Under threatening skies, early morning finds us up in the wind of Dante's View again, with Hades as the day's objective. We follow the instructions from Chris Brennan's Excellent Website across the ridge, then down this slope into a canyon. Ram's Death Valley Diary of the day available HERE (on the Canyons Group).

Sunrise shows moisture in the air, something unusual in this neck of the woo... uh, desert.

First rappel. Bill and Steve take a gander.

We gear up. Big cairns as usual.

And down we go. Hades is more of a shallow canyon on a big face, with big drops, than a slot.

A little chilly this morning. Steve going over the edge.