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HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED

Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 12
Explorer
Journalist
Mountaineer
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
Brogues
Shared
Happiness
Peace
Real
Love

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