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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's way more beautiful when you go there during cool season. In hot season, you want to get away as fast as you can.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yep even in cool you really get a sense of how dangerous an area it is. A few bad choices during a summer visit could really hurt you

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Then why did they build a fucking road through it?!!!

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That write up on finding the German family that vanished in Death Valley really did a good showcase of how easily that can happen.

‘At that moment they were in a survival situation, although they did not yet realize that fact.’