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Mack Dryden leaves the flat marshes of Mississippi to stand atop the world.

Tags Nature Teenagehood Growing up Childhood Travel Adolescence Nostalgic YA Wistful Off the cuff Romantic

Storyteller

Mack Dryden

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Thrill Seekers, Wanderlust, and an Italian Stallion

Original Air Date

May 29, 2018

Recorded Date

January 31, 2012

“We can now prove to our swamprat buddies at home that we'd been on a mountain!”

Photo by J Tyler Franklin
Mack Dryden

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