fast, shouldnt be any problem.

RON: Yeah-- well?

ASHLYN: We'll keep you out of the way of the ferry!

(laughing) SARA: Thats the important part.

Yeah.

Well, I'm excited about this, I trust ya.

-I'm qualified.

-Yeah.

Yeah, we'll get the Cardo headsets on and let's load.

-Yeah, let's do this!

-Alright!

-Okay!

It's kind of windy out, so we'll be able to hear each other well using these.

RON: With the Cardo.

ASHLYN: Yeah.

And I'll be able to direct you and make sure where we're-- we're going everywhere we need.

Ready to start it?

ASHLYN: There we go.

We're headed straight across the lake right now is how we're positioned.

The sailboat is to the right.

RON: Driving a Zodiac for the first time.

That was really cool.

I haven't driven a boat in a long time hanging on to that steering wheel.

I was in complete control with someone right beside me and nothing in front of me.

That was a lot of fun.

(chuckling) ASHLYN: How's that feel?

(humming of motor) -Sounds great.

-Feel good?

-Yes -Okay!

-Ready?

-Yeah.

ASHLYN: Kay, you can giver if you want.

Ready?

(indistinct speech) RON: Ready.

RON: Let's open it up.

Let's see how fast the thing can go.

SARA: I have no sense of the direction.

ASHLYN: Head to the left a bit.

Sara: Oh were going!

ASHTYN: To the left.

Sara: Woohoo!

ASHTYN: Here we go!

We kind of had, uh, the throttle wide open there for a while just to, uh, make sure it doesn't get carbond up and, uh, I think it went pretty good.

(overlapping speech) How fast can I make it go?

(laughing) ASHLYN: Ron!

-How does it feel?

-Great.

-Yeah.

Ashlyn was right beside me.

We had those Cardos on.

I could hear everything.

It was all perfectly clear.

I never let go of the, uh, throttle incase I had to slow down real quick.

All this stuff is fun, but it all has to be safe.

ASHLYN: There you go.

So, our sailboat is just to the right here, we're going to do a big circle around and come back in.

RON: So, it's actually a little tricky to get off of.

It's slippery and it's soaking wet.

I definitely don't want to fall in between these two boats.

So the rain coming in now.

So it's a good time to be coming up to the sailboat and get all our gear in and get on it.

We're pulled up.

Yeah, you can put it in neutral.

You can turn it off.

This is good timing because everything is getting wet.

BILL: Permission to come aboard?

So straight ahead of you is this sailboat.

RON: Fall in the water, I could have a heart attack.

Actually, the ice was only on this lake a month ago.

So the water is extremely cold.

We got some-- couple of big, heavy boats, that could bang together.

I got to be real careful going over the front here.

ASHLYN: No!

Too far.

RON: Too far?

ASHLYN: Too far, too far.

That's outside the boat.

And we'll be right back with more Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends.

RON: In getting ready for this episode, I was really amazed, how many great American blind sailors are out there.

We weren't even sure Ron could get a boating license.

But when we learned about other blind sailors, we knew we had to make this happen for him.

We learned that they navigate using advanced tech like tactile feedback systems.

So this is sensors and shirts and jackets and audible buoys that beep at different frequencies.

This is alongside traditional skills like feeling the wind, using textured ropes, GPS and strong teamwork to achieve the independence to compete in adaptive sailing.

Jim Dickson from Washington attempted a solo transatlantic crossing in 1987.

In his 36ft sloop Eye-opener.

His journey was cut short due to a technical failure, but his attempt generated significant public attention and debate.

And in 1987 Mr.

Dickson became the first blind person to sail a boat alone from Rhode Island to Bermuda.

Scott Duncan and Pamela Habek are a San Francisco couple who are both legally blind, and they became the first blind people to sail a yacht across the Pacific Ocean, completing a journey from San Francisco to New Zealand in 2005.

Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends.

(grunt) Nope.

Too far.

RON: Too far?

- Too far.

Too far.

Too far.

Come back that is outside the boat.

Sara: Closer to your-- Bring your leg close to your body.

And Ron, You're going to go to your left.

Kay?

You're left.

That's your right.

RON: Okay.

Over here?

-Yes.

Actually.

Right.

Put your hand right there.

Step in between there.

Sara: There you go!

ASHLYN: Your in.

And I'm going to pass some gear up to you guys.

Okay?

RON: So we unload everything from the Zodiac into the sailboat.

ASHLYN: If we can put that where it will get sheltered from the rain.

RON: Then get the sailboat into a little safer harbor.

ASHLYN: Kay, we got the big bear barrow.

RON: I got ‘er.. ASHLYN: Got it?

RON: Got it.

-Hi, Ron Walsh.

How are you doing?

