My Adventures
Peaks I have climbed:
Mount Baldy, New Mexico: 12,441 feet
June 2001,
June 2003
Shafer's Peak, New Mexico: 9,400? feet
June 2001
Tooth of Time, New Mexico: 9,003 feet
June 2001, June 2003
Big Red, New Mexico: 10,500 feet
June 2003
Comanche Peak, New Mexico: 10,000 feet
June 2003
Black Mountain, New Mexico: 10,800 feet
June 2003
Some mountain (will get name soon), San Luis Potosi, Mexico: about 9,000 feet
Places I've been, and things I did:
Philmont Scout Ranch: Cimarron, New Mexico
Basically, we (myself and 11 other people) hiked with backpacks for 11 days, totaling a bit over 100 miles with elevation change. We started at 6000 ft, and the highest point we got to was 12,441 ft. One day we climbed 3000 ft in a bit less than 3 hrs. Read more about Philmont here <unofficial Philmont Website>. Here is an essay on my experiences of the first 5 or 6 days. It was a blast, even though I got hurt. Here is an essay discussing my feelings on Philmont. In 2003, I was able to go back to Philmont, where we proved that we were tough. Read about it here.
So after June of 2001, when I went to Philmont, I wanted more. About 2 weeks before Spring Break 2002, one of my scoutmasters had this idea about going and visiting Real de Catorce in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. We made plans and in 2 weeks were able to have it all worked out.
We went back to Real de Catorce for a 5 day adventure, but on the way up, the suburban we were riding in flipped over. I wrote two essays about that experience, one about the accident it self, and the other about the lessons we learned.
I have one more essay about Catorce II, as we came to call it, written in a style as if you were actually there. I left it intentionally vague at places, because that is how I was feeling at the time.
For information on how you can join in on cool adventures like these, e-mail me at [email protected] or AIM me at piguy31415926.
So those are the posted adventures so far. I will keep you posted (no pun intended).