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This excursion panned out to be a real endorsement of the utility of those disposable 35 millimeter cameras!  The photos below document a few more Death Valley Double highlights.

 

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"Some assembly required.
Tom's Lemond Tourlamet
ready to be put together in
the middle of the night in
a Las Vegas hotel room		 The two Lemonds prepped
and ready to be loaded in
the van for the drive to
the Furnace Creek staging
area		 Tom hydrates at
Stovepipe Wells for
the first return to
Furnace Creek		 The watering never stops, even at 30 miles per hour in pitch darkness.  Tom swigs on the flats.

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The view from Pat's
cockpit.  Tom takes advantage of a cross-tailwind and
chases the rising sun
toward Furnace Creek.
In such conditions,
sustained speeds of 30
miles per hour are easily
attainable		 "One down..." 

Pat stands victorious at
the summit of Jubilee Pass		 Appearances can be
deceiving in the desert.  This seemingly mild
gradient tormented us for ten solid miles...
after we'd attacked its
little sibling		 Tom's fueled and
ready to advance
toward the mountains after a brief stop at Ashford Mill

 

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One of the "California Boys",
ultradistance veteran and
Triple Crown holder Clay
Sharp bends Death Valley to his will.  Clay is the only
member of the United States
Coast Guard to hold a
California Triple Crown.

 

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 Present and accounted for:
Tom and Pat greet the lens
after riding 200 miles in the
California desert in a little
over 14 hours saddle time
 

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