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Marble Mountain Madness Wednesday, August 9 th , Shana saves the day In anticipation for a four-day mountain running weekend, Emily discovered that Shana Light, a member of the Maroon Belles Trail Club, is a Marble resident who works in Carbondale and would thus be an ideal way for us to get to this little mountain village southwest of town. Luckily, Shana was happy to help out a couple of runner bums from Canada and agreed to pick us up at 6:30pm. Acquainted, packed up and thrilled to be off, Emily and I listened to Shana’s informative guide-like narration as we approached the greater Marble area. We drove through “town” and approached Beaver Lake, where I thought Shana would be happy to finally kick us out of her jeep. But, to our surprise, she generously drove us up Daniels Hill and along the Lead King Basin Rd until the North Lost trailhead. As much as this stretch was out of her way, Emily and I both deducted that Shana was glad to have an excuse to drive up this rough