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February 24, 2026

1996 Ledges State Park sits a few miles south of Boone, Iowa — the same stretch of countryside where the Kate Shelley Bridge cuts across the Des Moines River Valley. I'd never been there before. The place was new to me, but the reason I went wasn't. Someone had mentioned an adventure. A small group of guys planned a hike that weekend and asked if I wanted to tag along. One of them was Kaiser. I didn't know him well — maybe a few run-ins through a mutual friend. He was from the Loo too, though…

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