A citizens group wants to end Yosemite National Park's limits on the number of hikers who make the final spine-tingling scramble 400 feet up to the top of Half Dome. The group, SaveHalfDome.com, has begun an online petition drive urging the National Park Service to stop requiring permits to climb the world-famous precipice and allow more hikers to flirt with danger on the summit cables ifby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Devils Postpile created a new web page for trail and road conditions. Says heavy snow above 8,700 http://www.nps.gov/depo/planyourvisit/trail-and-road-conditions.htmby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
REMOVEDby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I usually clack-clack or noisily drag my trekking poles in limited vis areasby Vince - General Discussion
I noticed at the Topaz Lake agriculture checkpoint for the first time I was asked not just if I had any fruits and veggies but also if I had any firewoodby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A 45-year-old man from Los Angeles drowned in the Kaweah River in Sequoia/Kings National Park Sunday afternoon, park officials announced. Park officials did not identify the victim. A news release issued by the National Park Service said the man was swept away down the river in an “inner tube-type flotation device” from Buckeye Flat campground about 12:30 p.m. http://www.visaliatimesdeltby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A recent study said the flood control of the Colorado River since the 1930s and subsequent impact on the Salton Sea has made the region overdue for a very large earthquake of 7.5+ I'm curious if LADWP's pumping of so much groundwater could cause stresses in Owens Valley and unleash a large earthquake like the 1872 big one? It would be tough to prove, just something to think aboutby Vince - General Discussion
So does this. (Portola RR Museum). (click photo for full sized version)by Vince - Photography advice, critiques and tutorials
Amazing new technology analyzes all the light that comes in the camera, including what angle it comes in, and allows you to choose what's in focus AFTER the picture is taken. http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110622/tc_digitaltrends/lytrothecamerathatcouldchangephotographyforeverby Vince - Photography advice, critiques and tutorials
Devils Postpile postponed its opening until June 29 and the campground opens July 1 according to their Facebook pageby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on In all honesty I wish they would cut the darn cables and let the dome be. Wasn't the Firefall stopped because a) it wasn't natural and b) it was causing large, unwanted crowds? Just sayin...by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This is entertaining, looks like something Disney would do, circa mid 1950s, maybe? Check out the rendering of Mount Whitney...by Vince - General Discussion
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- At Image City Photography Gallery, Gary Thompson delights in pointing out qualities of light, contrast and clarity in one of his best-selling prints - a winter-sunset view of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan peak shot with a hefty Pentax film camera he bought in 1999 for $1,700. http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/31/2409032/how-much-longer-can-photographic.html I have foby Vince - Photography advice, critiques and tutorials
I've flagged a few that had permits for sale because that's illegal. Trading permits no problem. I'm wondering why the thread originator schedules a vacation in Yosemite for a weekend? Both times I've hiked up Half Dome have been on Wednesday and Thursday...no permit requiredby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A young researcher in NASA's astrobiology program set off an international controversy last year when she reported that strange microbes in the muddy brine of Mono Lake were thriving and reproducing on arsenic - a toxic element deadly to every other life form known on Earth. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/27/BA011JMGBK.DTLby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
File under "you've gotta be kidding" (it's a very large file) http://www.techeye.net/science/seismologists-charged-with-manslaughterby Vince - General Discussion
I wonder who owns this fixer-upper and if it would ever be for sale. Photo 5/2/11 Lee Viningby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
"John Muir in the New World" PBS on Monday night, April 18 after Antiques Roadshow. Show is called "American Masters." Link to the PBS website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-muir-in-the-new-world/about-the-film/1789/by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
So if there are sightings, now they are automaticallly strays from the west or Florida? Here is one interesting link from Chicago. There are plenty of others east of the Mississippi, a simple search will reveal these articlesby Vince - General Discussion
I guess some vandals cut down Highway 50 shoe tree near Middlegate, NV. Or maybe it was NDOT. No one seems to know for sure. I had a pair of old tennies up there, I miss them soby Vince - General Discussion
Amazing the bison was able to outrun the grizzly, too bad the bison had to be put down. Incredible photosby Vince - General Discussion
Of all the places to get away from the connected world, you would think that Mount Everest would be a pretty good bet. That's about to change, however, with the announcement that wireless provider Ncell has successfully launched 3G services in the Mount Everest area. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371750,00.aspby Vince - General Discussion
I had similar (but not quite as picturesque) fun with a web cam and free video editing software about three weeks ago.by Vince - General Discussion
Slide Mountain weather station south of Reno recorded 133 mph http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/weather/slide.htmlby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Postpile stated on their Facebook page just now (9 a.m.) that forecast snow actually fell as rain and the road and monument are now open.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A two-year, almost $2 million effort has begun to restore a visually stunning high altitude meadow near Lake Tahoe's south shore. http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201010110314by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Devils Postpile just posted on their facebook page that the monument and Reds Meadow will be open for the holiday weekend. After that ???by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Once you go up you can come back down, but also, if you lived your life up at altitude and you go down to sea-level-ish (say 2000 ft) and try to go back up, you're dead. So we here down below can go up and back but them up above can't come down here and go back. And there's the tales of heaven and earth and also hell.by Vince - General Discussion
Answer: approximately 576 megapixels. (I was curious how much camera anyone really needs) Here's the analysis: http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/eye-resolution.htmlby Vince - General Discussion