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Chaco Canyon is located up in the arid San Juan basin of New Mexico. 6,000 feet above sea level. 50 miles from the nearest town. 20 miles from the nearest paved road. In the middle of nowhere, by most accounts. (Photo by Russ Bodnar, http://www.nps....
The following is a public service announcement from your friendly back-country trail-goer: From time to time, storm runoff from the mesa above can wash down into the canyon, forming arroyos that intersect existing trails. If you ever encounter suc...
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Tsin Kletzin, or "charcoal place" is a Great House located at the highest point in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Perched on top of the South Mesa, it sits 450 feet above the canyon floor at its base, for a total elevation of 660...
Important note: Don't ever deface rock carvings, or any sort of archaeological or natural features in a National Park! If you witness vandalism or theft of natural or cultural items, please report it to the appropriate authorities! With that out of...
There is no better way to spend Halloween than wandering amongst the ruins of a lost civilization, trying to find your way through the labyrinth.Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Go...
And on the last day, after five weeks of hard work, we closed up the site. It is somewhat ironic, meticulously removing so much dirt from the ground one trowel-full at a time -- only to dump it all back in the hole again in the end! That's th...
"Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hide...
The Setup The Sheets After I printed them, I used a sharpie to draw a random squiggle in the box, as inspiration to start people off. On the back of each one was some information about the creative commons license, because... why not? The O...
The task instructions struck me as conditions for a Dérive, so I set out in the middle of the day to see what I might see -- taking care to avoid any schoolyards or businesses I might come across. (Little did I realize that that I was about to ent...