Hi everyone! My name is Megan and I am a senior at University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Economics and Environmental Studies. For the last couple of weeks I have been engaging

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Sitting in the Great Falls doctor’s office with a sling on my right arm, I sighed, replaying the moment I dislocated my shoulder in the Bob Marshall Wilderness over and