ADAM HAYDOCK

FRY CANYON. CEDER MESA, UTAH

Adam Haydock June 03, 2020

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IBEX SAND DUNES, DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

June 02, 2020

camp at Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

The Ibex Dunes are located in a remote region inside Death Valley National Park territory. It is surprisingly not to far from a main road, but the way that these dunes are packed into a corner of a mountain range makes these dunes pristine and overlooked by the casual visitor.

Hiking up a dune inIbex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

There is about 8 miles of combined 2WD high clearance dirt road to get to a location where one can park their car on the side of the road and start hiking across the desert to the dunes. There use to be a road leading right to the dunes which has been unmaintained to deter and filter out a few more visitors, but the determined can park and hike to the dunes where they will be rewarded with pristine ripped and unfooted towering sand dunes and the kind of quiet that makes the best of hearing, feel like they have tinnitus. Your ears will ring with silence.

Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

We made a the casual hike to the dunes where they magnified as we got closer and closer to the base of the sand box. The sun was casting a great light in the 100 degree heat so we wasted no time in taking some photos of the slow moving wave action these sand dunes morph into.

Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

We picked a location where one of the dunes appeared to be the highest point and hiked up...well, more like slogged up the thick sand by taking two steps forward and sliding one step back as we made our way higher on the grand dune.

hiking up Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

Once at the top, the views were majestic and the conditions were perfect for photography and the inspiring ponder of how this sand blew over the mountains from another set of dunes.

Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

As the sun set the heat slowly subsided but was still lingering as the day was coming to an end but it wasn't a humid and smug heat, rather it was a thin and dry heat that was perfect for a night under the stars.At night the stars were blaring through the night and shooting stars appeared to be more abundant than the Perseid shower back in August. We even spotted the Andromeda galaxy in a photo we worked on after the visit.

Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

What a remarkable place to visit and there will be more to come in the near future.

Ibex Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

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CHRISTOPHER CREEK CANYON, 3CII. ARIZONA.

Adam Haydock May 28, 2020

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ROUND VALLEY DRAW 2AII, UTAH

May 25, 2020

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LAVENDER CAVE, NEVADA

Adam Haydock April 24, 2020

Nevada has had many cave secrets locked away for some time now. A number of caves were lost in archives and documentation was vague on the whereabouts of a number of caves until last year.

I was able to re locate Charley’s folly cave which led to number of new discoveries within that particular region.

Cine shaft, old glory hole, hiko sink, lava dreams pit, lucky nugget pit, twin pits, angel lake pit, cirque cave, lost hope cave, and more where discovered. Lavender cave has been one of the more elusive caves that has been somewhat difficult to locate, and many attempts were made to relocate the most sought after 200 ft cave.

I am happy to announce that the highly decorated lavender cave has now been located.

Rachael Jamie and I headed up to an area where I have been suspecting lavender cave would be located.

We start up a wash and encounter some interesting leads that unfortunately do not go anywhere.

We continue up a moderate slope and I notice another lead that did not go anywhere.

We start up a wash and encounter some interesting leads that unfortunately do not go anywhere.

We continue up a moderate slope and I notice another lead that did not go anywhere.

Before we continued upward, I wanted to check a side canyon that was a bit steep but appeared to have an interesting feature from the bottom. Once I was able to scramble my way up, I walked up to the bottom of a dry fall with numerous flowstone features, popcorn, and a dark hole with columns that led deeper into a cave. It was at this point I realized I found lavender cave.

I called up Jamie and Rachael and we confirmed that this was indeed a cave and went inside.

The varnishing on the entrance walls was a beautiful array of color, almost like a painters palette.

The first section was crawling and delicately maneuvering around for formations.

The next section were small rimstone pools of water with popcorn, formations all around them.

The gours were actively flowing and the continuing room was actively dripping!

Flowstone walls and formations draped the wall with a fine cut three dimensional geometry and fascinating design. I was very impressed by how the walls looked and how the cave was formed.

This cave appears to be right under a Canyon that takes in water from Time to time. Furthermore the entrance is at the bottom of a dry fall and resembles a beautiful flower like shape with excellent color, including lavender.

The limestone also appeared to change into more of a solid state limestone that gave way to the formation of caves among the region, I bet that there are more of these caves out there.

A higher lead ended to the left but a lead down to the right takes the cave into a muddy restrictive and wet passage that is slippery and moist.

This leads to a hands and knees crawl back towards digging leads. From the vague description

Of the cave 45 years ago, all of the indicators match up and describe lavender cave as we see it today.

I surveyed the cave to 202 feet with a potential lead in the back which was described in a former trip report dated back to the early 1970s.

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