Monday - Hueco Tanks

Got up early as always (say 7ish) put my eyeballs in, had a peanut butter sandwhich or two for energy (damn, I really do talk about food alot - huh). There was a bit of confusion about starting the volunteer guided tour (apparently they are unnecessarily strict about starting times - and if one tour is canceled - then they cancel the rest too because it wouldn't be fair if some people go on one if they told someone else it was canceled?? Weird!

Head into the East area and it was really really cool. About 35mil years ago magma swelled up into the above limestone but never broke the surface. The limestone has eroded over the last 35mil years, exposing the underlying rock, which has cooled, seperated and been eroded into some cool ass boulders!! Very cool, just to hike about. I had been worried about the forecast temps of ~85, but we bouldered in the shade the whole day including pretty deep areas where it was rather cool.

Didn't do a ton of problems, but had a good time. Hardest problem I did was a classic called Dragonfly (v5).

As we walked out, Yuri, the guide pointed out various pictographs including several masks, something the area is quite well known for. Quite interesting.