Been There, Done That

Since I’m still not up to speed in terms of collecting my thoughts or getting a mass of photos from our weekend trip to Death Valley up and online, another brief post with a single snap (by Susan) will be all you get from me.

There I am with my trusty Ibex Monday afternoon at 1,386 feet above sea level on the floor of the Panamint Valley at the end of my 17-mile downhill on Wildrose Road, which began at Mahogany Flats Campground at 8,133 feet. The Panamint Mountains are in the background and I’m pointing to the 11,049-foot Telescope Peak, which is where I had been about 23 hours previously on Sunday.

I still can’t believe it.

In other news: Did ya see the sweet photo of the magnolia blossom I posted on Blogging.la? I snapped that this morning. Or howsabout the photo I posted on Flickr of the mommy longlegs and her 50-plus children chilling in the garage that I found this afternoon while emptying the truck of all our camping stuff.

5 Responses to “ Been There, Done That ”

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beFrank says:
May 31st, 2006 at 3:23 pm

Cool. I covered the Badwater Ultra Marathon back around 2000. Tell me again now, you do this for FUN?

Will says:
May 31st, 2006 at 4:29 pm

Mr. Frank! I’m honored by your visit. Camping s absolutely positively some of the most fun I’ve ever had. I don’t know if I’d qualify the hike to Telescope Peak as “fun” but it was a unique and challenging adventure, which is exactly what I was looking for to ring out my 41st year.

And that 17-mile downhill bike ride ushering in my 42nd? Oh hell yeah: fun with a capital FUN!

beFrank says:
June 1st, 2006 at 8:24 am

In my slow and meandering way, I’m trying to make the rounds and “be” a more frequent (and vocal) visitor to the sites that I’ve come to lurk on a regular basis.

I’ve also added you to my blogroll. Did I spell [sic] correctly?

Will says:
June 1st, 2006 at 9:14 am

Thanks much for the blogroll addition and indeed there’s no need to [sic] your spelling of [sic]!

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May 28th, 2007 at 7:44 am

[...] A year ago today Susan, me and our friend Rachel had a weekender in Death Valley and they accompanied me on a day-hike in the Panamint Range to the 10,000-foot mark and then sent me on my way up the rest of the trail to the 11,049-foot summit of Telescope Peak. Breaking campe the next day I rang in my 42nd — or as my friend Mark would call it “the 13th anniversary of my 29th” — by going the other way in the form of an exhilirating 17-mile downhill ride from our campsite at 8,300 feet to the floor of the Panamint Valley. [...]

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