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.
As the lowest point in North America, Death Valley belongs to a world-wide geographic roguesâ gallery, whose members share these defining features: 1  To have exposed land below sea level, an extremely dry climate is necessary. 2  Like most of these locations, Death Valley was not created by a riverâs erosion.