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Guests don gum boots to shift sheep, pick wild watercress for dinner cooked by a private chef, and hike to a secluded waterfall for yoga sessions.—Petrina Darrah, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2023 The Marashea dressed in gum boots, balaclavas, and traditional woollen blankets, worn clasped beneath the chin.—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023 Baguma, a grave but cordial man wearing a yellow T-shirt and green gum boots, produced a police report and showed us the postmortem photos, printed in shadowy but lurid magenta.—David Quammen, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2019 The cost includes meals, wine and beer, accommodations, gum boots, and guiding.—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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