April 22, 2012
by David Ryan
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If you happen to be in New Mexico on a Good Friday, you might want to consider joining the thousands of people who make the pilgrimage to the top of Tome Hill. I have made the walk several times since moving to New Mexico, and if you make it, I think you will find it a nice way to spend the morning and a chance to experience something different. Continue Reading →
April 10, 2012
by David Ryan
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If you’ve read the Gentle Art of Wandering, you know the book opens with a pair of hikers finding a dinosaur while wandering in the New Mexico backcountry. A friend of mine from Chicago, Nick Saines, told me about a group of hikers who found dinosaur tracks in the Red Rock Canyon area a few miles west of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nick, who now lives in Las Vegas, is a professional geologist and is now an Interpretive Naturalist / Geologist for the Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association. The Association helps the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) manage the Red Rock Canyon area. As part of his position, Nick was conducting a geology training session for a group of BLM volunteers. During the session he mentioned that “it was a matter of time” before someone found dinosaur tracks at Red Rock Canyon. Continue Reading →
April 3, 2012
by David Ryan
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By now you’ve probably seen or heard about ultra-long-distance runner Micah True / Caballo Blanco not returning from a 12-mile run and being found dead in Gila Wilderness in southwest New Mexico. You may have first heard about Micah True in Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best-selling book, Born to Run. The book feature’s Micah and his life of running in Mexico’s Copper Canyon with the reclusive Tarahumara Indians.
In February 2005 I had the opportunity and pleasure of spending a week wandering through the wilds of Copper Canyon with Micah. Continue Reading →