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ViciousVeggieViking t1_j27y2c5 wrote

I love Taos!

I once met a man at the top of Wheeler Peak who had a box of Taos Pizza Out Back that he was kind enough to share. I’m not sure what drives a man to carry a box of pizza 13,409 ft up, but he did it. It was possibly the best pizza I’ve ever had.

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mntoak t1_j28zb9d wrote

I see you downloaded the GTA goofball add-on.

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UnfinishedProjects t1_j296h0b wrote

When I was a kid at a festival a long time ago in Taos, there was an ice cream stand there. I got the grasshopper ice cream and was disappointed it was only mint chocolate chip flavor. I remember wanting to eat grasshoppers in ice cream! I think I was reading too much Calvin and Hobbes.

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somethngrandom2635 t1_j29iwwq wrote

Taos is the place that lived up to its legend of being a spiritual experience. I can’t explain it, it’s just a feeling of wonder or nature that I got looking at the mountain at sunset. I really need to go back.

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pm_me_cute_sloths_ t1_j2a7fay wrote

Having spent 4 summers near Taos at Philmont as a staff member, there’s a 90% chance that was a Philmont staff member who thought it would be fun

Weighs a little less, but I’ve carried a pound cake up a 14er in Colorado before and ate it at the top.

That place, and Michael’s Kitchen, are staples of Philmont staff in Taos. It would not surprise me that someone would carry one up to the top of Wheeler. We love to carry food to the top of mountains and eat it lol. One of my friends took a pickle up the top of Little Costilla in the Valle Vidal nearby. We’d all rather have a meal like that at the top of a mountain than trail meals, plus it’s a fun story

Side note: I love the climb up Wheeler and sliding down the snow on the way down lol

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ViciousVeggieViking t1_j2adqmq wrote

Oh yeah I’ve carried all kinds of ridiculous things up mountains (mostly beer), I just thought an entire box of pizza was hysterical and not at all expected. The Williams Lake route is super fun to snowshoe in the winter time. Last time I climbed it we brought shitty roll-up sleds from Walmart and came close to dying sledding down.

If you haven’t yet, the East Fork trail up from Red River to the top is a really fun hike but a little more brutal in the distance you cover.

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pm_me_cute_sloths_ t1_j2aljvf wrote

I’ve actually only done the Williams Lake route, I unfortunately haven’t been back since 2019 though I’m dying every day to

Next time I take my fiancée we’ll try that route, it sounds really fun lol. Most everyone recommends Williams Lake because the lake is super pretty and it’s an easier hike and quicker too because of the afternoon storms during June/July lol

I’ve only slid down on my butt, I can imagine using a sled on that thing is dangerous but hella fun lol. You pick up some pretty insane speeds just on your butt

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miquesadilla t1_j2a7yzk wrote

Born but not raised!

Still love the Pueblo. God I need to visit soon

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