El Cato
Obituary to a Spider
This Black Widow Spider was probably born early 2007 and certainly died 29 November 2007. He lived on the wall at Checo’s bar, El Potrero Chico and died under the owner’s foot, probably due to crush injury.
El Potrero Chico
Terry and Vikki, together with Everett and Lucille from Canmore (Canada) met up to climb in El Potrero Chico near Monterrey in Mexico at the end of November, a time when the weather is particularly amenable to rock climbing around there. Terry and Everett take trip to the desert, not far from Hidalgo, the base …
Mexican Climbing
After a hair raising drive through Monterrey, we arrived at Hidaglo, a sprawling Mexican town dominated by the cement factory. The thing that struck me immediately was the number of emaciated dogs around the place, some lying on the road, others chasing cars. We stopped on the roadside to study the final directions to the …