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Kirsten Howe lives in the San Francisco Bay area, which provides many opportunities for her favorite outdoor activities-hiking, camping and backpacking. She especially loves service trips. They offer a chance to do manual work, which is a welcome break from her work as an attorney and business owner, and completing a challenging project with a team is so rewarding.