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Drew Wilde
- Rock climbing instructor, amateur sketch artist, home brewer, long-term resident 
of Berkeley, California, USA and the narrator of our tale.
   
 
 
Alison Hutchins
 
- Drew's ex-girlfriend.  English literature major.  Division champion 
women's softball pitcher.  Gourmet cook.  Passionate liberal.
   
 
Leslie Pith
 
- Drew's best friend.  Vietnam vet, bicycle messenger,
part-time dope dealer, ladies' man and cryptic observer.  
A slow talker with lightning reflexes and a sharpshooter's eye.
   
 
 
Mantami Khasim
 
- Vomisa.  Accidental tourist and stranger in a strange land.  The best natural rock
climber Drew has ever seen.  Responsible for recruiting Drew and his friends into the
adventures chronicled in The Journals of Drew Wilde - A Season in Methven.
   
 
Bill Wilson
 
- Geology grad student.  Experienced backpacker and caver.  One of Drew's best students.  
Intelligent and capable.  A natural leader.
   
 
 
Tran "Tong" Lowe
 
- War baby.  Son of a Vietnamese refugee and a Black GI.  Biker who joined the service
as an alternative to prison.  Gulf war vet and Blandy's best friend.
   
 
Blanford Wellington "Blandy" Carstairs III
 
- Black sheep scion of a wealthy San Francisco family.  Extreme sports
enthusiast.  Drew's student.  Tong's homie.  Gulf War vet.
  
  
(Copyright© 1997, 1998, 1999 by Thom Stark--all rights reserved)
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