CYLTE

For The Sonoran Desert People.
Exploring Southwest Life.
Stories. Guides. Merch.

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“The sun punishes those who choose to defy it in its hottest hours.”

-CYLTE

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How Long Saguaros Go Without Water?

#YouTube

https://t.co/UxPIg3pnnf

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“The well does not make water; it mines water.”

#BlueDesert

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Grand Canyon was calling my name for a while.

Now, New Mexico has a stronghold.

I want to hike there badly.

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Usually it takes 2 sessions to edit CYLTE’s YouTube videos.

This may take 4.

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Starting Session 1 of the Tour de Arizona edits and I have 4 hours and 15 minutes of content to edit through. Oh wow.

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Let me know when the aspens turn gold in Flagstaff.

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Her eyes were spiced blue.
Seen the rise of a close friend.
His fall in the dunes.

#haiku #desertart

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“If the path
be beautiful,
let us not ask
where it leads.”

-Anatole France

#quotes

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Hadn’t watered my cacti in 3 weeks, but they showed little to no signs of stress.

That’s the beauty of caring for cacti. So forgiving.

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Always a surreal feeling when someone has cultural songs, knowledge, or a recipe only they know and they take it with them to their grave.

Refusing to have it recorded in time.

#BlueDesert

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Fall is coming and I can’t wait.

My favorite time of the year.

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But I’m hoping to share V1 with the public very soon on https://t.co/xb8kxhrMjy and just keep building it from there periodically.

So many projects to complete, it’s pretty awesome.

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Made some huge leaps with CYLTE GO last night.

Context: spent 2 weeks (so far) building out an interactive recommendation machine for CYLTE based on my experiences in the Southwest so far.

I thought it would take a couple days. Looks like it’ll be a couple months now.

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That’s my Roman Empire for this brand.

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I’ve been obsessed with this concept of ONE DESERT.

I’d love for CYLTE to eventually travel around the globe visiting all deserts.

The big ones would be the Great Victoria in Australia, Sahara in Africa, Atacama in South America.

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Oh yeah, hiking season is right aground the corner.

About to invest in some hiking poles for Alecea and I.

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The next CYLTE x SLEAP tee is in the works.

New drop coming 2027.

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I look back at my trail running videos and think “sheesh, where did I get all that energy from?”

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Tuba City, Arizona is reddest place I’ve ever been to.

Redder than Sedona. In fact, Sedona isn’t red at all compared to Tuba City.

Sedona is orange, Tuba City is red.