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When federal authorities inspected a pedestrian’s bicycle at the San Ysidro, California border crossing a few days ago, the tires felt a little suspicious.
An X-ray machine revealed that the 18-year-old man — whose name has not been released — was packing a little something extra on his bike ride:… Read the rest

Is your local crag currently snowed in or rain-soaked? Then it’s time to fly south, tie in and send some sunny limestone in Mexico. On January 2-3, the El Potrero Chico climbing school is hosting a climbing festival. Transportation to and from the airport is provided and single and multi-pitch… Read the rest

Some lucky sumbitch in Mexico is the proud new owner of a remote-controlled robot dinosaur.
According to reports (which don’t even mention what type of dinosaur it was – come on!), staff at a Walking With Dinosaurs exhibit noticed the five-foot robot was missing after the show closed on its… Read the rest

When you combine Latin beats, electronic rock, smooth vocals and playful lyrics, you end up with the Mexican musical group KINKY. The group, made up of five talented individuals, has released several albums, but they have yet to garner great commercial success. However, KINKY has… Read the rest received quite a lot of

April’s Friday Photo theme is paddling, so be it in a kayak, in a canoe or on a raft constructed from milk cartons, we want to see the best of your water adventures.
Taken by Richard Hoff while circumnavigating Espiritu Santo island in the Sea of Cortez, Baja, this shot… Read the rest

Be sure to check out Greenery where we’re getting dispatches of Greenschool’s Guaymas Project. Greenscool is a non-profit organization that installs renewable energy systems in impoverished schools around the world, and they recently kicked off the Guaymas Project by driving 2,500 miles to get to Fatima, where the group will… Read the rest

In my experience, tequila is a lot like Lord Voldemort (from the Harry Potter books). Be it the night of festivities or the morning after, it exists as the booze that shall not be named. It perches on the shelf behind the bar, biding its time – waiting for its… Read the rest

The Sierra Club just came out with this video to show us exactly how the ecosystems in the southern U.S. are threatened by the U.S./Mexico border wall project supported by the Bush administration. To learn more, go here.… Read the rest

Many Americans seem to be gung ho about building a border fence to cover all 1,952 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border. The paddling community in South Texas is not among them. In fact the federal government’s border fence plans in this area of Texas has come under attack not only… Read the rest