{"id":18175,"date":"2015-07-23T21:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=18175"},"modified":"2015-07-23T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:22:48","slug":"the-lost-valley-of-the-merced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/the-lost-valley-of-the-merced\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Valley of the Merced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year Steve Fisher and Pat Keller ran the Merced river the Yosemite National Park (USA).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/the-lost-valley-of-the-merced\/screen-shot-2015-07-23-at-21-18-30\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/the-lost-valley-of-the-merced\/screen-shot-2015-07-23-at-21-18-30\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-23-at-21.18.30.png\" data-orig-size=\"769,440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Lost Valley of the Merced\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-23-at-21.18.30.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-23-at-21.18.30.png\" alt=\"The Lost Valley of the Merced\" width=\"769\" height=\"440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-23-at-21.18.30.png 769w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-23-at-21.18.30-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-23-at-21.18.30-676x387.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Episode one from Outside TV gives a pretty good feel of what is to come.  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