new mexico part 2 - july 3-4
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| mark feldman's summer trip new mexico part 2 - july 3-4 |
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| one of the true highlights of the summer trip, carlsbad caverns national park was everything i hoped it would be and much more. the pictures don't really do it justice. i spent two days here, exploring all the basic tours, then going on two ranger-led tours, which involved some high-adrenalin crawling and climbing (but didn't require any prior experience). i highly recommend all of it! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| above: me and the "white giant," the final destination of the ranger-led tour on saturday the 3rd. we crawled through the "corkscrew" (which is a 100% accurate description), climbed what felt like pretty large distances on a ladder and then a rope, went through several "pinches" and emerged into a vast room that brought gandalf and the balrog to mind. the whole thing was only half a mile round trip, but it took three hours! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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