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| Monday Marble Madness, NM | |
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Monday Marble Madness, NM
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| Hiking | 9.60 Miles |
3,700 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.60 Miles | | | |
| 3,700 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | my normal solo exploratory day was joined by Timmy and Juarisca ( that's what can happen when hikes are posted on the Meetup Calendar!)... so, I headed up N4 to see what it would be like without all the over growth. It was nice!
Once up the cut, we tramped up and around the Cactus Cliffs... where the pace slowed to a crawl with an over focus on fossil formations in the cliffs.
Day was nice... enjoyed the off trail ramble up and around to Ortega Peak... including checking out the overhanging rock (Terri's Terrace?)
To round out their day, we dropped into Leah's Lair... with daylight illuminating to the very bottom... and, checking out that deeper area where Jim had speculated last week about the possibility of the Fissure continuing on down... we discovered: the Fissure continues on down! There is a cave taking off and down from the apparent bottom of the cut! Need to go back with rope and lights... who knew? Timmy wants it named after him...?... Timmy's Tomb... Timmy's Trench... Timmy's Trough? We need to get down into it to check out the features. Then we can name it.
Next... to the Bluffs for a trip through those caves... got photos of them popping out high up the west side of the Bluff. Nice.
Finished up with a downclimb into the Gold Mine Pit...
Overall... a very nice day! And, there was some exploration... |
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