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Halfway to Heaven by Mark Obmascik

Halfway to Heaven

My White-knuckled - and Knuckleheaded - Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

by Mark Obmascik
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  • First Published:
  • May 12, 2009, 288 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 2010, 288 pages
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Cass kept looking at me. I wondered what he saw. Someone to argue with? Someone to avoid? Someone who once did something cool, but way before he was even born? My face must have betrayed my fear: The older I get, the better I was.

Then he said the magic words: Dad - please.

I couldn't resist.

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Copyright © 2009 by Mark Obmascik

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