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The Sul Ross Desk

In the 1980s, a group of friends on the track team at Sul Ross State University hauled a discarded dorm room desk to the top of a mountain. They left a notebook there to keep track of their run times and leave little notes for each other. Then… other people found it. And then… it started a tradition.

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  The Wren’s Nest (Classic)

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  San Juan Sounds (Classic)

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  Weed Week: The International Church of Cannabis

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  Weed Week: Dope Lake

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