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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 14, 2014 - 10:00am PT
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Wow, how did I miss this thread. My grandfather (actually, my dad's stepfather, but the only granddad I knew) used to go an annual motorcycle trip to the Saline Valley with 3 or 4 of this old buddies. A bunch of old guys on bikes almost as old. Ancient gear, trash bags for ponchos but having a blast. Always wanted to go.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:08pm PT
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Ha, I was just in Saline a week ago. No problem with a 2 wheel drive from the north..
Went with two good friends..
Bat pole
and camped with a bunch of Chico friends.
Love, Saline..Love... Death Valley.
Wish i was there right now..
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:33pm PT
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yup , concur , most any vehicle will make it into the Saline from the north or south , no big deal ...
...Lippincott has been tamed :(
A 4x4 would still be handy , but a careful driver in a 2wd could likely make it . It's still steep , narrow, and beautiful , so take care .
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Decko
Trad climber
Colorado
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Nov 14, 2014 - 09:14pm PT
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You know ur getting old when you say "it was like 20 years ago" when we visited this place.
We were two young ski bums from Colorado doing a "Mud season" camping trip from Colorado to SF, (where there was a friend to visit) then back to Co and see as much as we could in-between. I think it was in SF at a real cool bookstore, another dinosaur, we found a book that showed all the hot springs in the country......
After we bought it our mission home was to hit as many as possible....
We got into the Saline Valley somehow from the Sierras and still unsure of our whereabouts decided at the half way mark of our gas tank we would turn around if we did not find this place.
Well an old apple cider jug of water at a turn off and I think a bat we found our way to this oasis.
We were thrown back into the 60's.......
Amazed at the beauty of the valley, (even though as described it was HOT) We must have been there in April/May. The people were very friendly and inviting.
That first days soaking in the pools with the people whom were all quite acquainted with each other invited us to come to the fire that night for a slide show.
Huh a slide show in the middle of the dessert ???
We came to the fire where a large white sheet was hung and when everyone was around the fire, the moderator said ok lets go and started up the generator.
The guy giving the slide show was a historian that had known the entire history of this magnificent valley. He had even hiked the entire length of the first tramway in America to find historic glass slides in dumps from former boom towns.
He researched and knew almost each person in these glass slides he had transposed onto film and then was able to tell the complete history of the valley and how it came to be.
Needless to say this 20 something young couple were blown away...
And because the pictures we took were on well print film....
none to share...
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part-time communist
Mountain climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 07:48pm PT
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Best place on earth.
Its the do anything, say anything, be anything, go anywhere kinda place.
ps. anyone know where I can get a (SV) sticker (saline valley sticker)
ps. Saw some ole' timers this past weekend out there.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 20, 2014 - 08:11pm PT
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yup , one thing you can always count on is old naked people in the Saline Valley :/
...I'll look into the sticker as I want one too
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part-time communist
Mountain climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 08:30pm PT
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would be great if it was a sticker that just said SV
---less advertising of the place then :)
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 20, 2014 - 08:33pm PT
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true
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 20, 2014 - 09:25pm PT
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that place is the last known home of the manson family, i hope you were packing a suitable sidearm,
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2014 - 07:28am PT
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Like this? It's seen better days but I wear it with pride.
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part-time communist
Mountain climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 21, 2014 - 10:34am PT
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yes! Where do I get one of those? :)
Is that a custom made sticker?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 21, 2014 - 11:03am PT
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Good news for Desert Rats today - the BLM has not approved the giant energy farm for the
Silurian Valley.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2014 - 02:05pm PT
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It's a custom sticker I had made. Time for a new batch.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Nov 21, 2014 - 03:19pm PT
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Commercializing the Saline with a sticker, what a bunch of knuckleheads. It's full of poisonous snakes and biting bugs and lizards with big teeth. Keep out or people will get hurt.
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Nov 21, 2014 - 04:24pm PT
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why do you need a sticker?
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 21, 2014 - 06:06pm PT
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yo Batrock , if you make up that 'SV' sticker let me know how much ... I got some buddies that would go in as well ...
Why?......
Why Not !!!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Nov 21, 2014 - 06:21pm PT
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Me and my buddy Perry
A Burro Selfie, eh?
That's Perry's mom in behind, but she was pretty chill about me borrowing her little son for a photo opp.
rwedgee - GREAT photo of the tortoise! What kind is he?
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