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[*] posted on 2-23-2011 at 03:23 PM


Wow, this is a great response... :light::biggrin:



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[*] posted on 2-23-2011 at 03:27 PM


I really wish I could make it. Something came up.

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[*] posted on 2-25-2011 at 12:31 AM


Nice night. Actually, I'd call it a special night. Not many opportunities to hear from Mr. Crosby in a public setting such as this - and one never knows how many more opportunities there might be to have the honor.

And I got a chance to say hello to a few Nomads tonight who also took advantage of such a rare opportunity:
- Don Jorge
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- ArvadaGeorge
- Astrobaja
- Oggie
- Squarecircle

Great to see you all tonight!

John Mead, President of Adventure 16 introduced Mr. Crosby, and said it was a record-breaking night for them, with 120 people in attendance. He said he told the staff to setup for 50, and that the most they'd ever had previously was 115.

Hugh and Carol Kramer were there representing Discover Baja, as well as Jennifer Redmond (and Cara/Kara?) there with Sunbelt Publishing.

Harry was non-stop autographing books before his introduction. My son and I arrived early, and I'd guess he was signing books and talking to people for 45-60 minutes (or more) straight. Wow.




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[*] posted on 2-25-2011 at 12:38 AM


RIGHT to LEFT: Astrobaja, Don Jorge, Juan Vargas and wife.

The Vargas' came with Astrobaja (and his wife Pamela). Juan Vargas works with - and I believe I was told, may head (or manage) - the Condor project in the Sierra San Pedro Martir.

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[*] posted on 2-25-2011 at 12:40 AM


Mr. Crosby at the mic....



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[*] posted on 2-25-2011 at 12:43 AM


A little Q & A. It had been a capacity crowd - but here, some people had either left, or were having a look around the store just before leaving..



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Sunbelt Publishing.



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Hugh Kramer (right) of Discover Baja Travel Club.



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[*] posted on 2-25-2011 at 09:59 AM


That was a special presentation. Mr. Crosby described how murals of this particular technique, occurs in several places stretching over 200 miles, and that they were made over a period of 1000 years. That fact is especially fascinating given that the pictograph "technique" (Crosby called it the "conventions") were not deviated from. More particularly, the manner in which the figures are outlined and then contain no detail within the figure; certain figures appear in the same position regardless of where the figure is found (e.g., a fish is depicted as you would hang it after being caught). He said they've been tested for age several times and the consensus is that the murals are between 5000 - 8000 years old, and are not attributed to any of the three major cultures known in Baja CA. It is not known who created them.
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[*] posted on 2-25-2011 at 11:13 AM


Sorry I couldn't be there to meet you Don Jorge... as well as AstroBaja and others...

Perhaps the secret is somewhere in one of the many beautiful palm canyons of Baja?




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[*] posted on 2-26-2011 at 06:07 PM


Really nice to meet a few of the Nomads here! Harry gave a rare and superb talk! Heres hoping theres one or two books left in him!

We were a bit nervous about the weather we might encounter on our way back, indeed as I write this we alreay have over an inch of snow but it certainly was worth the effort!

The next morning we ate breakfast with Harry his Wife Joanne and his daughters Rieston and Bronle. My Wife Pamela got to spend some precious time with her favorite Uncle! We also brought along Juan Vargas and Catalina, Juan and Harry went over the cave painting book in order to lend an ornithologists eye to what some of the bird images might be. Juan knows all raptors and of course Condors and their forms. He thought one or 2 could possibly have been condor images.

hopefully one day he may come back to Baja and pay us a visit!

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