http://www.monosar.org/operations.html Victim's account of accident and rescue on Matterhorn Peak: https://brooklyn182.wordpress.com/by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The smoke from the fires must be really affecting air quality in the San Joaquin: http://viewer.smoke.airfire.org/run/standard/CANSAC-2km/current/ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/fires-in-west-leave-residents-gasping-on-the-soot-left-behind.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-newsby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Humboldt’s Gifts Countless places bear Alexander von Humboldt’s name. So do 300 plants, and 100 animals. Who was he? By Jenny Uglow Sept. 4, 2015 5:03 p.m. ET Packing his bags before his voyage on the Beagle in 1831, and knowing space was tight in his small cabin, Charles Darwin asked the captain if he could take Alexander von Humboldt’s “Personal Narrative,” the seven-volume acby KenS - General Discussion
As Hikers Celebrate on Appalachian Trail, Some Ask: Where Will It End? By KATHARINE Q. SEELYEAUG. 29, 2015 MOUNT KATAHDIN, Me. — The storied Appalachian Trail, which begins 2,190 miles away in Georgia, ends here, with a final scramble up Maine’s highest peak — some of it nearly vertical, much of it blocked by boulders. For those who have trekked five or six months, Katahdin’s iconicby KenS - General Discussion
Animation of areas likely to be affected by smoke from California fires: http://viewer.smoke.airfire.org/run/standard/CANSAC-6km/2015090412by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Another take on Bryson's book: August 21, 2015 Why the Most Popular Hiking Memoirs Don’t Go the Distance By Robert Moor When I was eighteen, I bought a copy of Bill Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods,” which remains, if my conversations with strangers are any indication, the only book anyone has ever read about the Appalachian Trail. http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/whyby KenS - General Discussion
Rough Fire Closure larock1971@ymail.com Message 1 of 4 , Aug 20 5:10 PM I'm hearing from my son and cousin, through an InReach, that rangers are turning back hikers going south out of MTR due to the air quality because of smoke from the Rough Fire. I'm not certain if they talked with a rangerby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Rough Fire grows to more than 12,000 acres By Brian Johnson Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:00PM CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Rough Fire east of Fresno in the Sierra National Forest is expected to eventually burn between 30,000 and 40,000 acres. http://abc30.com/news/200-us-forest-service-firefighters-battling-steep-terrain-at-rough-fire/928870/ Satellite image of fire: http://rapidfirby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
From the latest satellite image, it looks like most of the smoke is coming from the Rough Fire (near Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP) and the Cabin Fire (Golden Trout Wilderness): http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?subset=AERONET_Fresno.2015223.aqua.250m http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4456/ http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4423/ http://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/aqmonitoby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Most reported plague cases are in the Southwest US: . Plague found in Flagstaff, officials urge precautions Charly Edsitty, 12 News 5:25 p.m. MST April 6, 2015 Hikers and pet owners recreating in the Picture Canyon trail area are being asked by the Coconino County Public Health Services District to take extra precautions after confirmation of fleas infected with the plague were found in tby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Possible/probable closures with new Yosemite Concessionaire Contract? http://www.myyosemite.com/content/services-removed-new-yosemite-concessionaire-contract-2016by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Bears are still a problem in the Rock Creek area: http://www.rockcreeklake.com/board/index.php?topic=1080.0by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The latest news from the San Francisco paper: AP Exclusive: Deaths of Yosemite jumpers remain a mystery Scott Smith, Associated Press Updated 9:07 am, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — World-famous wingsuit flier Dean Potter had strapped his iPhone to the back of his head and hit record before jumping from a cliff in Yosemite National Park in what was to be an exhilaratby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hollywood's next hiking movie is coming out around Labor Day -- A Walk In The Woods -- starring 78-year-old Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. (Saw the trailer this weekend.)by KenS - General Discussion
July 26, 2015 The state of California is hiring, and it may want people like you By Andrew Holzman Every day, California government officials are looking for people to fill thousands of full-time vacancies. Their recruiting is heating up. Forty percent of state employees are eligible to retire, and only about 10 percent of the workforce is under age 30, compared to about 25 percent of theby KenS - General Discussion
