eeek wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_HGDCj8hP0 > I've had a link to that particular video in my Favorites folder for some time alongside one with Woody's voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE&feature=related Post Edited (02-10-09 07:43)by szalkowski - General Discussion
szalkowski wrote: > Personal Anecdote: > > Date: circa 1971 > Location: Marginally outside the northern boundary limits of > Camp 4 > > Showing up around 10 PM after a backpacking trip in the high > country and finding the campground full, my girlfriend and I > ended up pitching our tent slightly illegally (I hope that the > Statute of Limitations for prosecutionby szalkowski - General Discussion
Vince wrote: > The web cam earlier (when the sun was up) said "visibility 223 > miles" Is that possible from the rim? I would guess that it rather depends on what one has been smoking. From a purely geometrical viewpoint and ignoring any topographic variation between an observer and an object 223 miles distant (i.e., the objects at both locations are on the surfaceby szalkowski - General Discussion
tomdisco wrote: > The grizzley needs to be at the bottom of the cables lending a > helping hand. Better yet, maybe at the bridge below Vernal > Fall. The parking lot? Jim, I thought about making a similar post yesterday. It would seem to be more useful/logical since it would reduce the environmental impact along the trail.by szalkowski - General Discussion
Bee wrote: > Say, do you supposed that bears can smell SPAM thru the can > even if it was vaccuum wrapped with one of those Seal-a-meal > gadgets??? You might find the following link informative: http://sectionhiker.com/2008/04/11/bears_sense_of_smell/ Personal Anecdote: Date: circa 1971 Location: Marginally outside the northern boundary limits of Camp 4 Showing up aby szalkowski - General Discussion
bill-e-g wrote: > If Bee wants the record I can put in some more Python video > links. Sooo... I guess I'll just go with this one: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE > I'm gonna go ahead and give it a try. It now comes in pouches > which easily fit in your bear can. I'm a big fan of brining Tuna > and some hot sauce so maybe it'll be a small change-up.by szalkowski - General Discussion
Frank Furter wrote: > Cupidity, xenophobia, > and self-interest are factors that usually persuade and > influence conservative behavior. Unfortunately, alturism, > worldview, and social good will not issues that will gain much > traction with the current crop of > O'Reilly-Limbaugh-Hannity-Crowley conservatives. > I rather like Carl Pope's label of "Reckleby szalkowski - General Discussion
Vince wrote: > Obama is not serious about energy independence. You mean like the Shrub Administration? We can start being energy independent by scrapping every one of the SUVs on our roads. Post Edited (02-05-09 11:10)by szalkowski - General Discussion
Bee wrote: They took out > anything that might cause anyone to have to start sucking down > on those endless plastic water bottles that everyone seems to > carry (when did we all run the risk of dying of thirst at every > turn???!!) Thought that you might find this interesting/informative/humorous/sad/etc.: Recipient of the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Coca-Cby szalkowski - General Discussion
I KNOW that Vince is responsible for global warming: I've seen it several times on the internet recently.by szalkowski - General Discussion
O’Shaugnessy Dam (July, 1987): http://www.hetchhetchy.org/artistic_visions/crack_in_dam.html (Don't you wish that you could do a nighttime rappel and paint at the same time?) Post Edited (02-03-09 20:33)by szalkowski - General Discussion
A quick websearch on Copernic (using the keywords: concrete dam lifetime) yielded the following items of interest re. dam lifetime and degradation/failure mechanisms: http://www.springerlink.com/content/314n14g3552108l1/ http://www.expert-eyes.org/mulla1.html http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/Wp4/Tg3/ I'm not certain how we really justify this under the topic of global warming (maybe a subheadinby szalkowski - General Discussion
> > A temperature DIFFERENTIAL of 6°C is approximately 11°F, > Rumor has it that if the U.S. Presidential Election had turned out differently, Sarah Palin was to be placed in charge of the U.S. effort for combating global warming. Her "Secret Plan To End Global Warming" (does this remind anyone of 1972 and Vietnam?) supposedly entailed the use of the Alaska Nationby szalkowski - General Discussion
Bee wrote: > Well, it looks like COMET is definitely out of the running > It appears that Blitzen is also disqualified. Of course, my original reference was to to the Donner Party, but I have no problem running with the reindeer thing. That being the case, Vince, you might want to consider investing in one of the two antler sets shown in this link: http://www.taylorgifts.comby szalkowski - General Discussion
