Wednesday 20 Mar 2013
An epic hike from Golden Canyon to Zabrinskie point.

After a short night, remember the 'bad water ales',
and so much wind that I got the impression that
my tent was blown apart. Must be the (planned)
weight of the frigo box with the Duvels which
protected me.

Still, got an early start to go the the starting
point of the hike. It looks like just a wall of rocks
with no entry, but what a surprise. After each corner
there where different views, different colours, different
point in the creation of "Death Valley". I walked thru
millions years in the making.

The golden yellow of million years old sand beaches.
The dark red of the cathedral rocks.
Plenty of mile long side canyons.
The first hour, you walk thru the bottom of the canyon,
but the you start climbing, and the views makes you
speechless. Selecting a few out of the 200 pictures,
to describe this, is impossible.

The red cathedral

Top view of the Canyon

For the overview (half dome view) go to Dante's
point. 5000 Ft, plus the 282 feet under sea level,
makes a big change (but not really by car, dam these
modern ways to get around)

Borax company, pupfish, mosaic canyon, and sand dunes,
lots of sand, all finished the day.

Not really, the Stovepipe ale, the IPA 365, the Epic IPA,
and Death's guy ale, really finished it.

PS: The death valley ale is really a good ale.
The Stovepipe Ale (Stovepipe my rest place for the night)
is a little bit to light.
Going for the IPA 395, Mammoth Brewing) saves the
night....

Other pictures to come when the bandwidth is acceptable:

Duvelke on the 20 mule trail.
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Zoom power of my camera tested on the sand dunes
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The waitress at the dinner, who really knew the beers, suggested
to go to Augerberry point, Lemi park. Perhaps I stay another night.