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Publication

2016-10-15 - University of New Mexico Press

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

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  • Amazon0826357504

Classifications

  • LCCF802.C28T57 2016

Description

For six years Dough Thompson worked as a park ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, here he passes along what he learned on the job and out exploring the surrounding Chihuanhuan Desert. He overcame his fear of tight spaces and heights, learned to climb rope, and went on to explore many of the deep vertical caves in the Guadalupe Mountains of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, including Lechuguilla Cave, one of the most spectacular underground wonders of the world. He even became a part of the park's technical rescue team and made a fifty-story rappel into one of the deepest undergound pits in the United States.

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