Local Women Conquer More Than Mountains
Seven women, five from the Ruidoso area and two from Denver, returned recently from reaching the 14,199 foot summit of Mt. Yale in Colorado. There was a 20 year age difference and a varied range of climbing and backpacking experience within the group. The one thing Shippen Salas, Sue Morris, Lori Lamphere, Devonna James and Ann Ellis agreed on when interviewed this week was that they came back changed people. Salas had taken backpacking trips to Colorado since 2012. She…