A recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava Tube

Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Spring 2009

Button Mountain to Baker by bicycle via Aiken Mine Road, with a stop at the Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve (Day 16)

1. I wake up... ... 38. Patience... 39. The first... 40. The Lava... 41. A recently ... 42. Bright... 43. A beam of... 44. Another... ... 59. Bicycle...

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The old road is drivable for a short distance further, then ends at two campsites

Date: June 05, 2009, 13h49

A recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava Tube

I've read that before this modern ladder, visitors climbed down a rickety old wooden ladder instead. The cinder hills in the background are the ones that you see when travelling Kelbaker Road.

Date: June 07, 2009, 15h33

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Death Valley Bicycle Camping 2007 (two weeks)
Henry Coe State Park Bicycle Camping 2006 (four nights)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2006 (two weeks)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2000 (11 days)
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