Trip Report
Searching For Ghosts, No Longer A Death Valley n00b!!
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Wednesday April 3, 2013 2:48pm
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survival
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About the Author
survival is a big wall climber from A Token of My Extreme. |
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Searching for me, were you? I can be hard to see sometimes.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2013 - 02:59pm PT
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didnt ya go see the "skaters"??
No! We had limited time (4 nights) and there's only so much abuse I want to put the Road Warrior through.....
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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I was just thinking, Survival is starting to piss me off not posting a TR in awhile;-) Death Valley is awesome and a place I need to check out more of. Crazy to think of the covered wagons crossing that stretch of death. Thanks Bruce, great pics as always and more to come.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 4, 2013 - 12:19pm PT
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What the hell? Nap time already??!!
The views are amazing no matter where you go it seems.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Survival! Indeed! You were overdue for an adventure report!
Be-youtifully stark-acious ph0tos.
Thank you!
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Gal
Trad climber
going big air to fakie
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That's awesome, love the desert-great pics.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2013 - 03:33pm PT
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Hiya Dingus!
Well my brand new DV map shows Last Chance Mtns immediately east of Eureka Dunes, and that is where the sun was coming up every morning, so....thought I had it pretty well pegged.
I'm not talking about mtns in the distance sunset wise to the west. I mean the peaks east of the dunes that we hiked into.
Guess I wouldn't be the first to be lost in such a place eh?! HA!!!
Boy did his first "solo" camp on top of one of the big dunes, to star gaze. Even though the big moon put a hurt on the star gazing.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2013 - 03:50pm PT
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No worries man. Like you said, names almost have little meaning in a place like that.
Just thinking about those first 49ers trying to push through there in their wagons gave me the gawdamn willies!
I've been through enough harsh stuff in life to know that I'm damn glad I wasn't with them!
It's not just Death Valley, it's a few hundred miles east of there and a couple hundred miles west of there! Valley after valley after range after range, holy water shortage Batman!
Girl didn't want to be looked at in the morning, HA!
What the hell is the name of this big ass hole? Behebebeebee?
Next up, Panamints!! (I think...) :0)
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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That black and white shot of the dunes is perfect.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2013 - 05:23pm PT
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Whoa, y'all got snow up here?
Our camp above Wildrose was at 7,000 ft.
Chilly!!
The charcoal kilns were huge! Can't imagine building those by hand in 1870.
So off we went, to Wildrose Peak.
Snowball time!
Picnic time!!
Bonsai time!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Beautiful pictures Bruce. Keep them coming.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2013 - 05:28pm PT
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I will! After I run some errands....
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Couldn't resist .., I just got out of the Eureka and Saline valleys .
Definitely a magical place ... check out Steele Pass between the two valleys if you get a chance . I'm not sure the van would make it though :)
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2013 - 07:10pm PT
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I'm not sure the van would make it though :)
I was definitely thinking about the old boy. He's got some new parts and is high clearance for a street cruiser, but he's also got over 100k on him. We drove probably 100 miles of gravel as it was. Some of those out there roads are some long stretches!
Nap time again? 9,000 ft makes you sleepy!
TEAM NAP!
It was too cool that we could see Mt. Whitney AND Badwater Basin at the same time!
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Yay! Thanks for the TR! I'm headed there next week. Haven't been there for 7 years so it's overdue.
Phyl
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Man, I hope you get the help you need with your sand dune obsession! ;-)
There are definitely ghosts there. I heard 'em down this hole...
Betchya didn't find this cabin neither!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Great pics bro!
I agree with Timid, that b+w shot is really nice.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 4, 2013 - 01:32am PT
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Thanks gang. No Reilly, you're right, I didn't find that ghost shaft OR that cabin! Guess I missed a couple spots...or roughly a couple million acres we didn't get to!
Doing a little sacred duty and sprinkling a little of Dad in all the wild places we get to.
Another old man we spotted.
A little ghost town action?
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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I love the way a Survival TR grows with time. It's like a fine wine, though fine maybe an inapt adjective.
Huge TFPUS, Bruce. I always love your TR's.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California, living in The Old Pueblo
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Fantastic photos, Bruce! Thanks for posting.
I'm lovin' Team Nap . Great moment captured there. ;)
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Hey Bruce, Beautiful..Beautiful pictures!!...
Need a Death Valley fix.... Love that place..Lots of great times in that Spectacular desert....
A really big ....THANKS...
Cheers
nita(-;
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spenchur
climber
Flagstaff/Thousand Oaks
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Some really amazing photo you got there, and I will agree with those above that the B&W dune image is fantastic! The geology nerd in me couldn't get enough pictures of death valley...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 4, 2013 - 12:03pm PT
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Damn it people, I wouldn't go on like this if y'all didn't encourage me...
I love Jebus's comment. That's exactly how I felt down there.
It was cool to see a very elemental place like that. Like the bones of the earth laid bare.
A few more ghost town pics, for Ghost and Reilly??
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Author's Reply
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Apr 4, 2013 - 01:46pm PT
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Hey Tami, YES I sang inside of a kiln! It was awesome!
Doob-less of course.....
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Great sand dune photos Bruce, Thanks!!!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Great stuff, reminds me that I have to get out there again, it has been too long.
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