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CWF
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Check your clothes for ticks, they'll be out.
I called climbing Picacho del Diablo "funishment". The hike in to Blue Bottle saddle was the best part for me, through the aspen grove, but I'm tall
so after the saddle, I had to stoop pretty low to get through the undergrowth, got hung up in it more than once, and often had to just force my way
through using brute strength, so I'd advise you to keep everything in your backpack, leaving nothing strapped on the outside to get caught and torn.
It got pretty frosty at the saddle.
The views from the peak were awesome but there were so many tiny flies coating everything on the summit (including us once we arrived) that we only
lingered long enough to take pictures before heading back down. Hope they'll have moved on for your trip and that you have excellent weather. Happy
trails!
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bajaandy
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CWF,
I was planning for the ticks. I hate those little bast@rds!
When did you climb? From your post, it sounds as though you were up there recently.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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jk
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Bajaandy, don't kill Eric. We need him at work. JK
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bajaandy
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JK,
Will do my best to keep everyone in one piece, myself included. They do say that climbing Picacho is a "killer hike", but let's hope that is in the
figurative sense, not the literal sense!
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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David K
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Is the whole faculty doing the climb? Maybe change the mascot from the Eagles to the Condors???  
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bajaandy
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No David, JK is referring to a friend of a friend coming down from the Pacific North West to join us.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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David K
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Just having some fun with you Andy... I hope you guys have fun and do see some condors!
[Edited on 5-3-2006 by David K]
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CWF
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I was up there a couple of years ago at this time of year. It was a challenge and I wouldn't do it again, but I would like to return to the Sierra de
San Pedro M?rtir and see what the view from Blue Bottle is like.
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