Justin and Asher Thompson at the last sequence of Mud Spring Canyon, Nevada Towering over the horizon west of Las Vegas is a beautiful Limestone and sandstone range called the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area. Justin and Asher Thompson at the top of Mud Spring Canyon, Nevada There is some world class climbing, hiking and Canyoneering within and just outside of the...
Cima Lava tube, California The vast and beautiful Mojave desert is one of the best examples of desert terrain with the attention to detail regarding the geologic make up above and below ground. One of these examples is the presence of lava beds might that have erupted over 100,000 years ago. Cima Lava tube, California This lava bed is in-between Kelso and Baker...
The Nevada desert has many secrets including secrets with historic significance. Caves were used as storage facilities for miners and their equipment was kept and at times, left in the caves to never be returned to. Dynamite cave is a small cave located in a remote mountain range within the state of Nevada. The cave itself might be 100ft in total length but...
Timing the weather right in a potentially hostile environment can be almost like threading a needle but with a bit of luck and the right equipment, a trip like this was able to come together. Morman Mountain cave is a hidden gem within the Morman Mountain Range of Nevada. A lot of the caves in the desert southwest have become victims of the...
High Hopes cave, Nevada PHOTO BY: Dan Straley I headed out into a remote part of Nevada with some friends to a range of unexplored limestone mountains that might hold a bunch of caves and karst features to photo and map. We slept out on a basin and in the morning headed out to the head of a promising looking limestone canyon that...
Adam Haydock in hot creek hot spring, Nevada. PHOTO BY: Dan Straley We headed back from a ridge walk in the White pine range and headed down past Lund and back onto another basin which had numerous springs seeping and surging out of the ground. One spring in particular is called Hot Creek Hot spring and was our next stop. Adam haydock in...
