Tag: sandias
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A Climb Worthy of Two Thumbs Up – The NW Ridge of The Thumb

The Sandia Mountains have a lot impressive granite fins and spires packed into a small mountain range. I remember hiking the La Luz trail for the first time in 2020 and seeing climbers dot the towering walls all around. At the time, I never really thought I would be one of those climbers, questing up…
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Baby’s First Alpine Climb: Wiskey Ridge, Sandia Mountains, NM

A few weeks after our little climbing adventure in Spain, Maggie and I had a free weekend. The psych was still high, so when Maggie asked me what we should do, I said, “Well I was thinking about this ridge traverse in the Sandias.” I showed Maggie the route and she was instantly stoked to…
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Training and Preparing

The PCT will surely be a test of physical endurance. In between all the fun we’ve been having over the last six weeks of funmeployment, Maggie and I are trying our best to stay in shape and build up some baseline strength. We typically run a few miles a few days a week. This helps…
