This is my first post on the forum. I live in Texas, but have some family history around DV in the Baker area, around Silver Lake and Owl Holes. I've been to several places there such as Bob and Ward cabin, with Bill Gossett, a truly great guy.
I know just about everybody is familiar with the "Death Valley Germans" story. There have been a bunch of online articles and reports on the incident, and I've read them all. Like many of you, I like exploring places with a "story" and was wondering if anyone here would be interested in going out to the bluff where their remains were found. This won't happen anytime soon; maybe next year sometime. It's not a problem getting to the Geologist's Cabin, then it's about a mile from there to the entrance to Anvil Canyon. Beyond that entrance, though, the BLM prohibits motor vehicles, so from there it would be about a 6 mile hike to the bluff, if we roughly trace the path they took. That may be problematic. 6 miles is a pretty long way to haul jugs of water. The terrain is pretty very rocky, with lots of lumps, walking down washes and across flats crisscrossed with gullies.
Anyway I'm just putting out feelers to see if anyone has any interest in this, or at least is interested in talking about it. Again, it won't be anytime this year. Maybe next spring or fall, I don't know, I'm open. Right now it's just in the "thinking about it" stage.
Any thoughts to share? Here is a picture of a satellite view. The yellow line starts at the bottom, at the canyon entrance, and shows the route of the hike. You can drive to that point, about a mile from Geologist's Cabin. After that, no motor vehicles allowed. It's about a 6 mile hike.
Thanks,
Ron in Texas
I know just about everybody is familiar with the "Death Valley Germans" story. There have been a bunch of online articles and reports on the incident, and I've read them all. Like many of you, I like exploring places with a "story" and was wondering if anyone here would be interested in going out to the bluff where their remains were found. This won't happen anytime soon; maybe next year sometime. It's not a problem getting to the Geologist's Cabin, then it's about a mile from there to the entrance to Anvil Canyon. Beyond that entrance, though, the BLM prohibits motor vehicles, so from there it would be about a 6 mile hike to the bluff, if we roughly trace the path they took. That may be problematic. 6 miles is a pretty long way to haul jugs of water. The terrain is pretty very rocky, with lots of lumps, walking down washes and across flats crisscrossed with gullies.
Anyway I'm just putting out feelers to see if anyone has any interest in this, or at least is interested in talking about it. Again, it won't be anytime this year. Maybe next spring or fall, I don't know, I'm open. Right now it's just in the "thinking about it" stage.
Any thoughts to share? Here is a picture of a satellite view. The yellow line starts at the bottom, at the canyon entrance, and shows the route of the hike. You can drive to that point, about a mile from Geologist's Cabin. After that, no motor vehicles allowed. It's about a 6 mile hike.
Thanks,
Ron in Texas