Day 4 Lone Pine to Beatty Keith, Bryan & Ian left Lone Pine around 8.30, turning off not far out of Lone Pine towards Cerro Gordo mine. This became a steep rocky road, eventually reaching a supposedly defunct but appearing to be still operating gold & silver mine. While descending a steep & loose rocky trail into Death Valley, a squadron of fighter jets flew overhead at an unbelievable pace & noise level. Not realising their rapid approach created a startling experience when they arrived, not conducive for relaxed riding for adventurers of a certain age! Choosing the difficult expert option of Lippincott Pass which was a rocky, narrow, off camber track with huge drop offs on one side. Don't look down was the predominant thought. The consensus was that this pass was as difficult as
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