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A Fresh Heir in Muir Country
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Gale-force winds were whipping whitecaps and spray across Mono Lake when Robert Hanna spotted a distant hiker. It was a crummy day to chat up a stranger in a state park, but Hanna was upbeat, as usual. He stepped hurriedly along a trail to introduce himself. "Hello there!" Hanna said, flashing a toothy smile. "Do you know that California wants to shut this place down? Would you like to sign our petition to keep it open?"
"Yeah, I guess so," the man said. "Wow! That's great," Hanna said, reaching to shake his hand. "Every signature counts."
The hiker signed and traipsed off, not realizing he'd just shaken hands with the great-great-grandson of John Muir. Less than a year ago, Hanna was leading a fairly ordinary life as a corporate manager with a wife and two children. Not even his closest friends knew of his relationship with the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped establish Yosemite and Sequoia national parks.
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