Dontcha love people that want nature to accommodate their priorities?
I learned my lesson in the '70s. Remember that cliffs are a micro-climate. On the 2nd ascent of Dream Of Dead Horses in September, '79 it hit 122 degrees in the shade, but the only shade on this SSE facing buttress came after 5:30 by which time Pat Miller and I were COOKED.
We had gone through all 2.5 gallons of water and the pins on the racks had gotten so hot that we took our tank tops off at the bivy and our skin peeled off our sides in sheets.
Had we not "conditioned" ourselves by working the summer on a concrete crew we'd have been toast.
But, by all means, WTF do I know. Go ahead and make the desert work for you,..
cdec wrote:^^^^ Yeah I am sure your recollection of a news report from 24 years ago is more accurate than the official NWS records posted on the Weather Underground site. I'll leave your last thought alone.
Cdec - why don't you check out the records for July? Greg never said that the 112 was in August. I'm sure Greg's been waiting for your apology for the last year.
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