That area must not be as well known as spots along the JMT because after the July 4th weekend I was able to get a wilderness permit for Mono Pass (Inyo) and a reservation at the Old Shady Rest campground in Mammoth Lakes. Planning to spend part of the first day of my vacation hiking around Cathedral Lakes. The second day hiking up to Morgan Pass in Little Lakes Valley. Then a couple of dayby KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
In Google maps, if you click on the hiker icon in the toolbar, it should take about 69 hrs to cover the 201 miles from S.F. to Tuolumne Meadows.by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Why Have Volcanoes in the Cascades Been So Quiet Lately? Erik Klemetti Date of Publication: 05.22.15. This week marks the 100th anniversary of the eruption of California’s Lassen Peak. As the anniversary slides past, it leaves Mount St. Helens as the only Cascade Range volcano that has erupted over the last century. This means that although we have thirteen major composite volcanoes plby KenS - General Discussion
The Last Flight of Dean Potter The pioneering climber and BASE-jumper defied convention to his last day. Daniel Duane, Men’s Journal, provided by Published 10:00 am, Friday, May 22, 2015 At 7:25 pm on Saturday, May 16th, Dean Potter zipped up his wingsuit, and, with friend Graham Hunt stepped to the edge of Taft Point, 3,500-feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley. Their plan was to jby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
On the "Wild, Wild East" side of the island you'll find the part hippie communities. Not safe in some places: http://www.city-data.com/forum/big-island/327109-safe-camping-big-island.html On the west side of the island are some of the most expensive homes in the state: http://www.honolulumagazine.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=7917&url=/Honolulu-Magazine/September-2010/The-25-Mby KenS - General Discussion
Restoration of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Project The Mariposa Grove restoration project will restore dynamic ecological processes and increase the resiliency of this treasured grove to withstand emerging stressors today and in the future. This project is underway, although major work won't begin until at least July 6, 2015, and tentatively ending about 24 months later. Once complby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
More information about that tragic accident: Yosemite plunge: Fatal mistake in a sport with no room for error By Peter Fimrite Updated 7:09 pm, Monday, May 18, 2015 http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Yosemite-plunge-Fatal-mistake-in-a-sport-with-no-6271703.php (I was at Arches National Park the day after Dean Potter climbed up Delicate Arch. There were a couple of TV news vansby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Weather forecasts for Tuolumne area: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.877148907000446&lon=-119.37765985399972&site=all&smap=1#.VQuO-eGrEls http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Lembert-Dome/forecasts/2880by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
‘Carpe diem’: Google CFO’s farewell will make you want to retire earlier Published: Mar 10, 2015 10:37 p.m. ET ByShawnLanglois His goodbye post started off like so many other trite corporate farewells. Google Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette, after seven years spent deep in the Internet giant’s financial books, announced on Tuesday he’ll be retiring from the job “to spendby KenS - General Discussion
Customer service is hard to do even with training: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/business/smallbusiness/a-whole-town-tries-to-improve-its-customer-service-how-could-we-be-a-70.html?_r=0 Yelp's 2015 highest ranked place eat is in Big Pine: http://officialblog.yelp.com/2015/01/yelps-top-100-places-to-eat-in-the-us-for-2015.htmlby KenS - General Discussion
The Fermi Paradox Posted: 06/17/2014 12:57 pm EDT Everyone feels something when they're in a really good starry place on a really good starry night and they look up and see this: Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the old "existential meltdown followed by acting weird for thby KenS - General Discussion
Pictures of the rifle in an updated article: http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/132-year-old-winchester-found-national-park/by KenS - General Discussion
My neighbor growing up in Hawaii coined the term "Pineapple Express": 1-3-97, KUSI Morning News--Wilbur Shigehara, National Weather Service, retires today at 55. (...) Coined the term Pineapple Express and Yukon Express. http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2000-January/004165.htmlby KenS - General Discussion
Click on "Earth" for more menu options, again to close the menu.by KenS - General Discussion
I read somewhere that mountaineer R.J. Secor had over the years hiked up Mt. Wilson Toll Road to Henninger Flats over 2,000 times.by KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra