Trapped underground ... and if the cave does collapse?
After 36 years of crawling into dark spaces in many parts of the world, naturally I’ve had a few close calls.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
After 36 years of crawling into dark spaces in many parts of the world, naturally I’ve had a few close calls.
For years I’ve heard stories about the difficulties and rewards of hiking to the top of Cerro Bola del Viejo, which – at 2,960 meters above sea level – is Jalisco’s second-highest mountain after El Nevado de Colima (4,240 meters and, by the way, not in Colima).
Members of Guadalajara’s Colectivo 4:20 are gearing up for the Global Marijuana March, which has been held worldwide on the first Saturday in May since 1999.
Just back from a trip halfway around the globe, which included transatlantic flights, short local hops and even travel in military helicopters. Along the way, I discovered that worldwide airline security procedures have quietly changed since I followed a similar route a year ago.
Half the email messages I get end with the words “sent from my iPhone.” Those messages are inevitably brief and besmirched with bizarre abbreviations and typographical errors.
On November 19 of last year, Jalisco expat Cam Honan descended into Mexico’s Barrancas de Cobre to begin an epic trek which lasted for over 20 days, during which he and fellow hiker Justin Lichter walked more than 600 kilometers – the first “through trip” of the Copper Canyon region ever recorded.
Four small dams have been constructed across famed Río Caliente in the Primavera Forest, offering new options to bathers.