Death Valley 2022/23

[Beardilocks]

I’ve hiked all over this park and I’ve had my fair share of “sight seeing” falls, where you’re just distracted for a second. And plenty of scree fields that were just straight up loose and predictably treacherous. This surface was a mixed bag. You never knew how long a step would hold. You might have grip enough for a step or just until weight shifted a millimeter. Same with any hand hold even really large pieces of the landscape, stuff you though was really solid would just pull off. Luckily none of it was too near drops. So it was mostly fun. With gloves and a couple of shovels zip tied to your feet it might be a new sport.