El Yoyo, Part 1: Going Down
Yoyo-ing is a subdiscipline of caving where the vertical dimension dominates the horizontal. Being a climber, I’d expected Mexican sótanos to be a piece of cake. Boy was I wrong.
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Caving In The Guadalupes, Part 1: Wen, Christmas Tree And Lake Caves
A first cave-centered pilgrimage to “The Guads” induces awe and reveals cosmic mysteries.
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The Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas are a vast playground for climbers, hikers and cavers. Crazy thing is that they’re composed almost entirely of defunct sea creatures.
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A trip to Cave of the Domes, the only cavern in Grand Canyon National Park that’s open to recreational caving.
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Fun as it may look to scramble around on the walls of your local cave, the risk of causing irreparable damage is just too high.
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Like poems, caves take a lot of time to interpret. And even when you do arrive at a coherent interpretation, there’s no guarantee it won’t be usurped by a competing theory.
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Few motorists exit off I-40 to visit New Mexico’s El Malpais National Monument. Fewer still take advantage of the Monument’s wild subterranean offerings.
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