This is where Tim (wisely) pulled the passenger side door before trying the notch. |
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  After
a few tries and a few 'near misses', Tim went for the ledges instead. This
was the first day of a two day 'whirlwind tour' of the f our listed
extreme trails. The only extreme trail that we didn't get into that
weekend was Patzcuarro's Revenge. A few flash floods had made the trail
completely impassable by even the locals standards. It took something like
6 work days to rebuild the trail to it's normal level, but they had it
done in time for the 2002 Chile Challenge. But that's another story! |
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  This
is a typical trail down in the canyons north of Las Cruces, New Mexico. It
makes for some great adventure and a lot of teamwork to get through to the
end. Then, when you get back up on top of the canyon walls, it looks like
a totally different world. The desert southwest hides lots of possibilities
in it's folds, you just have to go out and explore - of course do it with
a group so you have an anchor point... |
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Once
the driver has conquered the vertical ledges on the left, he must try and
find a way around the boulders in the middle of hot tub at the top. There
is a choice of a wall of ledges or a 'V' notch to exit this one. Although
the notch sounds like an easier route, it is made up of very sharp
outcroppings that will tear at sheet metal and sidewalls. 
