I wonder what they're drilling out of his neck.by Dave - General Discussion
A couple of years ago I was standing in the river with a few others doing a benthic invertebrate survey. We were talking to the ranger there about driving up the Burma Grade. He said it was a rough road and you need a truck or other such vehicle to go up it. All the time he was talking I was watching a mini van go up the grade. I'm going to drive up that road this spring. Not sure where to goby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAlmostThereSo what are we going to give up to have more campgrounds? The meadows? The trees? Fill in Mirror Lake area? What part of the budget is that coming out of? Where you going to put them all? Sorry, no, wrecking the valley isn't the answer either. I don't think you would find it nearly as scenic to drive through the valley past acres of bear boxes and screaming kids and winnebagos.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuotequmqatsThere are 1/2 the campsites in the valley there used to be. Long term, there seems to be a bias against camping since NPS keeps closing sites. I understand the problems that flood zones and rockfall zones present when a campground is in the zone, but I just want to go camping! Build more campgrounds please! When I was young our family came up here at least once a summer. All myby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAlmostThere We do have enough campgrounds. Just too many tourists now. Then take out the hotel and replace it with more campsites.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A few years ago didn't one of the guys near the top of the hierarchy in Yosemite say we had enough campgrounds?by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteLalI have also read the impact and exit event theory and have to say that it is a fascinating read. A couple of comments... the theory asks the reader to put the entire event into the 'context of an impact and exit event'. I did this and even though it was sometimes difficult (because of what I have been taught about plate tectonics etc) the overall effect was to make me question some of myby Dave - General Discussion
Don't forget the Hites Cove Trail. Also, walking up the Burma Grade is great for flowers. Within a few curves you'll be in a burn area.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteeeekNow if we could get them to pick up the soda cans and scrub graffiti... One squirrel for every 5 pounds of soda cans. For scrubbing off the graffiti, just use the foreheads of the taggers.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
He's probably part of the clean up crew. These guys don't have to work for their food, they just pick it up off the road after it's been tenderized by a visitor.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It's an Amsinckia Not sure which one. Tar weed?by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Forget the South Entrance. The road from Oakhurst all the way to the Valley will be winding and slow. When you get to Oakhurst turn left, north, on Hwy 49, go straight through Mariposa. If you keep going straight at the stop sign the road turns into Hwy 140. Then stay on that road, don't turn, and eventually you'll end up in the campground. It's about 10 miles longer but you'll get there faster aby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteFinchyYeah - this has been discussed on a few other sites. It has been suggested that, rather than an impactor passing straight through earth (which would clearly have the potential to destroy it) the force of the initial impact had instead passed through earth (with the impactor disintegrating almost as soon as it entered earth), forcing outwards the crust at the site of the himalayas untilby Dave - General Discussion
QuoteFinchy QuoteDave This is just another trick from those climate change scientists. It's all part of the same conspiracy. Hey Dave - I don't see any conspiracy here....... Sorry, I forgot to put the function at the end of my post. I understand enough about this current change in climate to realize that humans have either caused it all by ourselves, or greatly contributed to a natural trenby Dave - General Discussion
This is just another trick from those climate change scientists. It's all part of the same conspiracy.by Dave - General Discussion
Those scientists put that methane there.by Dave - General Discussion
QuotequmqatsThe road can have been open for weeks and still nothing is open up there. The store, campgrounds, High camps, and everything else take quite some time to open at the start of the season, and pack up at the close of season. A few years ago the High camps were closed all summer, they couldn't get them open early enough to make it worth while. It made it interesting camping at Gleby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek Quote...Taking pizza bribes, however... They don't do that when the booth is at 110 F. Ice cream maybe... That's been done, and greatly appreciated.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuotewaggaIn my experience, the rangers have been uniformly professional, in spite of the wretched behavior of some visitors. Taking pizza bribes, however... You can't feed the bears.... but you can feed the rangers. They do try hard. Most love the job and don't mind the heat or the occasional difficult visitor. I was able to disarm a few and had them smiling when they left.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteforrestrangerwhen i went through there about 3 weeks ago, it was way far from being completed! in fact, the early afternoon i went there (on a weekday)., no work was being done. They're probably waiting for a busy weekend to continue the work.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm a slow hiker. I won't have time to make it to the top now.by Dave - General Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteDaveIt gets over 110 degrees in that booth during the summer. That'd explain the crank rangers. No, there's other explanations for that. They try their best to be professional. If only the visitors would do the same.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yes. They're getting a new booth. Hopefully the air conditioning will work better than the old one. That's the hottest spot in the park. It gets over 110 degrees in that booth during the summer.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
How is the construction going on? They should be near completion. I spent a lot of time in that old booth.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron There is a huge difference between a CO2 level relative to the greenhouse effect and a level that is toxic to breathe. Don't confuse the two. I had the numbers wrong. The toxic effects start at concentrations of 10,000 ppm. That's what makes you feel sleepy in a crowded auditorium (the speaker usually doesn't help). That would be a concentration of 1%. 8% would be deadly in a fewby Dave - General Discussion
QuoteVinceWhat was the CO2 in ppm was the atmosphere during the Cretaceous? That should be easy to look up. Go ahead and do that and tell us what it was. It's irrelevant though.by Dave - General Discussion
According to that article the CO2 in our atmosphere is increasing at the rate of 1.5ppm/year. The atmospheric concentration is around 350ppm. CO2 concentrations start having effects around 600ppm. In a few hundred years our atmosphere will be toxic.by Dave - General Discussion
QuoteDennisW The science has shown that the earth has been warmer in the past than it is now, No one has ever denied that.... well... except for a few religious extremists. QuoteLong before cars, burning of fossil fuels, and the industrial revolution. What caused that? The earth changes on it's own without our influence..... This time is different. It's faster than the others. The rest ofby Dave - General Discussion
QuoteDennisWSo are humans also causing the polar ice caps to melt on mars? I agree the climate is changing but I don't think mankind is influencing the change. Of course not. We don't live on Mars. We are only effecting the climate here on Earth. Do the math: Each gallon of gasoline burned in an internal combustion engine produces 19 pounds of CO2. Now take the global consumption of aboby Dave - General Discussion
You can't wish climate change away, but, as the oil companies found out, you can pay to have it minimalized.by Dave - General Discussion