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How (not 2) get to La Cienega de Gonzalez

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      The climbing destination known as El Salto is nestled in the Sierra Madre at 1400m above the city of Monterrey by a small town called La  Ciénega de González. I knew where it was  on the map. I was to find a cafe called "Hanuman" and they'd be able to give me directions to Ramon's place from there. A large storm in Texas delayed my flights out  of Vancouver. Naturally, they sent me to Seattle, short checked  my bag so I had to go out of security, and then continued to f@!k me by canceling my flight once again. Needless to say I now know the best sleeping spots in the Seattle  Airport. After a night of binging Squid Game and couple planes later I landed in Monterrey a full  day later than I planned. No matter, I was so psyched to arrive. Airport Bivy     I stayed in a cheap hotel near the airport that night and sorted out my plans for the following day.  A bus ride to a town called Santiago, at which point I would hitchhik...