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We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.

David R. Brower

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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
Cinematographer
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Ski Mountaineer
Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
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Feel
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Surf
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Touch
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