I had the opportunity to take some folks down the Rio Grande through White Rock Canyon last weekend from the Site Steward Foundation located in Santa Fe. There is always a feeling of excitement and adventure that I get as the boats push off into the river. I was working as a guest guide with [...]
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Dear Friends, With Earth Day 2010 approaching fast have you asked yourself what you can do to make a difference towards making our world a cleaner and safer place? I want to share a few insights I have had recently about the power of slow change. You know one person at a time change, grassroots change [...]
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A few months back we did an article in our newsletter about Quincy Conway, a ten year old boy who was raising money to attend a national climbing competition. At that time Santa Fe Climbing Center had only a few climbers attending competitions. Today the team has grown to more than a dozen members. Many [...]
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Hosted by K2 Women’s Alliance Member Amy Bauer and Sangre de Cristo Mountain Works of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the K2 Backside Launch is an event to stimulate excitement for and knowledge of K2’s new Backside Adventure line of men’s and women’s skis. This event will take place at Sangre de Cristo Mountain Works Thursday [...]
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When you live in New Mexico, September may be the hardest month to find turns. But just north of Santa Fe, outside Alamosa Colorado, a skier’s oasis exists year round. Recently, my wife and I headed to Colorado for some early fall hiking. We spent the day scrambling up Mt. Shivano, a local fourteener near [...]
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I couldn’t believe my eyes when I looked at the USGS stats and saw that the river cfs was over 6000 cfs this weekend. No one has seen that for 42 years. I once saw it at 3200 cfs. It was fast and had some good waves. I asked the BLM what 6000 cfs was [...]
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