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Jeff Caulfield :: Draper, UT *
John “Opie” Combs :: REI Anchorage employee :: Anchorage, AK
Cheryl Piazza :: REI Anchorage employee :: Anchorage, AK
Chris Sabin :: REI Anchorage employee :: Anchorage, AK
Laurie Gibson :: Phoenix, AZ
Mark Busby :: Tucson, AZ
Christopher Rickert :: REI Fresno Outdoor School :: Fresno, CA
David Harnish :: REI Fremont employee :: Hayward, CA
Tom Varden :: Sport Chalet Palmdale employee :: Lancaster, CA
Robert Gunn :: Los Angeles, CA
Rob Lash :: Milpitas, CA
Becky Marsh :: REI Santa Ana employee :: Orange, CA
Kathy Mullen :: Sacramento, CA
Robert Myers :: Santa Monica, CA
Mike Dyer :: Nat Geo Maps employee :: Evergreen, CO
Mike Swope :: Ft. Collins, CO
Carl Hurst :: Grand Junction, CO
Bryan McFarland :: Connecticut Explorer's Guide :: Deep River, CT
Robb Stanek :: Mableton, GA
Frank DeBros :: Park Hall, MD
Terrance “Ted” Smith :: REI employee :: Haddonfield, NJ
Jim Benenson :: Sante Fe, NM
Jim Schroeder :: Carson City, NV
Bob Leonard :: REI Hillsboro employee :: Beaverton, OR *
Chris Utzinger :: Corvallis, OR
Dan Howells :: Eugene, OR
Jordan Silberman :: Unionville, PA
John Higgins :: REI Salt Lake City employee :: Salt Lake City, UT
Nathan Pugh :: Salt Lake City, UT
Daniel Smith :: REI Salt Lake City employee :: Sandy, UT
Vickie Fruehauf :: REI Mid-Atlantic Outdoor School :: Arlington, VA
William Kelly :: Falls Church, VA
Bill Conard :: REI Tacoma employee :: Fox Island, WA *
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