SM, Tuolumne Meandows ... I should have been able to get that one! Duh...! Re: the tourist fatality earlier -- yes, the same fall line. I read about this when it was posted on the Whitney Message Board, of which I am a member. So, it does seem very likely that one of those ledges may have caught my camera first. Not yet being a rock climber, however, I would personally have no way to safelyby california-trailwalker - General Discussion
Sierranomad, Unfortunately, I can't confirm exactly how far it fell -- whether it went all the way to the ground beneath the base of the dome or whether it got caught on one of two ledges others have mentioned are along the fall line on the way down. It was still tumbling with increasing speed when it disappeared out of my sight. I wish I could be more concrete in my answer, but I just don't kby california-trailwalker - General Discussion
Thanks for the encouraging story. I originally posted this same topic on the Mt. Whitney Message Board, of which I am long time member. I already have heard from several people there who have expressed varying degrees of interest in taking a look around for my camera (or at least the piece with the chip in it) while they are at Half Dome hiking/climbing in the near future. I am still hopeful tby california-trailwalker - General Discussion
It's actually a watch, not a warning. However, all that is moot, because the watch just got upgraded to a HEAVY SNOW WARNING. Here it is below: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 216 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007 SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 216 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ****HEAVY SNOW WARNING*by california-trailwalker - General Discussion
I saw Nevada Falls (and Vernal Falls) up close Thursday of last week (9/13). They were both flowing low, but a little fuller than the above picture. CaTby california-trailwalker - General Discussion
Lisa - I filed a lost and found report before I left the valley the next morning. Lucrativ - Had I not taken on the responsibility (moments before losing the camera) to take an ill-prepared couple (no water, no food, no light, husband with leg cramps, discovered their plight @ 3:30-4pm while on the summit of Half Dome with them) back down to Curry Village with me from the summit, I would haveby california-trailwalker - General Discussion
My record with cameras while on granite slabs is now 0-2 in favor of the granite. The first such instance was 2 years ago on Mt. Whitney's Mountaineer's Route, and the results were nowhere as severe and final as the second instance, mentioned below (minus the details). So as to the second instance, during the coming weeks, if anyone finds themselves (deliberately or by accident) wandering aloby california-trailwalker - General Discussion