October 27, 2010, 8:30 pm Goat vs. Man By TIMOTHY EGAN ... We expect bears and great white sharks to be predatory toward humans. But goats, well, their record is not exactly homicidal, and we’ve anthropomorphized them into cuddly toys with superb climbing skills. The tragedy in the Olympics says something about what happens when people try to fine-tune the wild. The natural balance isby KenS - General Discussion
October 26, 2010 at 8:04 AM Tacoma hiker, 50, missing since Saturday is found A Tacoma woman reported missing Monday morning after failing to return from a day hike into the Lake Ingalls area near Cle Elum, Kittitas County, was found alive Tuesday afternoon. By Seattle Times staff A Tacoma woman reported missing Monday morning after failing to return from a Saturday hike was found aliveby KenS - General Discussion
Other mountain goat attacks in Olympic Park: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013230235_apwamountaingoatattack1stldwritethru.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013215400_goats21m.htmlby KenS - General Discussion
The link to the information below was lifted from a PCT blog site: A Guide to Water Filters Filtering tap water: Many but not all available home water filters remove Cryptosporidium. Some filter designs are more suitable for removal of Cryptosporidium than others. Filters that have the words "reverse osmosis" on the label protect against Cryptosporidium. Some other types of filtersby KenS - General Discussion
October 18, 2010 at 9:10 PM Mountain goat that fatally injured man known to be troublesome By Jack Broom A friend of the Port Angeles man fatally injured by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park on Saturday says the animal that killed Robert Boardman was "a rogue goat that someone should have done something about sooner." Tim McNulty, of Sequim, said hikers have repeatedby KenS - General Discussion
October 16, 2010. Taking Tree-Hugging to New Heights An ultra green resort where you can climb a tree and spend the night dangling up in the air. Whether you sleep tight or make like a night owl is up to you. By BENJAMIN PERCY I am dangling 100 feet in the air. The only thing that keeps me from plummeting to the forest floor is a braided nylon rope as wide around as my finger. It is anchoby KenS - General Discussion
October 14, 2010 at 10:48 AM | Page modified October 14, 2010 at 2:11 PM After 50 years, Mountaineers Books still on the rise The Mountaineers Books is on solid ground as it prepares to observe its 50th anniversary: Sales at the nonprofit club's publishing division rose 15 percent to more than $3.3 million for last fiscal year, and the 15-employee operation earned a profit of about 8 percentby KenS - General Discussion
The Colorado River Runs Dry Dams, irrigation and now climate change have drastically reduced the once-mighty river. Is it a sign of things to come? By Sarah Zielinski Smithsonian magazine, October 2010 From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River channels water south nearly 1,500 miles, over falls, through deserts and canyons, to the lush wetlands of a vast delta in Mexby KenS - General Discussion
RECENT RESCUES 10-6-10 Missing Person Search - Saddlebag Lake / Virginia Canyon On October 6, 2010 Yosemite National Park Search and Rescue Office established a unified command structure with the Mono County Sheriff’s Office for an overdue backpacker search in Yosemite National Park and Mono County. The subject, a 70 year old male from California was on a 5 night one-way hike from Virginby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
October 6, 2010 at 11:01 AM Bear-attack survivor describes sights, sounds of 'horrendous fight' John Chelminiak, who was attacked by a bear at his summer home in Eastern Washington last month, gives a chilling account of the incident. By Nicole Tsong John Chelminiak was fumbling with his headlamp on Lakeshore Drive at Lake Wenatchee when he heard the scratch of nails on the road and tby KenS - General Discussion
Toiling to Save a Threatened Frog By ERICA REX Published: October 4, 2010 SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. — From the summit of Bishop Pass in the Sierra Nevada, elevation 11,972 feet, all you can see are miles of granite peaks against the sky. There is no traffic and no pollution. The natural world seems pure and unspoiled. But appearances are deceiving. Over the last dby KenS - General Discussion
Published: Oct. 2, 2010 Stuck in the Sierra By DAVID COMFORT THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The truck was stuck, help was miles away, and I was sure my dog was going to die. Not that he was hurt or anything. It's just that he's a weenie, my big ol' tough pit bull Cheater, who turns into a sodden mope on camping trips. He also loses his appetite, meaning he had eaten almost nothing for nearlyby KenS - General Discussion
OCTOBER 5, 2010. Treating Heart Patients With Thin Air High-Altitude Regimen Favored by Endurance Athletes Shows Promise in Study. By AMY DOCKSER MARCUS Heart-failure researchers are testing a provocative hypothesis: whether a technique used by elite athletes to improve endurance can help some of medicine's sickest patients improve their ability to exercise and function in their daily livby KenS - General Discussion
Himalayas Unsettled by Melting Glaciers, More Avalanches By Bhuwan Sharma* KATHMANDU, Oct 4, 2010 (IPS) - For the last two climbing seasons, Dawa Sherpa has missed scaling the summit of Mt Everest. But the climate ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and two-time Everest summiteer may not be relishing the thought of bearing witness once more to the impact of rising temperatures on theby KenS - General Discussion
During inclement weather, do the rangers deny access up the cables where they collect the tickets?by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Just the day before that story was reported in the SF paper, there was this other bear story about a lady who was buying 6000 pounds of food a month for her ursine food dispensary on her property. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/27/MNJO1FGPSJ.DTLby KenS - General Discussion
Thriving in Harsh Settings, Old Trees May Soon Meet Their Match By JIM ROBBINS Published: September 27, 2010 GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, Nev. — For millenniums, the twisted, wind-scoured bristlecone pines that grow at the roof of western North America have survived everything nature could throw at them, from bitter cold to lightning to increased solar radiation. Living in extreme condby KenS - General Discussion
In Search of the Grizzly (if Any Are Left) By WILLIAM YARDLEY Published: September 16, 2010 ... For nearly 30 years the federal government has had a program to help restore the grizzly bear population in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming. It has made a difference in places like Yellowstone National Park and the Continental Divide region of Montana, but not in the North Cascades, one ofby KenS - General Discussion
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 11:03 AM Hiker shoots self in butt on Blewett Pass A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a handgun in his back pocket By The Associated Press WENATCHEE — A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a handgun in his back pocket. The Chelan County sheriff's office says the 52-year-old Snohomish man had moved his .40by KenS - General Discussion
A Cathedral to the Shrine of Nature By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN Published: August 30, 2010 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — The view from the cathedral-size windows of the $27 million visitor center that opened here last week leads down a paved path toward a gently curved mound of rock. A mist of hissing steam drifts from the mound, but every 90 minutes or so, water starts to spurt fitfully, thenby KenS - General Discussion
National Geographic ultimate adventurers of 2010 Ed Stafford Feat: Trekked for 859 days from source to sea on along the Amazon River In a time when there are few great expeditions to still be completed, British adventurer Ed Stafford found one. On April 2, 2008, he set out to travel the entire length of the Amazon River, from source to sea, on foot, a distance of more than 4,000 miles (6,437by KenS - General Discussion
Hantavirus suspected in death By David Benda Saturday, August 14, 2010 Mono County health officials believe a 61-year-old Redding man who was working as a seasonal park employee in Bodie died late last week from hantavirus, a rare disease carried by rodents. Richard Laird Johnson died Thursday afternoon at a Reno hospital after suffering from flu-like symptoms for four days. httpby KenS - General Discussion
Outdoor Retailer: Packs from Sierra Designs, Granite Gear by Tom Mangan posted Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 7:13 am The dozens of packs I saw at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market last week are mostly a blur this week. I do recall a nifty Granite Gear model built to wrap around a bear canister (see below), but today it's obvious I missed the most interesting pack news at OR: Sierra Designs' &by KenS - General Discussion
August 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM 6th cougar caught, killed on Oregon sheep farm BROWNSVILLE, Ore. — A Brownsville farmer and her son say they still don't feel safe after a trapper killed a cougar on her farm — the sixth cougar found on her property in two months. Cathy Stepp says she and her 12-year-old son Colton both carry firearms with them when they travel on their property. Stepp raby KenS - General Discussion
Tale of Ansel Adams Negatives Grows Hazy By REYHAN HARMANCI Published: August 13, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — It was a dream come true, straight out of “Antiques Roadshow.” In 2000 Rick Norsigian, a painter in a school maintenance department, bought a box of photo negatives at a garage sale in Fresno, Calif., for $45. Last month, a decade later, he stood in a Beverly Hills art gallery to annouby KenS - General Discussion
I made a short trip up to Yosemite earlier this week, and on my way back to the Bay Area, just at the bottom of the New Priest Grade Road, I thought I was about to witness a head-on crash between a minivan and a truck. Going down the New road, I was the second vehicle behind a fifth wheel RV which was travelling at about the speed limit. At the bottom of the grade, the minivan behind the RV accby KenS - General Discussion
How does the Old Priest Grade road compare with the New Priest Grade road (highway 120, near Groveland)? My Garmin gps selected the Old road on my trip up to Yosemite last year, but I was unfamiliar with that road so I stuck with the New road (highway 120). It would seem to be less hairy going up the big hill on the Old road in that you'd be driving on the hillside lane. I did an Internet searby KenS - General Discussion
Tom Stienstra's outdoor vacation awards San Francisco Chronicle July 29, 2010 04:00 AM The worst mosquitoes in California are at a wretched sump called Wilma Lake in Yosemite National Park. The least-known great trail camp in the Bay Area is tucked high beneath a ridge at Butano Redwoods State Park. The best day hike to a view anywhere in the West is the 3-mile hike to Mitchell Peak. Thesby KenS - General Discussion
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 12:26 PM Mount Rainier climber killed after fall into crevasse Lee F. Adams, 52, was killed Tuesday on Mount Rainier when he slid into a crevasse high on the Emmons Glacier. By Susan Gilmore A climber was killed Tuesday on Mount Rainier when he slid into a crevasse high on the Emmons Glacier. Lee F. Adams, 52, a noted local climber, was descending from theby KenS - General Discussion
July 28, 2010 at 11:01 AM 1 dead, 2 injured in bear attack at MT campground By MATT VOLZ HELENA, Mont. — At least one bear rampaged through a campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their cars as the animal tore through tents. Three separate atby KenS - General Discussion