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The Badwater Ultramarathon is a 135-mile (217 km) ultramarathon race starting at −282 feet (−86 m) [1] below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8,360 feet (2,550 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in mid-July when the weather is the most ...
Furnace Creek 508 was an ultramarathon bicycle race that took place annually each October between 1989 and 2013 in Southern California.Its route started in Santa Clarita (25 miles north of Los Angeles), went northeast to Towne Pass and dropped into Death Valley, traversed Death Valley in the southern direction, crossed Mojave Desert and ended at Twentynine Palms.
The Whitney Classic is an 136-mile-long (219 km) endurance mountain bike race that is held in late September or October every year. The ride runs from the Badwater Basin in Death Valley to Whitney Portal.
Suddenly fell off his bike Bike Japan Seito Fujii [104] 50 6/4/2017 Watarase Recreation Area Tochigi Drowning Swim US Glen Bruemmer [105] 54 4/22/2017 Ironman 140.6 Texas Texas Unnatural Death Swim US Kipp Kinsley [106] 25 8/26/2018 Yankton: South Dakota Cardiac arrest Within 24 hours after the race- Kipp won 1st place US Vincent Fleck [107] 69 ...
Extreme heat is both one of Death Valley's greatest intrigues and its most serious safety concern. It's not uncommon for a few people to die in the park from heatstroke in any given summer.
Racetrack playa is approximately 3 miles long and 1.2 miles wide and is located at a height of 3708 feet in a north-south valley east of the Panamint Range within Death Valley National Park. It receives only 3 inches of annual precipitation and is bounded on all sides by north-south ranges rising 1500 to 2000 feet.
A civil lawsuit filed by Santana’s family alleges Chang along with four other drivers in sports cars were speeding and racing against each other on Watts Valley Road, a popular spot for cyclists.
The hottest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 in Death Valley, though some experts dispute that measurement and say the real record was 130 F (54.4 C ...