This online book is an excellent reference (also lots of maps, drawings, photos): http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_resources/ (Not quite as long as "War and Peace," but it's close.) Note to Dale: Haven't looked at this reference for a couple years. Actually, it looks like some of the backcountry trail artifacts that I thought were exclusively 1930's construction may datby szalkowski - General Discussion
L.A. Times article on Sunday, 1 February, 2009: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yosemite-ccc-stimulus1-2009feb01,0,3759868.story Most visitors to the park are unaware that a good deal of the trail system and much of the infrastructure was constructed under the auspices of the CCC and the WPA during the Depression. Post Edited (02-01-09 18:23)by szalkowski - General Discussion
> > How about we suggest names for Vince's truck? > Ok, I'll get it started. Vince, how much gas does that thing eat? (This actually ties in with the global warming theme - carbon footprint and all that.) I'm thinking: DONNER. Post Edited (01-31-09 20:05)by szalkowski - General Discussion
One of the most famous pictures was taken by Galen Rowell. Go to www.mountainlight.com, click on the FINE ART PRINTS link, YOSEMITE gallery, 2nd page: "Last Light on Horsetail Fall." Post Edited (01-31-09 18:21)by szalkowski - General Discussion
mrcondron wrote: > I'll start a new thread as the Fire Fall event will garner some > interest. > OH, NO!!! THIS THREAD IS ONLY IN 5th PLACE! I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING FOR THE RECORD! How about we suggest names for Vince's truck? Higher Reply threads: 1. Tioga Road Plowing 2005 (06-21-05): 64 2. Telegraph Fire (08-06-08): 63 3. Fatality On The Cables (07-26-07): 48 4. Half Doby szalkowski - General Discussion
Vince wrote: > Hopefully the folks in Alaska have HAARP dialed in. Long Live > Sarah. Actually, the Fruitcake Lady seems to have already spent way too much time sitting in front of her leaky microwave oven.by szalkowski - General Discussion
Possibly you are referring to the maps shown on the www.recreation.gov website? By the way, you can easily avoid this problem in the future if you occasionally save all of those FAVORITES links to an external storage device (such as a flash drive). E.g., if the browser you are using is Internet Explorer, click on the "File" softkey, choose "Import and Export..." from theby szalkowski - General Discussion
Mars: Good choices in going out with the Sierra Club group and in taking Bee’s advice on getting some basic mountaineering instruction at Shasta. As I mentioned in a previous post on this topic, Shasta is a bit more challenging than the Whitney walk-up – I wouldn’t even recommend that you think about doing it solo, even once you get some experience. About half of the backpacks and climbs tby szalkowski - General Discussion
wbmyosemite wrote: > > Or as in my example of specific temperatures - 55F to 66F - > isn't that a 20% increase in the average temperature? Just > asking... > To understand the concept of temperature, you must realize that it is a measure of certain types of energy stored in an object. If we add the right kind of energy to an object, we raise its temperature. Analogy #1: Forby szalkowski - General Discussion
wbmyosemite wrote: > 1. Even an 11 degree (F) warming would be a 20% increase over > current averages. Possible I suppose. Actually, an 11°F warming would be a 2.1% increase over current averages, not a 20% increase (assuming 55°F as the present average). On the Fahrenheit scale, absolute zero is -459.67°F. If you wish, you can think of this as the temperature toward which the earthby szalkowski - General Discussion
Actually, a much more challenging climb than Whitney is Shasta. If you do Shasta, be sure to bring your ice axe and crampons... although as you can see from this link that not all "climbers" have used them: http://www.siskiyous.edu/shasta/map/hp/horse.jpgby szalkowski - General Discussion
There is a message board/forum on the Whitney Portal Store website: http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/by szalkowski - General Discussion
A couple comments from another chemist/physicist: (1) In scientific circles, if someone asks for a reference, it is considered bad form to not provide one - preferably from a reputable, refereed scientific journal. (Vince?) (2) A temperature DIFFERENTIAL of 6°C is approximately 11°F, not 42°F. An absolute temperature of 6.0°C = 42.8°F. This is grade school science, Bill. Also, allby szalkowski - General Discussion
In case some (one???) of you haven't been paying attention, it has been the rampant deregulation policies that have devastated the economy.by szalkowski - General Discussion
(Infinitesimally)^n small chance at this time of year (lots of winter to come) - the snow melt and avalanches always deposit debris on the road that needs to be cleared and the roadbed repaired, it must be deemed safe for the road crews to work, they have to have the funds available (especially given the state's financial position, they are not going to spend money performing work that would haveby szalkowski - General Discussion
Re. the photo: Has anybody ever clocked one going that fast?by szalkowski - General Discussion