Monday, January 9, 2006
Feliz ano nuevo!
The lack of posts recently is directly related to the lack of Internet cafes in the small Mexican towns and lodges where I've been hanging out. Ok, technically I've been back home since last Wednesday, but between sleeping, working, doing laundry and coughing my germs all over Morgan's desk when he's away, I haven't had time for much else.
If you don't count the volumes of time spent in seven different airports (thanks to Guadalajara, where I picked up my souvenir cough), Mexico was a blast. We spent our time in and around Copper Canyon, which is actually a system of six canyons. I've decided to believe claims that Barranca del Urique is the third-deepest canyon in the world, because it sure felt like it as we hiked to the bottom.
We also spent some time learning about the Tarahumara and meeting some of the people. These are the guys whose ancestors caught antelope by running them down until their prey dropped of exhaustion. Recently, they've won 100-mile ultra marathons in the U.S. ... while wearing sandals.
Possibly the most amazing fact of the trip was my average wake-up time was 6:15. And my latest night was 10 p.m. That was New Year's Eve, and I only struggled to stay up that late because that was when the East Coast was hitting midnight. Don't laugh... I'd like to see how late you stay up the next day you hike down the deepest gorge in North America.
Posted by Brian at 11:43 PM
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