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Mark and I sneak off to the desert for a weekend of sunny limestone pocket-pulling!!

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Mark pulls out the harness on chilly Sat morning

View of the mountains from Cactus Cliffs

Looking SW towards the Dark Side and Sangre de Cristo mtns

High desert landscapes

Our last climb on Sat - Amiga (10b/c)

Liv loves napping in the sun

Cactus Cliffs Pano

Our Sat night campfire was warm and awesome

Campfire and pinetrees at night

Firelight on the desert scrub and bright stars

Moon and stars over our warm, happy tent

Sleeping under the desert stars

The campsite is beautiful on Sunday morning

Mark cooks b-fast: donuts and sausage!

Juniper berries

Lookin up at Sand Gulch from our campsite

Wave clouds cover the mountains to our east

Beautiful lenticular wave clouds on the horizon

Liv is ready to hike to Sand Gulch!

Hiking through the arroyo

Desert rock, green bushes, red sand

Walking the arroyos below Sand Gulch

Deserts cliffs and trees

Kate rapping Times Square (5.8)

Our last climb of the day was a new route - maybe 5.9?

View towards the far wall of Sand Gulch

View from the warm, sunny cliffs

Bright, warm, blue skies

Kate enjoyed the warm weather a bit too much.

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