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Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
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Cold
Stoves
First
Hell
Pork
Fire
Peak
Morning
Breakfast
Aztec
Start
Heat
Lookout
Lasts
Coffee
Spinach
Last
Build
Chops
Night
Second
Stove

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