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Oshow's Profile

Name:	Oshow
Level / Points:	10,450 points
I am a:	Backpacker - I prefer backpacking over hiking
I go hiking:	Once per month
I usually go on hikes that are:	Very Difficult
Gender:	Male
Birthplace:	Suffolk, England
Country:	United States
State:	New Mexico
City:	Alamogordo
Postal Code/ZIP:	88310
Biography:	I'm a 5th generation New Mexican, a 1995 graduate of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX, and a lifelong backpacker and hiker. During Winter months, I'm a ski instructor at Ski Cloudcroft in Cloudcroft New Mexico, and during warm weather, I own a guide service which takes backpacking and trout fishing tours to wilderness areas all over New Mexico. To make an actual living, I do a little contracting work for the government on the side.
My Best Hike:	Gila River Middle Fork - Gila Wilderness, Fall 2004
Best Hike Description:	This is a 50 miler, but only about 15 miles are uphill. In addition, 90% of the trip is on mountain streams, including 25 miles of the best trout fishing in New Mexico, including the world's only Gila trout! Beautiful scenery, and several old mining camps to explore.
My Worst Hike:	MacGregor Range - Alamogordo, New Mexico, August 1997
Worst Hike Description:	No map, no GPS, no food, just two good old boys trying to wing it. 16 hours later we arrived back at the car suffering from terrific cold, dehydration and hunger. I have never left without my GPS again.
A Memorable Trail Moment:	1996 - I came rolling out of a brush choked ravine onto a small flat spot in the Sacramento Mountains west of Cloudcroft. As soon as I stepped out of the brush, I sat down against a tree to catch my breath. When I looked up I noticed a sizeable black bear sitting down munching on a berry bush 30 or 40 feet away. Before I could scream or wet my pants, he noticed me, and I could tell he couldn't decide whether to scream or wet his pants! After perhaps 10 seconds, we both hopped up and ran back the way we had come. I'm sure the bear still tells the story as well!
Dumbest Trail Move:	When I decided that I wouldn't need a sleeping bag in July in the mountains because it was so warm. Inevitably a cold front rolled in and I found myself trying to sleep in a 40 mph wind wrapped in a piece of rotting canvas I found in a mineshaft. Dumb, dumb, dumb!
Trails That I Want To Hike:	2. Through-hike the Appalachian Trail 3. Death Valley - West to East 4. England/Scotland - North to South 5. Gobi Desert 6. Al-Can Highway - Canadian border to Anchorage 7. Khyber Pass - Pakistan to Afghanistan 8. Grand Trunk Road - Calcutta, India to Kabul, Afghanistan 9. Donner Pass- complete old rail bed. 10. Jornada del Muerte - El Paso to Albuquerque

<b>March in the White Mountain Wilderness</b>

<b>Back of the bowl in Three Rivers Canyon in the White Mountain</b><br> You can see how steep the back of the bowl is from this picture. What you can't see is the 25 degree temperatures and heavy wind.

Oshow's Hikes

	Name	Country	State/Province/Region	Difficulty	Distance	Rating
	White Creek Flat	United States	New Mexico	Very Difficult	46.00 miles
	Turkey Creek - White Mountain Wilderness	United States	New Mexico	Moderate to Difficult	7.00 miles
	Tortolita Canyon	United States	New Mexico	Difficult	13.00 miles
	The Catwalk	United States	New Mexico	Easy to Moderate	2.20 miles
	Mascot Canyon	United States	Arizona	Moderate to Difficult	7.00 miles
	Apache Canyon	United States	Arizona	Difficult	10.00 miles
	Big Bear Canyon - White Mountain Wilderness	United States	New Mexico	Moderate to Difficult	15.00 miles
	Ancho Peak - Lincoln National Forest	United States	New Mexico	Moderate to Difficult	15.00 miles
	Oliver Lee State Park	United States	New Mexico	Moderate	13.60 miles
	Kelly - Cibola National Forest	United States	New Mexico	Moderate to Difficult	16.00 miles

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Oshow's Trip Reports

	Name	Date	Country	State/Province/Region	Rating	Duration
	Tortolita Canyon	July 23, 2006	United States	New Mexico		2 days, 12 hours
	White Creek Flat	March 28, 2008	United States	New Mexico		3 days, 8 hours
	Turkey Creek - White Mountain Wilderness	March 17, 2007	United States	New Mexico		2 days
	The Catwalk	June 25, 2006	United States	New Mexico		1 hour, 50 minutes
	Apache Canyon	October 14, 2005	United States	Arizona		17 hours
	Guadalupe National Park - McKittrick Canyon	October 3, 2000	United States	Texas		2 days, 8 hours
	Oliver Lee State Park	June 18, 2005	United States	New Mexico		2 hours, 30 minutes
	Argentina Canyon - White Mountain Wilderness	June 12, 1997	United States	New Mexico		18 hours
	Gila River - West Fork - Gila Wilderness	September 21, 2000	United States	New Mexico		2 days, 8 hours
	Nogal - White Mountain Wilderness	May 13, 1995	United States	New Mexico		2 days, 12 hours

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