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July 01, 2005
Eastern Sierra Nevada
Just returned from California's great "eastern side" - entire length of the Owens Valley from Mono in the north to Lone Pine in the south and everything in between. Springtime is a great time of the year to be in this part California.
Parts of these Articles revised based upon this latest trip:
Bishop
Mammoth & Vicinity
Mt. Whitney
Bodie Car (Bodie, CA Thanks to Jesse for post editing)
This is a full body down suit made by Mountain Hardware used for summitting 8000 meter peaks. I gave it a try on in Badwater, the lowest point below sea level in the western hemisphere and conincidentally the place of the hottest recorded temperature outside of one location in Africa. Furnace Creek officially hit 134 Degrees F (56.7C) in 1913 but Badwater tends to be a few degrees hotter than that!
No that is not snow in this picture. It was 114 (45.6C) degrees out and thats an almost dry salt lake.
Dave in Down Suit (Badwater, Death Valley)
Posted by DaveDTC at July 1, 2005 05:22 PM