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	<description>Overland offers summer programs spanning the outdoors, service, language and writing to students in 4th-12th grade.</description>
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		<title>A Talk With Tom Costley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie from completing a cross-country bike trip just after his graduation from Williams, Tom Costley founded Overland in 1984. The first summer, Overland ran three bike trips for 7th, 8th and 9th graders—two Cape Cod &#38; the Islands bike trips and one in New Hampshire and Maine; 28 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our New Summer Adventures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is 5 am, you are at 10,000 feet and starting to climb by moonlight and headlamp. For those who have never done it before, an alpine start is a surreal experience. You start hiking at an hour when most are still cozy and sound asleep in their beds. By 6:00 am you’re crossing above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year Begins at Overland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall has arrived in Williamstown, and the full time staff at Overland is already back to work in the office preparing for our 28th summer. Though the trips are months away, the work that goes into preparing for an Overland summer begins well in advance. Preparation for the upcoming summer begins with a thorough review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos from the Summer</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/for-parents/photos-from-the-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Overland families and friends! Thanks for a wonderful summer!  Please check our SmugMug photo website to see photos from all of our trips.   All photos were taken by our leaders and are available for free download for home printing or professional printing through SmugMug.  All photos from the summer will be online by Friday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FST A &amp; B Final Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/fst/fst-a-b-final-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/fst/fst-a-b-final-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello FST A &#38; B Families! It&#8217;s been a busy week for both FST groups and both groups are making their final packing preparations before boarding their flight home from Tanzania.  Both groups will travel together on the group flight, scheduled to depart from the Kilimanjaro International Airport on Wednesday evening.  Parents, an email with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BA 6 Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ba/ba-6-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Lexie, Wes and Hannah are having an amazing time with their group of eleven on Berkshire Adventure 6! The leaders checked with me last night and filled me in on how their first few days have been going. On Sunday, the group had pasta for the first night of the trip with the option [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEP 4 Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/cep/cep-4-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello CEP 4 families! Our 12 CEP students, Julia, and Nate have had a sunny and beautiful week to begin the College Essay Program in Williamstown!  Students arrived on campus on Thursday, settled into their dormitory as a group, and got right to work on Friday with their first of five straight days of class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RMX 3B Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/rmx/rmx-3b-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/rmx/rmx-3b-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Jasper and Lilah filled me in on their first week of adventure out in Colorado on their Rocky Mountain Explorer 3B trip on Thursday and it sounds great! After arriving in their campsite in Rocky Mountain National Park, they spent their first day hiking to Sprague Lake, had lunch at Alberta Falls and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIS 3A Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/vis/vis-3a-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/vis/vis-3a-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated 7/31 with a group photo! Hello VIS 3A families! Milan and Hannah&#8217;s VIS 3A group has had a busy first week in St. Croix! They&#8217;ve been hard at work at the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute, where they&#8217;ve been working with the farm staff on a few different projects: harvesting fruits and veggies (such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CI 3A Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ci/ci-3a-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ci/ci-3a-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Allie, Sam and Cape Cod &#38; the Islands 3A say hi from the Cape! They’ve had a great week, starting on Nantucket for two days of day rides and superb waves at the beaches. This has led to lots of great body surfing and games of starfish. The group has really enjoyed taking advantage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AKX 2B Update #2</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/akx/akx-2b-update-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/akx/akx-2b-update-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Team Teflon, as they’ve dubbed themselves, just checked in after completing the second and final back-country of their trip. They finished with “zest and aplomb.” They had a beautiful camp on day one in a high alpine valley after hiking through a “jungle.” They had beautiful weather throughout the back-country, which allowed for plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AC 3 Update #5</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ac/ac-3-update-5/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ac/ac-3-update-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! American Challenge 3 says hi from the Grand Canyon! This week found AC 3 rolling right on through Colorado to Arizona. Only one more State go! They also accomplished another major landmark….feasting on Blizzards at a Dairy Queen. Apparently this has become an obsession with AC 3 as they’ve dubbed themselves Team “Don’t Quit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRX 3 Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/brx/brx-3-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/brx/brx-3-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello BRX 3 families! BRX 3 is off to an exciting start!  Carolyn and Salem called to check in and were thrilled with how well the group is getting along and gelling so far!  The group endured a crazy rainstorm at the beginning of their trip, but were rewarded with a breathtaking rainbow at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AC 4 Update #5</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ac/ac-4-update-5/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/ac/ac-4-update-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Colby and Catherine passed along this update last night: &#8220;AC 4 reporting in from the wild west. Our travels have brought us to higher elevations bringing cooler nights and thin air. Over the past few days we&#8217;ve seen a drastic change in vegetation from plains and sage grass to dry red clay and awesome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GCS 3 Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/gcs/gcs-3-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.overlandsummers.com/gcs/gcs-3-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello GCS 3 followers! Kelsey and Sawyer checked in today to give an update on GCS 3!  They&#8217;ve been working with Beacon of Hope this week, an organization devoted to home restoration for New Orleans residents with homes impacted by Hurricane Katrina.  It sounds like this group is doing really well, and, as Kelsey mentioned, [...]]]></description>
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