After a morning of driving through Yosemite, we decided that our timing to travel across Death Valley wasn't as good of planning as we probably could have had. Our blower on the Jeep went our before we even left New Mexico 11,000 miles ago. It does have cooling and heating ability...at 50 mph. The high temps in Death Valley were of concern, but nothing to fear. We drove through the Valley at 115 degrees, though we can only verify 114 degrees as the temp went down a degree as I got ready to take the picture.
Plenty of plastic film pieces to block the sun and keep the car cool. We moved these around on the windows through out the last part of the trip to block the heat of the sun.
We may have been warm in the car, but the 2009 Badwater Ultra Marathoners had to be even hotter. While driving we saw people running, walking and sometimes shuffling through the intense heat. They had numbers and support cars with them, so we knew something was up.
We found a few sites to explain...http://www.badwater.com/stories/
They say the highest temp that day was 122 degrees!
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_633914.html
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/65648/ultra-marathon-runner-completes-death-valley-run
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