el Calderon

Three thousand years ago volcanoes laid waste to these lands again and again. As the lava flowed across the landscape it left great stretches of brutal terrain. The black stone glitters in the sun like so much broken glass. During the day the land heats up like a furnace destroying the ill-prepared.

Beneath the surface here however there exists another world. As the lava flowed underground it created deep tubes that hardened as they cooled off. These tubes still exist in a complex underground network.

The subterranean world’s air is thick and humid. Water is plentiful as it drips from the ceilings creating a thick mud across the floor. An uncomfortably icy chill grips the air in stark contrast to the heat far above.

At the end of the day a struggling figure emerges from the darkness. Cold and wet he pulls himself free from the yawning darkness. Dazzled by the return of light the shivering prisoner has returned from his struggles deep within the earth.

-2012-
sleepwalking
new chapter

-2011-
like sedona?
torn in two
blink
bridge to nowhere
door
hitting the wall
elusive 2
elusive 1
ascenders
voyage
hole
icarus

-2010-
revisited 2
revisited 1
which way?
the pit
treasure
narrow
snowfall
chute
false floor
monolith
crack
freeze
slice
bunker
beckon
treasure
resolution

-2009-
goodbyes
undercurrents
casting the bones
mountain thief
the deer hunter
strange temple
sanctuary
burial pt. 3
burial pt. 2
burial pt. 1
scarlet fever
rebirth from hell
forsaken
the lower depths
underground lake
stretch sewer
crypt
still waters
shadow movements
meager rations
sw pt.8: geothermal + ending
sw pt.7: lost gold mines
sw pt.6: big tube caves
sw pt.5: gold!
sw pt.4: el calderon caves
sw pt.3: redondo
sw pt.2: ghosts
southwest adventure pt.1
the river
dark salvation
reflections
dreams
the underdark
night odyssey
beginnings