Thursday, March 02, 2006
Thompson Mountain Pictures and New Topo Maps
I think today's post will be important with lots of great info... if I do say so myself.
As you know, this is not our first trip to Thompson Mountain, NM. There have been 2 previous expeditions that were fully documented in photojournalist style. For the first time anywhere, I am proud to present the pictures from both the July 2001 and the September 2004 trips. You can see vistas of the area surrounding Thompson Mountain as well as the scenery along both our ascent and descent. The pictures truly don't do the place justice as there is so much more to see on the hike to the property in mountainous terrain.
Speaking of hiking, Scott has been working with his National Geographic TOPO! software and has made more maps of the area. He was even kind enough to save them as PDFs for easy printing as well as creating different sizes. You can check out the maps here, here, and here. We will be creating more specialized maps for the trip, so let us know what you want to see.
Finally, I got my REI Membership Dividend today. It was a whopping $11.96, but it did also come with a 20% off one item coupon. As an outdoors type of guy with almost every type of camping equipment I need, I don't know what to get. Do you have any tips for what I should use it on? I have already had someone recommend a new backpack or a headlamp. Post your ideas in the comments section.
As you know, this is not our first trip to Thompson Mountain, NM. There have been 2 previous expeditions that were fully documented in photojournalist style. For the first time anywhere, I am proud to present the pictures from both the July 2001 and the September 2004 trips. You can see vistas of the area surrounding Thompson Mountain as well as the scenery along both our ascent and descent. The pictures truly don't do the place justice as there is so much more to see on the hike to the property in mountainous terrain.
Speaking of hiking, Scott has been working with his National Geographic TOPO! software and has made more maps of the area. He was even kind enough to save them as PDFs for easy printing as well as creating different sizes. You can check out the maps here, here, and here. We will be creating more specialized maps for the trip, so let us know what you want to see.
Finally, I got my REI Membership Dividend today. It was a whopping $11.96, but it did also come with a 20% off one item coupon. As an outdoors type of guy with almost every type of camping equipment I need, I don't know what to get. Do you have any tips for what I should use it on? I have already had someone recommend a new backpack or a headlamp. Post your ideas in the comments section.
