Why not have an escalator the last 500 or 600 meters. That would speed these guys up. Maybe have a little stand at the top to help fund the project. Sell T Shirts and stuff. Like I climbed all this way and all I got was this lousy T Shirtby telfair ave - General Discussion
Quotemarmot if you skip to 6:50 you can see a llama being used on a trail http://youtu.be/70eCZfSES8g i can't find it but i remember seeing a video about pack llamas for the forest service I remember reading about them years ago. They do not really leave paw prints or cause any erosion on the traisl like horses do. They also will eat anything, so you do not have to feed them on the trailby telfair ave - General Discussion
If you are going to beat them, would you rather not have bruises show? then maybe a 2 by 4 to the midsection. If you don't care then maybe a baseball bat.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I think there was a goose massage at the very end.by telfair ave - General Discussion
Quotettilley Weirdly, a couple years ago at Bliss State Park I saw someone w/ a tent mounted, somehow, on their pickup. Although their tent actually fit on the truck, unlike this tent-ma-hall. There used to be a company (maybe 2) that manufactured camper shells that folded out into tents. I had one about 20 years ago and it worked pretty darn good.by telfair ave - General Discussion
finding a campsite in Yosemite for 20 people in July? Good luck!!! How about going up to the Red's Meadow area near mammoth (there are about 1/2 dozen campgrounds in that valley). Those are bigger campsites, have flush toilets and are away from things. You can make day trips back to the upper parts of Yosemite and the grandmother can stay in the town of Mammoth if need be.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek By tapping into an aquifer the size of Rhode Island under the 35,000-acre Cadiz ranch, proponents say they can supply 400,000 people with drinking water in only a few years. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/06/national/a070108S55.DTL I had a friend who was a a golf course superintendent at Silver Lakes GC and they had a community out there. Very weird beingby telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteDave Quotetelfair aveI don't think he was putting forth any views, he was asking a question or 2. Come on, do you really believe I am naive enough to fall for that? He was stating his views in the form of loaded questions. QuoteNobody is asking you to conform to any views. He was. QuoteJust live up to your beliefs is better. How is that? Not any better. Quote It seems like the ansby telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteDave Quotetelfair aveWhat choice are you and others on here making?Many. QuoteThe choice would be clear in Snorkus' questions.....Why do we have to conform to his views of what we have to do? I don't think he was putting forth any views, he was asking a question or 2. Nobody is asking you to conform to any views. Just live up to your beliefs is better. How is that? It seems like the aby telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteDave Quotetelfair aveI won't speak for Snorkus and what is intention is, but they are straight forward questions, but obviously make you uncomfortable to answer them.No one is uncomfortable answering those questions. Everyone recognizes they are bogus though. QuoteThey are not "wedge" questions, they are real questions of what you actually believe and/or want others to believe.Yby telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter Quotetelfair ave QuoteFrank Furter Quotesnorkus Just curious. How many of you folks: 1) Drive non-fossil fuel vehicles 2) Are off of the grid, using wind or solar power (or other) for your domicile? 3) Limit driving trips to Yosemite, to say once a year 4) How far away are you from Yosemite? I am curious about this because I am envious that many of you get there soby telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter Quotesnorkus Just curious. How many of you folks: 1) Drive non-fossil fuel vehicles 2) Are off of the grid, using wind or solar power (or other) for your domicile? 3) Limit driving trips to Yosemite, to say once a year 4) How far away are you from Yosemite? I am curious about this because I am envious that many of you get there so often. These sound more like rhetby telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteDave Quotetraildad.... If it is all proven, why aren't current conditions living up to the hype?The only hype is coming from the deniars. Like I said, a basic science course at local junior college would be helpful. So, If you question somebody on the liberal left, you are a deniar, but if you are on the left and question something, you are a truth seeker. Got it thanks!!!!by telfair ave - General Discussion
QuoteDave Quotetelfair aveso, some areas will become inhabitable because rising sea levels, but large tracts of land in Greenland, Siberia, upper parts of Canada, Antarctica etc. will become habitable and productive farmland. Of course, this assumes that it will continue to get hotter.That is a misconception many like to believe, but of course it's no where near reality. Sure, you'll be able toby telfair ave - General Discussion
Quoteszalkowski Quoteeeek Quotetelfair aveOf course, this assumes that it will continue to get hotter. Of course, the one constant in this is that scientists will need massive amounts of spending to look into it. That part of the economy will surely continue to prosper. So you'd rather the money go to the parasites on Wall Street instead? To paraphrase a famous quote of Samuel Johnson: 'Igby telfair ave - General Discussion
