coalinga ca
hahahahaha
ahh thank goodness that sign was wrong jack
in fact i suspect all the signs are wrong
& i had a feeling the entire salt flat couldnt all have been at a
single exact level either
but i am glad to learn the truth
even if it leaves my try class e
& if i read the water table & the scattering of puddles right
both of your fellow low points would have been under water yesterday
too
since your info makes the surface of my hole puddle 280 or 281 at best
so my fondest memory will remain & grow
of everyone visiting & mugging beside this lying sign
& marveling at my poor hole belying it
still curious too why one doesnt strike water directly
but must wait some time for ones puddle to fill in
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "jparsell" <jparsell@n...>
wrote:
> Mike wrote:
> still i was able to find the familiar 282 feet below sea level sign
> & the associated nps presentations proclaiming this the lowest
point
> in the western hemisphere
>
>
> I'm missing something here. The elevation at Badwater is -279.8'and
> that's what the sign says or said the last time I was there anyway.
> The lowest elevation in the basin is at two spots out in the salt
> flats both of which measure -282'. It appears that your hole
filled
> up to the watertable level of the lowest points out in the flats.
Is
> that a reasonable assumption? The easiest natural -282' spot to
> access is 1/2 mile out in the flats from the junction of route 178
> and the Natural Bridge road at a compass heading of 216 deg. This
> junction is 3.5 miles N of Badwater. The second -282'spot is 4 mi.
> NW of Badwater way out in the flats. We opted to go to the nearer
> one. For more info see "Backpacking Death Valley" by Chuck Gebhardt
> published in 1985. It may still be available at the Visitor Center.
>
> Jack
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