FM, yeah Death Valley, it is pretty awesome out there - it hit 122 degrees last week. If you go to my business site at http://www.climbingschool.com then click on - Enter and go to the Introduction page (left sidebar) and scroll down to the very bottom of the page you'll see another "Clicking Here" link and that will take you to an article I wrote for National Geographic Adventure Magazine several years ago - it's titled; 'The nexus and nemesis of travel' (scroll down through the stories and you'll see it), it's a funny story about my girlfriend and I in Death Valley.