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Mykel and Ruth In Action

Mykel slices open a cactus in the Mexican desert.

Mykel spends a good portion of the day in the Mexican desert taking cover in the in the shade. He gets much needed fluids from cacti, like this barrel cactus, by cutting them open and sucking out the juices. The remaining cactus pulp is saved for the solar still he and Ruth use to distill every drop of moisture from the fruit. Water is precious, since they have only their knives and the clothes on their backs - no canteens, ever - and in the desert, that can be deadly.