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The first time Santos Vargas used a sewing machine he was a sophomore at the University of Idaho. Prior to that, the closest he came to a needle and thread was watching his grandmother sew as a child growing up in Yakima, Washington.

The first time he went whitewater rafting was before his junior year at U of I. Now 24, Vargas is a product coordinator at NRS — a Moscow-based company that produces a variety of outdoor gear and apparel — where sewing machines and rafting are part of his everyday life.

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