Admittedly I am not a hiker, but what is the point of hiking a salt flat.
All of the hikers I know hike scenic areas. They want to seem beautiful vistas.
What is there to see on a salt flat?
And to top that off there is no water or shelter for miles in any direction.
Well to each his/her own. Salt flats seem good for extreme motorcycle speeds. I agree, no appeal to me to hike across a flat desert of salt.
Some people do things just to see if they can do them. Like traning to run a marathon to be able to say you’ve done one.
I can imagine going six-miles out into the middle of a salt-flat in triple-digit heat in Death Valley would be that sort of thing: to say you did it and saw weird mirages of the mountains floating in mid-air in a cloudless sky.
Put that way, it sounds kinda fun to me. I’ve hiked 12 miles on roads and through terrain...when in shape in my twenties. But if I did such a thing now, I’m training up, taking a buddy, a charged phone, first-aid kit, snacks, and a LOT of water with me!
“Because it’s there.”
But at least you can't get lost, right?
Regards,
I’ve been to Badwater at the start of May. It’s brutally hot even then. This man would have to be insane, if not suicidal, to walk this in July. Death Valley mostly closes up for the summer beginning May 1st for that obvious reason.
The full breadth and depth of the Death Valley experience.
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People who stay home can miss out on a lot
Aside from the urge to make the hike, there is innate curiosity to be satisfied. To a mind that likes to absorb new information, the salt flats were of interest
Admittedly I am not a hiker, but what is the point of hiking a salt flat.
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Out on that flat, you have to look up to see sea level.
You see mountains rising on all sides.
It is scenic, just in a different way.