Found this on youtube this morning:
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Does this mean that the chicken whisperer climbed the entire Ledge Trail?
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Did the permit dude make any fuss about your destination (a-Ledge-d Trail)
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(how many of you stuck the paper clip in the outlet after you mom told u not to?)
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What is "a-Ledge-d Trail"? Does it have an alternative name? I do not see it on my map.
What is the meaning of "Closed" and "Do not attempt" in the Yosemite Valley?
Is it just a suggestion or it will be a criminal offense in case you disregard it?
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In what sense do you call it a "DEATH TRIP"?
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In what sense do you call it a "DEATH TRIP"?
For sure you do not mean this literally for a trail which was previously officially maintained.
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I thought I posted a link to the other photos on that trip.
I don't see them above so here's the link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/yosemite.chick.on/Ledge
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one hiker opinion that I read posted that there is a point where returning downward is near impossible.
similar to half dome, there is a steel cable that remains from 5 decades ago.... evidence of days long gone.
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By the way, I sure wish you had done more extensive video coverage of the trail. AWESOME !
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Haven't done Indian Canyon yet. It's on my list... it just looks ungodly overgrown.
A bit wet right now too:
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Heck ya.. I want GPS coords!
For the Cathedral Rocks... are you talking thru the Gunsight? or some other route?
Anything else you have... purty please... Best way up Sunnyside?
Have you been up Grizzly? via the Gulch? Which one is LeConte btw.?
Getting up to top o Grizz was def. class 3 movie near the top. Bird stayed below..
I'll PM my email adx. Thanks in advance!
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Heck ya.. I want GPS coords!
For the Cathedral Rocks... are you talking thru the Gunsight? or some other route?
Anything else you have... purty please... Best way up Sunnyside?
Have you been up Grizzly? via the Gulch? Which one is LeConte btw.?
Getting up to top o Grizz was def. class 3 movie near the top. Bird stayed below..
I'll PM my email adx. Thanks in advance!
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By the way, the Diving Board is a vastly neater place than Grizzly Peak, in my opinion.
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You should only be in that area maybe 10 minutes. beyond there there is little danger.
If you are really unlucky... then you won't know what hit you.
Sure there is danger... but ... I look up every time I go past Liberty Cap and say "please don't anything fall now" too.
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Have you ever looked up at the vast expanse of cliff towering above you while you're going up the switchbacks in the gully part of Upper Yosemite Falls Trail?
You know . . . that part of the trail that killed hikers the last time it had a good fall!... ( ok, yes, that was a long time ago )
But none the less, that's the trail where I'm saying to myself "please don't anything fall now".
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whatever,
yeah, there's a lot of recent rockfall ...
here's the sign... and right next to it is a wacked tree from very very recent.
You should only be in that area maybe 10 minutes. beyond there there is little danger.
If you are really unlucky... then you won't know what hit you.
Sure there is danger... but ... I look up every time I go past Liberty Cap and say "please don't anything fall now" too.
Haven't done Indian Canyon yet. It's on my list... it just looks ungodly overgrown.
Done those babies before (such as old trail from Poopenaut towards North Mountain)... and they are delicious.
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Yury,
As someone who has spent time outside of the US, I can say that for the most part, it takes a certain amount of effort to put one's self at unreasonable risk while at American parks. There are rails & ramps, steps & stops, fluffed & folded trails, and more signs than one can ever read, all designed keep you out of harm's way. Occasionally, the American system determines that in spite of all these precautions, folks STILL might get hurt, and being the litigious society that the US is, such risk to life & dollar are not acceptable. Americans like this security blanket, and for the most part, the citizens have lost the thirst for measurable risk and challenge, thus, "dangerous" is defined on almost a ridiculous scale**. If you have climbed/hiked in the Dolomites/Alps...or even Eastern Sierra Peaks, many of the routes deemed "dangerous" in the US would be laughable to you. So it must be said, Americans are a spoiled lot for all of the above mentioned reasons, thus, it is the policy to create more policy to further eliminate the possiblity of pushing one's limits, because when the intrepid adventurer gets hurt, the second person he calls is his lawyer (the first person is the helicopter service)
**THe Ledge Trail being one of those places that does NOT have all of the steps, stops, rails etc., thus, one can actully pitch forth into the abyss....should he be foolish enough to venture forth unprepared on the way down. THe rock falls can be untimely, too. In days past, such risks were acceptable, by todays standards, they are not.
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Gigapan of view from Eyehook Point along Ledge Trail
Spherical Panorama WWP entry for Elevation Event - view from Eyehook Point along Ledge Trail - Best view is Fullscreen
One of my favorite hike/views in the valley area.
Another one is Sierra Point. I'd consider that trail much more dangerous for the novice than ledge trail, at least going up hill.
Ledge trail IS A DEATH TRIP for the first-timer going downhill. A number of the deaths on Ledge Trail are in this catagory.
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Gigapan of view from Eyehook Point along Ledge Trail
Spherical Panorama WWP entry for Elevation Event - view from Eyehook Point along Ledge Trail - Best view is Fullscreen
One of my favorite hike/views in the valley area.
Another one is Sierra Point. I'd consider that trail much more dangerous for the novice than ledge trail, at least going up hill.
Ledge trail IS A DEATH TRIP for the first-timer going downhill. A number of the deaths on Ledge Trail are in this catagory.
It'd be interesting to know about the number of successes, in either direction. 14 deaths, while tragic, isn't that big a number. Hundreds, reportedly, die annually on China's "Hua Shan" trail. Perhaps some of you have heard about that infamous hike.
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Gigapan of view from Eyehook Point along Ledge Trail
Spherical Panorama WWP entry for Elevation Event - view from Eyehook Point along Ledge Trail - Best view is Fullscreen
One of my favorite hike/views in the valley area.
Another one is Sierra Point. I'd consider that trail much more dangerous for the novice than ledge trail, at least going up hill.
Ledge trail IS A DEATH TRIP for the first-timer going downhill. A number of the deaths on Ledge Trail are in this catagory.
It'd be interesting to know about the number of successes, in either direction. 14 deaths, while tragic, isn't that big a number. Hundreds, reportedly, die annually on China's "Hua Shan" trail. Perhaps some of you have heard about that infamous hike.
Mt HuaShan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4-cwNvDuE
I did this Hike in 2007 I suspect It might be more dangerous then anything in yosemite. I wore a harness so wasent too bad, but you will see some Chinese people doing the hike to the temple with out anything. Harness or not, its Chinese engineering so its always a bit iffy. Ill load my pics up and post them.
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Nice video. I've always wanted to go up this trail. You might have just inspired me to do so, and take along my own little good luck charm.
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Nice video. I've always wanted to go up this trail. You might have just inspired me to do so, and take along my own little good luck charm.
A fuzzy good luck charm will almost always guarantee a good day in the hills!
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Nice video. I've always wanted to go up this trail. You might have just inspired me to do so, and take along my own little good luck charm.
A fuzzy good luck charm will almost always guarantee a good day in the hills!
I'm actually not familiar with this fuzzy guy. Tasmanian Devil maybe? Just a guess...
For me, pandas are good luck.
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