The Rock Rodeo Then and Now
Besides climbing as much as my body will allow and Wagon Wheel Co-opt, The Rock Rodeo seems to be filling my days! I am Vice President of the Hueco Valley Foundation working with closely with the President Emilia Rafaela Brown and Mary Anter Bocchiccio. Together we are attempting to make …
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Wagon Wheel Daze
The warm weather came with the people this season. Right around Christmas the days got warmer and have continued to be so throughout January so far… After our first year in Hueco we decided that the best way to enjoy The Tanks to its fullest was to become …
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Hueco Thus Far
We left our home, friends and jobs in Estes Park, CO November 21st for the warmth of the desert. Ha, it has actually been a pretty cold December so far in Hueco but it’s a lot warmer than Colorado. We have been fortunate enough to do this annually since the …
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Enchiladas
Pork Enchiladas Innards: 12 Anaheim peppers 1 head of garlic with the top chopped off 1 package of queso fresco aka queso blanco 12 pork chops with out the bone 2 onion chopped (keep separate) 1 tbsp. olive oil 2 32 oz. packages of chicken or vegetable broth Sauce: …
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Roasted Vegetables with Apricot Chicken
Roasted Vegetables with Apricot Chicken 1 butternut squash cubed 1 sweet potato cubed 3 beets chopped 1 acorn squash sliced down the ribs 1 fennel bulb chopped—reserve the tops for later 1 bundle of green onions chopped 1 parsnip sliced 4 chicken breasts washed and sliced down the middle 1 …
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Thanksgiving Dinner Deconstructed aka Ravioli Recipe
Sitting at home in Estes Park planning our escape to Hueco Tanks I remembered that a turkey would not fit in our camper’s oven. This was the first year we would be there for Thanksgiving so I guess I never thought of it before. We hadn’t seen some of our …
0 Comments100+ mph winds make Adam’s job interesting!
Saturday evening, November 12th, the winds picked up in Estes Park. We have heard tales of winds clocked at 135mph that night. The constant barrage of howling winds that whipped through the trees and around our house kept me wide awake for hours. I laid in bed worrying about the …
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We had many great days this spring and summer climbing with friends from near and far! Numerous quality days were had in The Park, a few at Lincoln Lake and some preseason days in Boulder Canyon and at Endo. We also had an amazing adventure developing boulders at Pear Lake–I …
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I love the brilliant hue that surrounds me this time of year. The golden leaves cling to the spindly Aspen branches while others fall gently to the forest floor covering the once dark ground in a bright yellow blanket. The earthy smell of the fallen foliage is a comforting scent …
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Lake Haiyaha My heart is in the Rockies. My formative climbing years were spent in Rocky Mountain National Park, RMNP, which shaped the climber I am today. In the summer of 2002, not too long after I started climbing, I heard about some new boulders around Emerald Lake and Lake …
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