-Romuald Lagace.

Tell me a little something about your boat.

ROMUALD: It's a 26 foot hunter sailboat.

It's called Anchors Away.

RON: So you've done a lot of sailing?

Yeah, I've been sailing since I was 13.

RON: Wow.

What kind of waves would you see out here?

The waves can be five feet tall We would probably try to pull into a bay and-- and hold her out.

If someone were to fall over, we would quickly drop the sails, fire up the motor, and then come around and pick them up.

(motor humming) So people drown out here every year, don't they?

Oh, yes, last year, um-- there's probably four or five people drowned in Lake Diefenbaker.

I want to learn how to do this.

Let's get ready to go.

What we'll do is we put up the main sail first.

That crank there, I'll crank up the sail.

We have to fire up the motor and go in-- go directly into the wind.

Get the sail up.

There's the rudder, -But there's also a tiller handle.

See there... - Okay.

ASHLYN: Now you can push a little towards me and level out.

Ya, push towards me and hold it there.

ROMUALD: Ok we're ready to go.

(Sounds of a crank) ROMUALD: Kay, sail is going up.

ASHLYN: Ya.

So he's just cranking it right now.

And so the sail is just lifting up the mast.

RON: That's the mainsail.

ROMUALD: Yeah.

RON: Are they going, okay?

ASHLYN: And how--, how high--, how big is it would you say?

ROMUALD: It's 40 feet.

ASHLYN: So it's almost all the way up.

Ya, push towards me Ron.

Or sorry.

Pull towards you.

Yeah.

So we're going directly into the wind now.

ROMUALD: Yeah.

ASHLYN: And so now he's just pulling all that extra rope from putting the mast up, and he's just looping it around to tidy up--, tidy it up and organize it.

Okay, uh, you can push.

Yeah.

There we go.

RON: We are under way.

-So, you can feel us turning now, eh?

- Yes.

ASHLYN: And now he's raising the sail.

(cranking sound) RON: Now we're going.

One thing about sailing is now that seems like real freedom.

That's better.

There you go.

-And you're doing it.

-You're sailing.

RON: Sailing-- Yeah, it's just a different kind of feeling than driving something with a motor.

There's more freedom, I think, by just using the wind.

I love sailing.

The thought of doing this on a lake-- ASHLYN: Push towards me a little bit.

RON: --is daunting.

The thought of being on the ocean, wow!

ASHLYN: Yeah.

RON: Especially by yourself.

ASHLYN: Yeah.

ASHLYN: Can you feel the boat?

Like, what are you-- what are you feeling?

I feel it moving over when it goes fast.

Yes.

Pull towards you a little bit.

Ron is very empowering.

He's got a personality that fills a room and he's a real go getter.

You ready?

-Yeah.

-Okay.

BILL: He's not afraid to try new things.

And, you know, with a friend like that, I can't go wrong.

-So how does it feel?

-It's awesome.

(waves hitting boat) I love the sound of the water, and no engine.

That is so nice.

RON: It's going to storm.

It's coming and it's going to be here soon.

And it's going to be not going around us.

It's going to be hitting us dead on.

Sailboats aren't the fastest mode of transportation, so we've got to get off this water.

A three fingers is where we're going to go, and we've got to find it as soon as we can.

ASHLYN: So when we came into the coulee here, it's called Three Fingers because there's three branches of it.

And we came in and turned about 90 degrees down to the left branch.

And then we came down probably another 5 or 600 meters.

This coulee sounds like a great place to be out of a storm.

What exactly does it look like in here?

Yeah, it's really calm right now.

This might even be the calm before the storm.

We're tucked between two hills and the coulees and they probably rise up 60 or 70 feet around us, and, uh, we're totally protected.

I mean, right now, looking around, the is like glass is so calm here.

It's really, really beautiful.

So at the back of the coulee here, it flattens out a bit.

So I think it might be worth going to go take a look, seeing if we can pitch our tents back there.

Being mindful of some cactus as well.

-They should be everywhere.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

And I think it'll be a great spot to tuck in and be protected if that storm rolls in.

One of the more beautiful places I've ever been for sure.

And we're here by ourselves.

-Yes.

-It's amazing!

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-And it's so quiet in here too.

-It is ASHLYN: You can hear all the birds and all the animals.

(birds chirping) Well, how was your day, Bill?

It was a fantastic day!

You know, riding in a powerboat, riding on a sailboat really gives a person a sense of freedom to be able to do those things.

It's just amazing.

I love it.

RON: We got to get this into some safe harbor.

We got to load everything from the sailboat, get it to shore somehow, get the tent set up.

And we'll be right back with more Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends.

Here are behind the scenes on Blind Adventures.

