The Guadalupe Mountains

Subject: The Guadalupe Mountains Mon 30 Jul 2007, 1:22 pm

In about 1975 when Guadalupe Mountains National Park first opened, our family made a wonderful trip there, and I snapped this small photo -- beneath threatening clouds .... of what I thought was Guadalupe Peak. But is it, perhaps, of El Capitan instead? Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in our state:

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/rjg19.html

But where exactly is this point in relation to El Capitan?

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/EE/rje7.html

Thanks in advance for information in this regard, and thanks for pointing out the uncertainty, Anne!

Holly

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Subject: Re: The Guadalupe Mountains Sat 19 Jan 2008, 12:53 am

Holly, you are correct, that is El Capitan in the center of the snapshot. Guadalupe Peak would be just out of the shot to the right. It's a bit of an optical illusion because El Capitan protrudes further south out over the Basin. I worked on an archaeological project at the Pine Springs Camp (9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers) and found it difficult to actually locate Guadalupe Peak from the base of the mountains. El Capitan is such a prominent feature that it just draws your attention and the higher Guadalupe Peak actually appears from this perspective to be lower.

Subject: Re: The Guadalupe Mountains Sat 19 Jan 2008, 9:23 pm

Thank you very much. This certainly clears up a mystery for me.
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves