Earlier this week, Mountain runner Kelly Halpin ran from Shorty’s Well in Death Valley, which is at -266 feet below sea level, to the tallest point in Death Valley, Telescope Peak, at 11,000 feet. Her time was so fast, she surprised herself! But we shouldn’t be surprised because she is AH-MAZING!
High-altitude buzz
A 20-mile hike in the Tetons rewarded bumble bee researcher Ellen Keaveny with a special Bombus occidentalis sighting.