Message posted by jklier on December 08, 2010 at 9:03:48 PST:
Has anyone that has done Tikaboo also hiked the B-36 crash site in El Paso? I was in El Paso for work yesterday and had some extra time so I hiked up to this site. I'm just curious how this climb compares to Tikaboo so I know what to expect when I finally get out there. Most of the climb is very steep with lots of loose rocks and boulders to climb over. The first debris I found was several hundred feet below the impact site. Closer to the impact site there is the landing gear struts, remains of some of the propeller assemblies and one of the jet turbines. The impact site is littered with small bits of aluminum parts and lots of melted aluminum. The ground has the appearance of what might be aluminum fused with the dirt from the fire. It was a fun climb which took me around 2.5 hours overall. Here's the coordinates if anyone is interested. N 31.80662 W 106.48733
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