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El Potrero Chico

The limestone walls of Mexico's El Potrero Chico offer climbing in just about every style: juggy slabs, steep tufa-infested walls and vertical crimp-fests, but it's the long multipitch routes that…
Mark Watson
April 20, 2010
Design

Cactus Catalogue Project

Highlux recently produced Cactus Equipment's 2010 catalogue. The final product is a 32 page, full colour, landscape format A5 booklet showcasing Cactus' 2010 range - which includes many new or…
Mark Watson
April 4, 2010
Mexico

The Real Thing

Once a booming silver mining town, now a rustic and run down 'ghost town', Real de Catorce is an interesting spot to check out. Perched in the Sierra Madre Oriental…
Mark Watson
March 30, 2010
Mexico

24 hours in Guanajuato

Almost smack bang in the geographic centre of Mexico sits the city of Guanajuato, nestled among canyons of the central highlands. Founded by the Spanish in 1559 due to extensive…
Mark Watson
March 26, 2010
Mexico

A Few Days in Mexico City

Prior to seeing Mexico City for myself stereotypes I held surrounding this megalopolis (perhaps like many people) were formed by scenes from the films like Los Olvidados, Baraka and Amores…
Mark Watson
March 19, 2010
Mexico

Oaxaca City

The 1200 km drive we made from Merida to Oaxaca took us across a cross section of Mexico's geography: from the pancake-flat Yucatan peninsula into the swamplands of the Gulf…
Mark Watson
March 9, 2010
Mexico

A change of pace

After 8 months of road tripping our bank balance was startling to look depressing so the opportunity to design and produce Cactus Equipment's 2010 catalogue was a chance to work…
Mark Watson
March 1, 2010
Mexico

Cozumel to Izamal

We joke about our Mexico trip (as opposed to Canada and the USA) being our 'holiday on the holiday', so we figured a trip out to the Caribbean island of…
Mark Watson
February 10, 2010

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