Los T-Town Andinistas de Potrero Chico

It's officially winter in western Washington with constant gloom and rain, sunrise at 7:56 am and sunset at 4:33 pm, and the omnipresent moss the only living thing thriving.  Last year at this time the T-Town Andinistas escaped the winter to travel south of the equator to Argentina for a successful climb of Cerro Aconcagua.  That trip was so enjoyable and rejuvenating that the T-Town Andinistas were reconstituted and reconfigured for a rock-climbing assault on the limestone pitches of El Potrero Chico (the little corral) in Nuevo León, México just north of Monterrey.

Steve

Los Andinistas de Potrero Chico

Marty

Julie

Geoff (Pancho)

Gregg

Tomcat (Gato Macho)

As I selected images for the Los Andinistas gallery I readily noted that nearly all photos in my Picasa repository of this year's protagonists were in the snow!  We do indeed have some non-winter weather here in Washington, but many (most?) of even our summertime outings involve snow and ice in one form or another.  Perhaps this goes some way toward explaining why Los Andinistas are approaching the trip south-of-the-border with such enthusiasm and anticipation!  True to alpinista form, we've planned an alpine start on Friday January 6 with bookings on a 6 am flight.