The crew goes through a lot to get this adventure on the road.

There's carts, there's canoeing, there's motorboats.

There's all kinds of stuff.

And today we're moving the crew and all our gear up over this hill on a railway track and dropping in the other side.

This is what we got to go through to do this show.

There's lots that goes on behind the scenes.

This is, not easy, that's for sure.

But you get a bunch of people that, like adventure.

This is all part of the day.

So today we're cranking up some boats onto the railway track.

These carts are designed for boats.

We're going to pull them up on there and push it up over the top, and then grab some canoes and push them up over the top as well, down to the other side.

It's about a kilometer and then we're back on the water again.

ASHLYN: When you're snowshoeing through like knee high snow in the forest, just to get the angle of us on the trail.

RON: Surrounded by cougars.

ASHLYN: Yeah, going above and beyond and hauling a boat.

JOHN: Getting up at four in the morning to watch the the moon or whatever in the.

When you're skiing.

RON: Right.

25 below.

ASHLYN: The four AM starts, and then ten PM endings, and the long days.

And you guys are always going.

There's there's no breaks.

You just keep going.

And he always up for the adventure.

Rain or shine.

No matter what the weather is.

RON: Show must go on.

It's, not the, average job for the average crew.

So we're glad that they are able to come out and do all this and help out.

And, yeah, it's above and beyond asking them to do this stuff.

I very much appreciate everything everybody's done on this crew.

It's, It's not easy.

And I appreciate the hard work everybody puts in.

Thanks for everything.

Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends.

ASHLYN: It is a little bit, uh-- not smooth here just because there's so many moose prints.

So, it's making it so uneven, um-- So it's obviously been pretty wet here at one point and then they just march through here.

I was going to bomb down there and go look and see what it's like.

RON: What we're kind of looking is a good place to camp.

And I can walk down the shore.

I can feel there's rocks here.

I can feel it's muddy.

I can use my stick and wander on.

I can, uh, find the camp spot just as much as you can sighted.

Hey, we found it!

This is the campsite.

It's perfect!

ASHLYN: Oh, you guys!

Okay-- RON: What do ya think, Ashlyn?

ASHLYN: We got the campsite.

It's not too far from here.

We do have to climb up a little bit, but there's like a natural ring of stones that we can use for a campfire.

Flat topped area It's going to be perfect.

This is honestly, this is like, one of the most beautiful spots ever.

Let's grab our stuff and then we'll start heading up.

RON: Yeah.

ASHLYN: There's some rocks that we've got to be mindful of for sure, and we are-- we will be like-- going on an incline as well.

So don't carry too much stuff, ‘cause-- RON: Okay-- RON: I will just take my backpack ASHLYN: Yeah, we can just take as many trips as we need.

RON: Okay.

And if anybody does notice a bear down here, like there's not many, but there are bears down here.

So if anybody sees one, mention it.

We'll make lots of noise.

And later on-- I've uh-- I've got some bear bangers.

I'll fire one off just to give you some idea how loud they really are.

And I've got bear spray on me, too.

Okay, well, great, great.

And snakes!

We, uh, just run into a snake about 15 minutes ago.

It was a bull snake.

ASHLYN: Ah!

I've never seen these before here.

This is so amazing.

I can't believe there's two of these too.

This is incredible.

Actually, the biggest snakes that we have in the province that can be up to almost two meters.

And it's not common that you actually get to see them out like this.

Often they're curled up in their den, and although they're really big and scary looking, they're actually constrictors.

I don't want to think about it.

I-- Out of sight, out of mind!

RON: So, just back away a little bit.

Give him a chance to get out of the road and uh-- let's go do this.

ASHLYN: Alright-- So we're going to head up.

There's, uh, to your left.

So we're going to go up an incline and there's lots of rocks here.

RON: I think we're all good.

ASHLYN: Okay.

I'm going to stand up here first.

So you'll feel my body change in height.

RON: Okay.

ASHLYN: You okay to step up like that.

RON: Up there?

Okay.

ASHLYN: There we go.

Careful.

Is there a plateau here?

Yeah, Just about where we've got our little area over here.

So this camping spot, what's uh- What do you like about it?

Umm.

It was kind of the perfect -balance between not being down in the muddy flats-- -Okay.

and not being too high If the wind whips up.

-Yeah.

-Um, so we're up, I don't know, probably 10 or 15 feet from the water.

-Right.

-It's a little more flat, -so we're not on sloped terrain sleeping.

-Yeah.

And then-- we'll come to the left here.

-Okay.

-There's just a few rocks we're working around.

RON: Good thing we brought the wood.

ASHLYN: Yes.

RON: Down here there just isn't a whole pile to burn.

ASHLYN: So we walked up probably 20, 30 feet from-- from the sailboat and the shoreline.

