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Mexico : San Luis Potosí

9.0 km (5.6 miles) SE of Ahogado, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Approx. altitude: 2352 m (7716 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 22°S 79°E

Accuracy: 27 m (88 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: 22N 101W South View #3: 22N 101W East View #4: 22N 101W West View #5: 200 Meters 22N 101W confluence General View #6: GPS Shot

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#1: 22N 101W North View

(visited by Marco T. V. Villasenor and G. Barrera)

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23-Oct-2004 -- We departed from Mexico City on october 22nd 2004 at 8:20 a.m. and arrived into San Luis Potosi at 12:15 p.m., traveling by highway was very comfortable and quick, 20 kilometers before arriving we slowed and took a look ... we were near the confluence but with no access from the highway.
We entered San Luis Potosi and checked-in in a hotel as soon as we recieved the room key we left all things in the room and took a tour to search a path to arrive to the confluence, so we refilled the tank of the car and took the highway back to Mexico city to search for a path to the confluence, we couldn't find a path from the highway, then we took a road to Aguascalientes from the road that connects San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes we could not find a path or a road to the confluence.
Our principal concern was that the confluence had no path or road to get to it. It is located in "el Cerro del Potosi" (Potosi mountain) a mountain surrounded by many others mountains (cerro del potosi is 2650 meters elevation) all roads and paths we tried were about 10 kilometers from the confluence.
We came back to the hotel and planned to visit the confluence early next day (oct 23 2004), so we departed from San Luis Potosi to a little town named "El Terrero" that is (strait line) at 11 kilometers from the confluence. The first 3.5 kilometers were easy, the problems started when we came to the mountains. We walked around them, avoiding climbs. Every time we avoided a climb we walked a lot, at last we found what we considered the "optimal path" to reach the confluence and after 5 hours climbing and down hills we arrived into 22N 101W.
Thanks to a lesson from our last confluence visit, this time we were better prepared for this visit and we carryed more water, and mosquito/insect repeleant.
22N 101W have a little river near but the travel to the confluence is a desertic zone if you visit it be prepared to start the trip very early, use a lot of sunblock, wear boots, drink a lot of water and use an umbrella to protect from sunlight (I am not joking), also use a semipro backpack (you will need your hands), advance is slow for two reasons: 1)too much rocks on the ground (sometimes hurts in the ankles) and 2)climbing and descending make slow the progress do not try to reach the confluence before 13:00 hours. Temperature on that zone (before climbing el cerro del Potosi) were 100ºF
Night expeditions needs to choose full moon night
Reaching the confluence seems to be easy but it is not. It was very difficult and painful but the sensation of success is greater than the pain.

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Partimos de la ciudad de Mexico el dia 22 de octubre y llegamos a San Luis Posoti el mismo dia como a las 12:15, los ultimos kilometros redujimos la velocidad para ver si podiamos divisar un camino de terraceria que nos llevara a la confluencia pero no pudimos verlo, asi que nos instalamos en un hotel y tan pornto como nos dieron las llaves metimos nuestro equipaje a la habitacion y partimos en busqueda de un lugar que nos acercara a la confleuncia un poco mas, llenamos el tanque del auto y recorrimos las posibles rutas incluso tuvimos que salir del estado y dirigirnos hacia Aguascalientes para ver si por ahi encontrabamos una terraceria
La confluencia esta relativamente cerca de San Luis Potosi (aprox 10 kilometros) pero esta ubicada en un cerro llamado Cerro el Potosi cuya altura es 2650 metros y en realidad no es un cerro tipico sino mas bien una especie de montaña-cordillera rodeada de varias montañas
el dia 23 de octubre partimos a alcanzar la confluencia, teniamos algunas opciones seleccionamos el pequeño poblado de "el terrerero" para iniciar la expedicion, es un lugar bastante seco y caliente no se recomienda iniciar la expedicion con niños o mascotas ya que es bastante dificultoso el acceso, hay que ir preparado con mucho bloqueador solar, benber mucha agua, anteojos obscuros, unguentos para picaduras, botas, ademas de que hay que iniciar muy temprano la expedicion ya que para llegar a la confluencia hay que subir y bajar algunos cerritos que consumen tiempo y si no se inicia temprano se corre el riesgo de que nos soprenda la tarde o noche en ese lugar
Es un lugar interesante ya que el inicio comienza con un camino arido y seco donde se esperimientan temperaturas altas afortunadamente a Guadalupe Barrera se le ocurrio llevar una sombrilla y gracias a esa idea pudimos llegar sin desgastarnos tanto, no exagero al decir que si no hubieramos contado con esa sombrilla no hubieramos podido llegar
Hay muchas cactaceas a flor del suelo (vease foto del GPS) y el paisaje arido contasta con alguna vegetacion y matorrales espinosos verde intenso, algunas represas y ojos de agua contienen ranas y pecesillos, algunos estudios sugieren que el cerro del Potosi contiene yacimientos de oro y plata.
Es un lugar no muy facil para llegar hay que ir bien preparado, llevar mucha agua, bloqueador solar, y partir muy temprano como dije una vez visitar confluencias es muy divertido


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#1: 22N 101W North View
#2: 22N 101W South View
#3: 22N 101W East View
#4: 22N 101W West View
#5: 200 Meters 22N 101W confluence General View
#6: GPS Shot
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