Guadalupe Mountains NP and Carlsbad Caverns NP, May 19-21, 2007.

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We ascended to the top of Texas (Guadalupe Peak, 2667 m) on May 20th. The sky was clear and the birds were crazy (strong winds!). It took us 2h30 up and 1h45 down, which is pretty good, considering the load I was carrying :), namely 60 lbs. in my backpack. After our return, we had hiked enough for the day and decided to drive to White's City to watch the bats at CCNP, which we barely managed to do due to emergent bad weather, i.e. storm and lightning. The next day we took the King's Palace guided tour, which was very interesting, and visited the Big Hall. Greg, our guide/ranger from New Zealand told us a lot about geology and that there is another, even bigger and prettier cave close by, namely Lechuguilla Cave.