And now we're on kind of the beginning of a ridge that winds up and it actually winds along the coulee that we sailed in on.

So, we're the very lower levels of it.

And it just flattens out here a little bit.

So, about two feet to my right, there's a natural ring of rocks.

Somebody's probably put them there at one point for a campfire.

We'll line that up and do a campfire there.

And then we can either pitch our tents, I don't know, 40 feet to the right of me or I mean, there's lots of space up here.

RON: Yeah.

BILL: Yeah.

We'll just figure out a spot once--.

ASHLYN: Yeah.

Id like to put it a little ways from the fire.

- Yup.

- I'm a little nervous of sparks.

-Yeah, no, absolutely.

-Yeah.

Oh, this can be great.

-And, um-- there are cactus up here, too, so that's definitely something to keep in mind, especially if you are going to be in flip flops or sandals.

RON:Yeah.

-Sometimes it's nice just to keep your hikers on so you don't - have to worry about them poking at you.

-Right.

ASHLYN: But yeah, we can leave our stuff here and-- RON: Bring another load.

ASHLYN: --continue on bringing our stuff up.

ASHLYN: Okay.

RON: We got her here.

ASHLYN: Yeah.

RON: Okay.

SARA: Alright, now we're stopping.

BILL: Okay.

RON: Before it gets too late, I'd like to show you something.

What this is is called a bear banger.

And it's a firecracker that goes up in the air and then goes off.

Now, everybody ready?

-Yeah.

Which direction are you shooting it?

-Straight up.

-Straight up, okay.

-Yes.

(click followed by a loud bang) BILL: Oh-- oh nice.

Yes (laughing) What do you think about that?

So, this will be in my tent and if anybody thinks there's any reason to fire it off, just wake me up and I'll be up in a second.

We'll be firing it off.

For me, this works way better than pepper spray.

Yeah, I guess so.

Probably -end up spraying your own face -Friendly, friendly fire.

Yeah.

Everybody's going to get it if I start spraying.

Oh God!

(laughing) Well, we got one more lot of stuff to haul up here-- Or a load or two.

And get some tents set up.

RON: What is this for you to come out here and do this?

Coming out here and doing this adventure with you Ron is the first time that Ive been able to, uh, take part in an activity that I used to do before that I really enjoyed.

The freedom and the excitement of being here with you and taking part in this wonderful adventure is just fantastic.

Did you hear about the fish, the three foot fish?

ASHLYN: It was huge and it's not a story I've got photos and-- BILL: No, no!

ASHLYN: videos of it to prove it BILL: Did you?

ASHLYN: Yeah,yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

BILL: It wasn't one of “those” fishing stories.

-It was that fishing story.

(thunder in the background) - Did you hear the thunder?

-No.

Just now?

-I just heard it, just from behind the hills.

-Ah!

-So we might get a bit of a storm.

RON: We got a storm coming in.

It is cooling right down.

Oh, you sure can tell the difference that-- that temperature just changing radically.

I got to get this tent up real quick.

This storm is not that far away and it's going to be a big one.

Well, I think we got a good spot.

Where we are is a little ways up from the water in case the water level does come up a little bit and we're not too high up in case the wind does get kind of wild.

Plowinds in Saskatchewan can be extremely violent.

I can set up tent pretty fast depending how bad the weather is.

Depends on how tired I am.

It uh-- It usually takes maybe about 10 minutes.

Something like that.

Not very long.

(thunder roaring) (Ron chuckles) Now there is a big thunderclap!

That's uh-- encouragement to get going a little faster.

(rain falling) I am getting in.

I'm getting in right now.

I am-- ready.

I'm getting in.

Every man for himself with this point.

(rain falling and thunder) RON: We got a warning by satellite saying that there's a major thunderhead coming in.

Now, it's on radar.

It's coming in right close.

It's not going around us.

It's going to come right at us.

The weather is, uh, everything when you're outside in the country.

So it's super important when you're canoeing or on the water or anything doing outdoors, those waves can get real big, real quick.

Weather can be a great day.

Weather can kill you.

And we got a storm.

It has arrived.

It is just hammering out there.

Wow, am I glad I'm inside this tent all-- staying all nice and dry.

But yeah, the storm they've been promising, it's here.

I got my air mattress, I'm going uh-- my self-inflating air mattress.

I'm going to set it up.

And I got my sleeping bag and I am going to set that up and get everything all ready.

But I don't think I'm going to sleep just yet.

I'm going to stay awake and listen to this storm.

(thunder) This is just going to hammer, so, I'm excited to stay out here.

Storm even seems even wilder when you're in a tent.

Blowing around and raining.

And so I'm ready for it.

Bring ‘er down!

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