Category Archives: New Mexico

Wheeler Peak Reopens Following Summer 2006 Fire Concerns

Posted on 7/5/2006 by roger

Wheeler Peak has reopen following fire restrictions.

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NM Ex-Governor Gary Johnson Sets Sights on Seven Summits

Posted on 4/19/2005 by roger

The Denver Post hints that former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is considering a seven summit attempt. Johnson, 52, has already climbed McKinley and Everest and according to the article can be found climbing Kachina Ridge above Taos perhaps 100 … Continue reading →

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Stuck SUV Saves Hiker Stranded in New Mexico Snow

Posted on 3/18/2005 by roger

The Gallup Independent has a strange tale about a lost hiker whose life was saved because the keys were in an SUV stuck in a 5′ New Mexico snowdrift. Chuck Whitney got stuck on County Route 50 and so he … Continue reading →

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Is New Mexico Going to Sue to Take Guadalupe Peak From Texas?

Posted on 3/13/2005 by roger

New Mexico may be in the process of suing to take Guadalupe Peak back from Texas. The New Mexico Senate voted 33-0 to sue Texas for return of 603,485 acres of land three miles east of its current border to … Continue reading →

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Highpoint Headline: Wheeler Assumes Command of Whitney

Posted on 3/1/2005 by roger

Here’s a highpoint headline from Stars and Stripes: Wheeler assumes command of USS Mount Whitney. Of the course the story is about Capt. C. Ladd Wheeler assuming commander of the new 6th Fleet flagship.

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