Originally Posted by
rodar y rodar
Wow, Adrian- what a great trip! I see you also posted in December about planning a different, but equally adventurous loop in the south end of the park. Did you end up doing that too, or did it kind of turn into the one you just wrote up? I sure wish you had taken more pics! I have a trip planned for the park, leaving in not quite three weeks, but much tamer than yours. I hope to incorporate a Beatty-Titus loop and a triangle of Emmigrant, Wildrose, Panamint Valley from a start and end point near the middle.
The trip in December didn't turn out as planned. My wife and I started it but had to cancel on day two after she developed severe pain and swelling in her achilles. We think it had to do with her fairly new cycling shoes. The tongues were digging into her shins so she started pointing her toes while riding. The following day she wore other shoes as she didn't want to be clipped in on the dirt. These shoes dug into her achilles and exacerbated the problem and we decided to hitch a lift back to the car at Furnace Creek and try it another time. I am waiting for work to slack a little before doing that route again, hopefully within the next month.
I have plenty more photos from the trip but didn't post them. I may put some more up on Flickr.
Your trip sounds great. Titus should be a fun ride, I still want to cycle it. I have driven the route. If you can do that you can pretty much do anything. I'd like to hear about your trip.