Delighted, as in I was tickled pink when I got his autograph, or His parents were tickled to death when he decided to marry her. The first term, first recorded in 1922, alludes to one's face turning pink with laughter when one is being tickled. The variant, clearly a hyperbole, dates from about 1800.
The highest range within the park is the Panamint Range with Telescope Peak being its highest point at 11,049 feet (3,368 m). The Death Valley region is a transitional zone in the northernmost part of the Mojave Desert and consists of five mountain ranges removed from the Pacific Ocean.
Death Valley National Park. Not for the faint of heart, Death Valley National Park, in California and Nevada, is hot and dry. Temperatures once hit 134Â°F in July 1913.Zabriskie Point, seen here, offers a spectacular view of the badlands.he largest national park south of Alaska, Death Valley is known for extremes: It is North America's driest and hottest spot (with fewer than two inches/five centimeters of rainfall annually and a record high of 134Â°F), and has the lowest elevation on the continentâ282 feet below sea level.