i agree. traversing made a huge difference. but in regards to what Dan said, i woulnd't skip out on the place. if you are there, then check it out. its amazing.
i think coal. but i'm not sure. i know there were small silver deposits in the LV back when settlers were first here. But i guess it could possibly be limestone.
i think it would be cool to check out.... but not if it was super unsafe like they are saying.
they charged me $25. wow. $75? crazy. and no, the Whitehall Buck doesn't have the equipment. they told m they had to scrap the stuff they got from Nestors because it didn't pass any test and wasn't safe to be mountain with, so they shipped it down to Ardmore i think.
they do it themselves. but not all of their shops have the equipment to do it, so unfortunately they have to send it to one of their other shops. at least that was my understanding when i got my stuff there.
also, do plane tickets to Utah count as a gear purchase? so stoked!