Brian Dunning recounts a 2024 Skeptoid Adventures trip to Death Valley, where 50 participants explored Badwater Basin and Racetrack Playa while encountering rattlesnakes and scorpions under the guidance of experts like Ben Radford and Erica Dunning. The group received official mission patches and consumed military MREs during their fieldwork. Dunning subsequently announces a second annual expedition to the Bermuda Triangle, scheduled for July 7–11, 2025, featuring 60 travelers on the Celebrity Reflection cruise ship with shore excursions in Bimini and Key West. [Automatically generated summary]
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Surviving Death Valley00:01:57
Greetings!
This is your host, Brian Dunning, who has recently survived the Skeptoid Adventures trip to Death Valley.
50 of you joined me as we went to such places as Badwater Basin, the Devil's Hole, the mysterious sliding stones of Racetrack Playa, mining and petroglyph sites, and much more.
We ate military MREs in the desert, survived rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and scorpions.
It was an adventure like no other.
And, as with all Skeptoid adventures, everyone got their official mission patch in their swag to commemorate the trip.
So next time you go to a conference, look for adventurers sporting the Death Valley 2024 mission patch.
50 Skeptoid listeners strung out across the desert is a large group, and we were fortunate not to lose anyone.
We think.
We're not really too sure.
There were only a few unclaimed suitcases left over, but no matter.
We even had special guest experts along.
Longtime author and skeptical inquirer editor-at-large, Ben Radford, was there entertaining all with local legends and cryptids, and even took a group out one night to recreate an alleged alien video.
We also had along an astrophysicist to give star talks and star walks.
She's one of only 15 people in history to have discovered a circumbinary exoplanet, and you may recognize her name, Erica Dunning.
And of course, every Death Valley trip needs a geologist.
So we brought along a paleoseismologist and Death Valley historian whose name you might also recognize, Andrew Dunning.
And he kept the group entertained and informed at every stop.
The trip was such a great success that we've already scheduled the second annual Skeptoid Adventures trip, braving the Bermuda Triangle.
This time, we're taking 60 of you out to die.
Next Stop Bermuda Triangle00:00:56
I mean out to experience the Bermuda Triangle.
We'll be holding a mini SkepticsCon in our private conference room aboard the solstice-class cruise ship Celebrity Reflection.
Of course, with lots of expert content and speakers, it's a skeptic camp at sea, with commemorative mission patches among your swag, of course.
The dates are July 7th through July 11th, 2025.
Departing and returning Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with shore excursions at Bimini and Key West, where we'll load you up again with all kinds of skeptoid-y content and tours.
Come to skeptoid.com slash events to check it out.
We've also got a banner on every page of skeptoid.com that'll take you right to it.