Death Valley National Park – Charm

North Carolina woman found alive months after car found near Death Valley

A missing North Carolina woman was found alive in Colorado more than eight months after her disappearance. Kelsey Pittman’s family last spoke to her in November 2024, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Inyo County is home to California’s Death Valley National Park. Pittman was 33 at the time. Pittman was…

An 80-year-old man ran a 135-mile ultramarathon through Death Valley. Here’s what it took.

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When 80-year-old Bob Becker crossed the finish line 135 miles from his starting point in the scorching Death Valley, he made history as the oldest runner to complete the Badwater 135. The ultramarathon, nicknamed the “world’s toughest race,” takes runners through a desert in southwestern California in the middle of summer. It was around 118…