Desert Staples: Cholla
If you’ve done any bushwhacking around the Southwest, chances are you’ve had at least a couple unhappy collisions with one of the many species of cholla that thrive out here.
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Caves: The Truly Unexplored Places
Want to make a real discovery? Maybe you should head underground.
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Greenpeace has been all over the news for damaging the desert varnish around a famous Nazca Line figure. What’s the big deal?
Read more "What’s The Deal With Desert Varnish?"Go And Do Likewise: Cliff Dwellers Canyon
If you’re in Gallup and want a mellow hike that’s steeped in Pre-Columbian history, check out Cliff Dwellers Canyon. Oh yeah, there’s some climbing here too.
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Just off Historic Route 66, tucked behind the giant walls of the White Cliffs, signs of Ancestral Puebloan life are frozen in time.
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In an era of crowdsourced beta, it’s not every day you stumble upon an unpublicized outdoor paradise.
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Many of us can’t help but forsake the comfort of home for the challenges of exploration. Why is it that we keep pushing farther and farther?
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Farther Still 