Seems like a pretty vague and incomplete list there :pby dqniel - General Discussion
Quoteabenebbish Every year millions of people visit the valley floor. Only a few do this egocentric type of activity. I guess I'm egocentric because I did the Half Dome hike? Give me a break... Some people do it for the view, some people do it for the personal accomplishment, some do it because they've been dragged along by friends/family, etc. You're speaking out of ignorance, not toby dqniel - General Discussion
It was in the 90s last week with high humidity. Hot weather came early in Cincinnati this year Weather was nice today though.by dqniel - General Discussion
how difficult/dangerous is it to summit Unicorn?by dqniel - General Discussion
Whatever location you do end up using please let me know your experience. I plan on doing Cloud's Rest next year since weather wasn't permitting when I went last year.by dqniel - General Discussion
Why should any of us care if he puts a prop in his photos or not? His prerogative. If he enjoys it then his goal is achieved. If he shares it with us and some of us enjoy it, then all the better. This isn't one of those snobby photo-critiquing forums, and I'm happy that it's not. No need for criticism of such trivial things at a place like this :\by dqniel - General Discussion
Weird. He wasn't scared by Angel's Landing at all, yet he said he was so petrified by the Half Dome cables that he thought he couldn't continue after going only a third of the way up? I thought Angel's Landing, while being significantly easier from a physical conditioning standpoint, was just as scary as Half Dome. The exposure is just as deadly and it is quite narrow in many spots.by dqniel - General Discussion
I think it's unnecessary and just conditions animals to rely on humans to the point where it's either detrimental to their health and/or they become pests. It was annoying having squirrels sit fearlessly on rocks within an arms length while I was trying to eat at the base of the cables. Sit your sandwich or pretty much anything down without looking and they'd swarm it. There's no reason foby dqniel - General Discussion
No, but I'm guessing it never leads to resultsby dqniel - General Discussion
Mono Lake from above is so cool looking. That's probably the main reason I want to go to the top of Dana.by dqniel - General Discussion
Quoteeeek Quotebill-e-g Saw a Bee up there too: You found some grey snow again. Sigh.by dqniel - General Discussion
I hope the people giving food to animals were reported and fined.by dqniel - General Discussion
I guess the somewhat risky/scary climb to get to that spot was worth the photo op thenby dqniel - General Discussion
Yeah, we went the long way around the lake within the woods at the border of the lake. It was muddy but not too bad. I believe that was the west side... Maybe that's why I didn't notice the creek? I never went over it? I don't have a high resolution bird's eye view image or a detailed map of the hike.by dqniel - General Discussion
Impressive cloud we had during a storm last summer.by dqniel - General Discussion
Yeah, that photo is from late July. I don't even remember crossing a stream so it must have been quite a bit different from your experience RobE; thanks for the insight. I tried going up to Elizabeth Lake late last May but the entire trail was still under snow. I was fine with it, but my father was complaining of wet feet so we went back. I told him to bring boots but he's stubborn Trby dqniel - General Discussion
whoa, very cool. that tube cloud is unreal.by dqniel - General Discussion
I don't remember any water sources once I was past the LYV when I did it, granted it was in late July. I guess there are ample streams this time of year?by dqniel - General Discussion
Oh, I forgot to ask- What time would you be leaving San Francisco for Yosemite and what time do you need to be back in San Francisco?by dqniel - General Discussion
On my first visit I did the Mist Trail. I can't think of a better way to get initiated, even if the crowds are insane. After getting done with the Mist Trail you could go back to the valley meadows and rest while trying to spot people climbing on El Cap. When you tire of that, drive up to Glacier Point and get some pictures while the sun is setting... if you have flashlights/headlamps you coby dqniel - General Discussion
You only had one liter to go from the Merced up to the top of half dome and back down to the Merced? Isn't like like 8 miles with just one liter of water?by dqniel - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g Maybe it's IN the water? 1 1/2 miles. Yowza... stop the presses... I certainly wouldn't consider Kentucky part of the Midwest. (actually I'm purdy darn sure it's not...) Technically it's not, but Louisville is only a little over an hour from me so it's close enough to be embarrassing nonetheless.by dqniel - General Discussion
Yeah, people are insane. I brought more water than that when I got out of my car to walk around the paved trails in the Petrified Forest :pby dqniel - General Discussion
Thanks to everybody that helped to clear up the questions I had. Next time I go to Yosemite I really want to try and get to the base of Illouette Falls for one of the hikes (depending upon conditions, of course) and make my way up Cloud's Rest on the final day. There are a million other places I want to go there, but those are at the top of my list.by dqniel - General Discussion
"Allan Widener of Louisville, Ky., recently took the Bright Angel trail just off the canyon's South Rim. After a park staff member strongly recommended that Widener not head down without water, the hiker quipped that, "I don't drink water, I drink Coke." On the way back from his 1½-mile hike, leaning against the canyon wall in a shady spot, the 48-year-old said he wished he'd hby dqniel - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g Go past LYV up the Merced River Canyon and it's just spectacular. Are there set trails that go in that direction? I've always been confused over the legality of hiking in certain areas of National Parks. I don't understand what places you absolutely are never allowed to go, what places you simply need a permit for, what places are only legal during certain seasons, and whby dqniel - General Discussion
He's already had a warning and four prior citations? Sounds like somebody is overdue for a license suspension.by dqniel - General Discussion
I was just at the Great Sand Dunes a few months ago. Didn't have a car capable of doing the drive to the top of those mountains, though. Looks like it would be amazing.by dqniel - General Discussion
I personally think they should do a "double price" weekend. I'd pay to have half the people there :pby dqniel - General Discussion
I'd avoid it like the plague, personally.by dqniel - General Discussion