BAH Does Southeastern New Mexico as Research
for
The Crack in the Well at the Bottom of the Earth
Page Two: Climbing in the Guadalupe Mountains
To see some of the more remote areas, you should be prepared for some climbing.
Derek is like a mountain goat and generally spent his time waiting on the rest of us to catch up.
There he is waiting now. You can just make out Summer
(in yellow) working her way up toward him.
I'm below, taking the picture (and catching my breath). Betty is even
further below ... probably tuckered out.
Eventually, we generally got to where we wanted to be, though.
Here we are, pretty effing high in the sky. How high?
There's our vehicle (silver Rodeo on left) ... a million miles below.
Occasionally, Summer needed a hand.
Derek generally found his own way up.
And I did my best to keep up with him, old man that I am...
The climb was always worth it. Here I am sitting beside
Sitting Bull
Springs (just downstream from Sitting Bull Falls).
And if you're looking for caves -- as we were -- you have to
keep your eyes open
and go where the general public does not. With over 800 known caves in the
Guadalupe
Mountains, they're not that terribly hard to find if you don't mind the hike.