Death Valley NP, March 2010

Video picturelog of my trip to Death Valley National Park (3/14-3/19). We were in the backcountry and camped for 5 nights at the base of the Funeral Mountains. Beautiful campsite with incredible views of the sunset. We had good weather (mid to high 80's) and knock-me-over high winds for 2 nights.

Most of the hiking we did throughout the week was all backcountry and not established trails. That was great because outside of our group, we didn't see hoards of people everywhere. Most of the time it was just our group. There were many highlights of the trip but the one that stood out was when we climbed high atop a cliff and could see both the lowest point in North America (Badwater, 282 feet below sea level) as well as the highest point in the lower 48 states, Mt. Whitney (14,505 ft), from a single location. Very cool stuff.

Death Valley can be summed up like this: Hot, dry, big, unique and brimming with life. The vegetation blew me away -- each plant has evolved its own different ways of hoarding moisture and surviving in one of most inhospitable environments in the world.

Music: Underground by Nadine Khouri

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[talknbluez]

Did you visit hole in the wall? I am visiting Death Valley in April.

[Ranger42]

Love the setting of your camp. Can you share the coordinates and/or directions.

[MultiJanJansen]

Death Valley, Mohave Desert, California, March 2010

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[llcooljoo]

COol pictures! Would love to visit sometime...maybe not for 6 days and definitely sleeping on a comfy bed, but maybe you don't get to see all the cool stuff. Love the photos of the shoes in the end! whooo whoo Chile, here she comes.