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Mountains Behind Town? An entirely different world from our desert scape
BY ALBA MONROY
Reduce your worldly pos- sessions to the lightest, most necessary items you could possibly need for your jour- ney. Make sure you have good socks and shoes, as your feet are your vehicle on this wondrous and arduous journey. Prepare your body physically. Make sure all your joints have been WD 40’d because the only way to the top is to climb.
to see for yourself the breath- taking scenery at the top of the mountain that runs along the spine of the Baja, ending just north of the end of the peninsula. Far from being a desert, it is filled with pine trees and lagoons, many of those with charming water- falls.
Are you sure you want to go on a 24 mile trek, exactly half of which is an extreme uphill hup? You will if you would like
erer, and fishing culture. The casual hiker is often re- warded with artifacts, be- cause the land is made of sand, pebble, stone and dirt and it all shifts about, spew- ing forth fossils, arrow heads, and human remains. But be aware that all the cool stuff you find must be reported to the authorities for preserva- tion.
The land, which once upon a time was home to the Pericu Indians, offers a glimpse into their era 9,000 years ago. Unexplored until recently, ar- cheologists are still coming upon new caches of remains, tools and remnants of this
hunter, gath-
December 19th
, 2011
supported by UNESCO and protected by the Mexican
The sensation of leaving civilization and being over- powered by nature is imme- diate. As we trudged up the hill, putting one foot peril- ously in front of the other, working every muscle in our lower body, we are given plenty of time to contemplate a simpler life. How did people survive in this harsh and difficult land? In the an- cient times they survived by moving from water source to water source and around to various hunting and fishing sites. Here you will come to know an unspoiled land with clean air and plenty of water and no distractions created by electricity or satellite con- nections.
The Sierra la Laguna is a biosphere which has been
miles southeast of Picacho de la Laguna which measures
There are lagoons and waterfalls, even pine trees, in the mountains just to the north of Los Cabos
government since 1994. Picacho de la Sierra la Laguna at 7,090 feet, is roughly at the sierra’s center, and consid- ered the highest peak in the range, along with Cerro las Casitas approximately four
6,835 feet.
Between these two peaks is a large, flat meadow called La Laguna (the lake), with an elevation of only 5,600 feet. This depression held a moun-
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