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Adventure in the Park

What do you get when you rig some ropes and pulleys in trees at a park and bring in a bus load of orphaned kids from a children’s home?

SMILES!

Kathmandu, Nepal – May 2016

 

Special thanks to Charly Oliver from Petzl and Scott Newell from BlueWater Ropes for making it possible for us to donate gear that was left in Nepal for future children’s programs.

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