Quoteeeek ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2011) — Rising sea levels in the coming centuries is perhaps one of the most catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures. Massive economic costs, social consequences and forced migrations could result from global warming. But how frightening of times are we facing? Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute are part of a team that has calculated the long-terby telfair ave - General Discussion
I have read the Therma Cell does not work at higher elevationsby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek ScienceDaily (July 25, 2011) — An increase in wildfires due to climate change could rapidly and profoundly alter the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, according to a new study authored by environmental engineering and geography Professor Anthony Westerling of the University of California, Merced. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725152847.htm They will get a grant toby telfair ave - General Discussion
I have one and the proof is still there. Year ago (I guess decades ago) I went up to Tuolumne Meadows and the campground was about full. Peopel back then used to just drive around and kept looking for spots. I was by myself in a little Honda Accord. In loop A on the very last section there is, if you look real closely (especially if you really want a campsite and there are none) what almost aby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quotehappykamper (I also wouldn't call the fence at Vernal a 'skimpy little rail,' but that's just me.) In my opinion, the railing at Vernal Falls is pretty skimpy, and if it were a couple of young kids (12-year-old or younger) that hopped over it and drowned, their parents might have a good case. Put it another way, if a homeowner had a fence like the one at Vernal Falls surrby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteKenS Neat time lapse photograph I believe of a lone hiker ascending the cables just before sunrise. http://redwoodclub.weebly.com/photo-gallery.html i must be mistaken, but isn't that looking west and wouldn't that be sunset back there?by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on IMO it's only fair to share since I've gleaned some ideas and knowledge I possibly would never have known without this crazy board. *** Ever since I went up Wildcat Pt. in 2008 and got a REALLY good look at Falls Ridge I've had the idea to traverse the thing. Got my chance this last weekend. Coupled with "Murphy Ridge" and May Lake Mystery Trail we ended up with aby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteMom With these new figures, this is hardly something to brag about. 5.8 million minus the $700,000 they'll receive from PG & E = 5.1 million. 5.1 million minus the $50,000 per year in savings = over 100 years before the initial cost is paid for. The average solar panel is expected to last for 25 years. Another candidate for a Fleecing of America award. But, you didn't aby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteparklover Are they on top of buildings or on the ground? They will actually cascade down the waterfalls. They will double as waterwheels also generating power from the sun and the water. This might change the views to Yosemite Falls, but the different look will also give new opportunities for not only nature lovers to view, but techies also to see.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteSierraGold Are you sure you're not thinking of Horsetail Fall? There was an actual "Fire Falls" off of Glacier Point. http://firefall.info/by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
the current safeguards are adequate for normal human beings that are obeying the signs and normal safety procedures.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They will sacrifice the one extra individual by setting him on fire and throwing him off Glacier point. Be sure to not be the last person in bed if you want to avoid this painful and excruciating end. Either that or just go with 7 and nothing happens.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Yeah, I saw that on the Modesto Bee's video clip. Honestly, there's not much to search for if by miracles they had survived the tumble since to do so, they would had to be above the waterline next to the rocks or the river shore. I'm sure Yosemite SAR crews would have spotted them if that was the case. Don't know what else the Park Service could do? Unfortunately, in similar siby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Did anyone listen to the spokesperson for the families from the Modesto Bee article. She felt betrayed and it is unfair and bringing an attorney etc. because there wasn't more of a rescue effort. What she needed to be saying was thanking everyone for their efforts and sorry about the idiotic actions of her family members that lead to this.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteTinaD I have a reservation in TM July 20-23. Is there a number I can call to get updated information on whether the campground will be open by then? Will they notify me ahead of time if it isn't? Also, this is the beginning of our 12 day camping trip, I am wondering if I would be able to get access to another bear box (besides the one that is provided at my campsite) for more food stoby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion