Context:

Speaker asks if others have read 'The Crossing by Corny McCarthy' and mentions it's part of the Border Trilogy. The book is referenced while discussing crossing the border into Mexico and the landscape. Speaker recommends reading 'every Cormick McCarthy book you can get your hands on' and mentions finding 'keys to marriage' in McCarthy's work.

Context:

Referenced while discussing the difficulty of judging distances in the Mexican desert landscape. Speaker mentions 'Barry Lopez talks about it in the Arctic and Arctic dreams about how distances' work, including a story about a hunter stalking a grizzly that turns out to be a marmot, and someone mistaking a walrus for a headland with glaciers. Used to illustrate how challenging depth perception can be in unfamiliar landscapes.