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    Joe Clement
    BPL Member

    @skinewmexico

    Locale: Southwest

    That really, really makes me regret having to cancel my trip to Northern NM (Wheeler Peak Wilderness) in 2 weeks. But my hiking buddy seems to think that going blind in one eye is a valid excuse for cancelling the trip. What a baby. I'd almost pay Eugene to follow me and document a trip.

    #1776992
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    You just confirmed that you post the best trip reports ever. Incredible pictures, remarkable writing and always a good story with great protagonists. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

    #1777003
    Jacob D
    BPL Member

    @jacobd

    Locale: North Bay

    Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

    Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it.

    #1777022
    Mallory Caldwell
    Member

    @mc1263

    Locale: Texas

    What kind of camera are you shooting? I want to take photos like those.

    #1777041
    Leigh Baker
    BPL Member

    @leighb

    Locale: Northeast Texas Pineywoods

    I have to say I felt a little de ja vu when I started reading it, and kept looking at the date it was posted…. I thought I'd read about the trip before,but didn't remember some of the pics, then I just read Steven's post alluding to your blog and it all clicked, I wasn't losing my mind… I HAD read some of it before :)

    Your writing style and photography skills are exemplary, they allow me to share in on the experience vicariously, but so much more.
    Absolutely wonderful!
    Thank you

    Tecalote was one of the first restaurants I ate at over 20 yrs ago, and I still go there for breakfast when I'm in SF.

    #1777046
    Paul Magnanti
    BPL Member

    @paulmags

    Locale: Colorado Plateau

    I've been wanting to read your trip report since you said you were just south of my buddy and I that same weekend. I remember the snow, the winds….and the enchantment of New Mexico Sangres….

    Awesome stuff..

    #1777232
    Daniel Sandström
    Spectator

    @sandstrom-dj

    Really, this is one of the best I've experienced. Well written, übersuperb photographs and video. Thank you.

    edit:
    Plus a great heading as I'm currently listening to the National. (Intention or coincidence…)

    #1777237
    John Donewar
    BPL Member

    @newton

    Locale: Southeastern Texas

    He ain't a stranger, he's my ultra light brother that I just haven't met yet. ;-)

    The video is very unsettling for me. Let me explain. As I watch the video I am at peace and aching to get out on the trail at the same time. Almost 11 minutes of video passes by and disappears like lightening. I want more!

    Eugeneius, does video very well! A wonderful trip report!

    Thank you Eugene for sharing.

    Party On,

    Newton

    #1777241
    Eugene Smith
    BPL Member

    @eugeneius

    Locale: Nuevo Mexico

    Wow, thanks everyone for the encouraging words! Putting this together was a labor of love, I'm pumped that many of you found it to be enjoyable and uplifting. BPL is such a killer community, there are really some gems here.

    The more we can spur each other on and inspire one another to go outdoors and share it with our friends and family the better- no matter the capacity, however big or small the adventure, it doesn't matter, as long as we're outside.

    New Mexico is a beautiful and enchanting place, hopefully more people will put it on their trip location radar in the future.

    To answer a few questions:

    What camera did I use? Nikon D7000, Nikon 35mm f/1.8, Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5

    Video editing: iMac, iMovie

    #1777246
    jeffrey bennett
    Spectator

    @jollygreen

    Locale: Near the bottom

    New Mexico is truly the land of enchantment.
    Eugene, you have a wonderful way with words and an awesome gift with photos. Please keep up the great work and thank you for sharing.
    Jeff

    #1777297
    Paul Magnanti
    BPL Member

    @paulmags

    Locale: Colorado Plateau

    >>New Mexico is a beautiful and enchanting place, hopefully more people will put it on >>their trip location radar in the future.

    Ditto. I've been rediscovering the beauty of NM. My fiance' and I went to the Latir Peak Wilderness this past weekend and loved it. One of the ranked summits had a register from 1967!

    No too far of a drive for many of us in CO, yet many people seem to bypass NM in favor of other places.

    Their loss. :)

    #1777318
    Trevor Martin
    BPL Member

    @trevormar

    Locale: Rockies/ Desert Southwest

    Count me in for next time Eugene! I'm from Taos so its only a short drive away.

    #1777522
    Stephen McCue
    Member

    @smccue

    Locale: New Mexico

    Awesome! I was up at Pecos Baldy Lake about ten days after you all – my 55th birthday. Truly a beautiful spot. The video gets it right, although I prefer a Lotaburger after the Pecos. Steve

    #1777793
    Eugene Smith
    BPL Member

    @eugeneius

    Locale: Nuevo Mexico

    I don't know what's in store for next year, maybe a round 2? I get out as life affords, but I do know that I want to connect with more BPL members in a fashion similar to this, people getting together to hike, sweat, eat, bag peaks, laugh, etc. For this trip I posted a few months out in the Hiking Partners/Group Trip Announcement forum, hopefully others will do the same if they're heading out so they can share wilderness with someone else, teach someone, learn from someone, and be stoked on the same things.

    #1777908
    George Matthews
    BPL Member

    @gmatthews

    wow! well done – great writing, pics and video

    #1777938
    Tom Clark
    BPL Member

    @tomclark

    Locale: East Coast

    Your stuff just keeps getting better! Thanks for sharing.
    Tom

    #1778123
    Nico .
    BPL Member

    @nickb

    Locale: Los Padres National Forest

    Best piece I've read on this site in a while! Thank you Eugene.

    This is just the sort of inspiration I need right now to kickstart my soon-to-be fall/winter local hiking season.

    Awesome.

    #1778239
    Dondo .
    BPL Member

    @dondo

    Locale: Colorado Rockies

    Wow, Eugene. This is the trip report I've been waiting for since I saw the preview on your blog, and it exceeded my expectations. You really are developing an inspired photographic style all your own. Nicely done!

    #1778359
    Serge Giachetti
    Spectator

    @sgiachetti

    Locale: Boulder, CO

    Beautiful work, Eugene. Great storytelling through multiple mediums.

    #1778538
    Aubrey W. Bogard
    BPL Member

    @bogardaw

    Locale: TX

    Simply OUTSTANDING Eugene! Many thanks for sharing.

    #1779003
    Warren Greer
    Spectator

    @warrengreer

    Locale: SoCal

    Many already have expressed. I was on the site last Tuesday and quickly found out it'd take a while to read this. Well, I gotta say how much I enjoyed this masterpiece of narrative, visual media, and don't forget the aural awesomeness as well. Makes me wanna get there some day. And with others. That's what I enjoy about the wilderness most, the company of others. It is just too good to experience alone. Eugene, absolutely brilliant. Well done my good and faithful hiker!

    This is surely the BPL that we all want and dream of.

    #1781969
    Walter Underwood
    BPL Member

    @wunder

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    My dad and I went backpacking in the Pecos for several summers when I was growing up. Thanks for the chance to revisit.

    I recently scanned some photos from our 1975 trip. We weighed and counted everything, but the packs were still pretty heavy. At least one person was light and fast — I remember a solo hiker blowing past us wearing Converse hi-tops. Trailrider's Wall was windy then, too.

    Photos on flickr: Pecos Wilderness 1975

    Campfire on the Rio Valdez

    #1782005
    Eugene Smith
    BPL Member

    @eugeneius

    Locale: Nuevo Mexico

    Walter,

    Thanks for sharing that excellent photograph, I love the nostalgia of it, it's a classic image, coffee can and flanel to boot.

    #1782052
    David Chenault
    BPL Member

    @davec

    Locale: Queen City, MT

    Awesome photos. That Gerry tent looks like a tarptent!

    #1782057
    HkNewman
    BPL Member

    @hknewman

    Locale: The West is (still) the Best

    @Walter: Great pics from 75. I was only a kid spending a summer in nearby Santa Fe in 75 or 76.

    One note on your Flikr is that the Rio Valdez does go down to Mora Flats.

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