QuoteVince For obvious reasons I'm not a fan of Daily Kos. But here is a short diary. I offer no opinion on it (yet) other than to say great photos. Daily Kos Half Dome The story also includes a poll. Well, I have an opinion on it. I like the poll, but the story has a number of minor errors, mostly related to the physical nature of the trail (it isn't 20-30 feet between stanchions aby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteBob Weaver Thanks... that's good to know, would make a fun hike someday. I'm sure the waterfall is very picturesque with the peak in the background. We just saw this fall last week when driving by after our Cloud's Rest jaunt - a lovely fall. We hope to scramble up there next time, either from below or from LCLs outlet..by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteeeek Rock Slide Closes Popular Trail in Yellowstone Date: June 10, 2009 Contact: Al Nash, (307) 344-2015 Contact: Stacy Vallie, (307) 344-2015 Rock Slide Closes Popular Trail in Yellowstone Run-off from melting snow caused a major rock slide along Uncle Tom’s Trail in Yellowstone National Park, prompting a closure of the trail until further notice. The ½-mile long trail drby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g Did you go up Dome 9970? If so... do you have a picture? I went up Medlicott and the dome due east of Mendicott. Could not get up to the top of the dome the due north of Medlicott which is next to another pond. Anyway, the view of Tenaya Lake is cool. Toulumne Meadows... from the dome due East of Medlicott ... can't see the meadows... only Lembert... wondering if you can seeby bpnjensen - General Discussion
If one goes to Lower Cathedral Lake, a short cross-country to Medlicott Dome is recommended (by me). From LCL's northwest shore near it's outlet, walk northward across gently sloping granite slabs approximately one mile to the summit of Medlicott Dome for an interesting perspective on Tenaya Canyon and Tuolumne Meadows. A lot of reward for a little additional effort. Little hazard involved, anby bpnjensen - General Discussion
If you can get an early start on this trail, an additional 6 miles RT to the summit of Eagle Peak (the highest of the Three Brothers) is highly recommended (at least by me). Relatively easy going beyond the waterfall, and the lonely views from up there are gorgeous. Bring a harmonica and serenade the birds and squirrels ;-) Snow can be a little problem in early season, but not this year. Oneby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Daniel, you are absolutely right about feeding being bad for the critters and reporting them - but when we were there, no ranger was present that I could see anywhere between the saddle and summit, and for anyone to report the humans sharing their food would have been difficult. Photographs could have been taken I suppose, but then the culprits would have to have been located.by bpnjensen - General Discussion
We did the Tenaya Lake - Cloud's Rest hike on Friday June 19. Some snow patches up to Sunrise saddle, nothing too major. Stream crossing at Tenaya Creek about knee-deep, very cold but easily doable in tennies (the gravelly bottom has sharp rocks, so tennies recommended). Basically, a piece of cake all the way to Cloud's Rest :-).by bpnjensen - General Discussion
My son Nick and I went up Half Dome on Thursday, June 18. Warmish day, threat of thunder had mostly passed. We wore boots, took 3 liters water each (and drank almost all of it, plus a good squirt at Vernal Fall Bridge on the way back down to pizza, ice cream and showers. We left our car at the backpacker lot at 5:30 AM, topped at 10:30 AM, left at 11:30 AM and got back down exactly 10 hours afby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Just last Wednesday my son Nick and I took the Pothole Dome - Westside route to the Tuolumne Falls bridge - it worked beautifully, nothing difficult, saved us a ouple miles, and gave us a nice close-up view of Little Devil's Postpile. Waterwheel Falls was great, plenty of water in the 'wheels, and easy close access across the granite. Bruceby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco Bruce, Yes, I'm well aware the photo needs to be placed where it was shot from. Jim I thought you did ; there is however a significant minority of folks on Pano who do not follow this convention, ostensibly because they did not get the rules in time.by bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter Quotetomdisco Bruce, Yes, I'm well aware the photo needs to be placed where it was shot from. Jim I realize the rationale for this manuver, but it is an intrinsically confusing issue when "near" photos, like of wildlife, flowers, or close geographical items are placed along side pictures of objects that are far away. Half Dome on top of Glacier Point just seemby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco Bruce, Go to http://www.panoramio.com/user/2142775 . There are only seven photos there. That's all I felt were worthy of posting on GE. Jim Thanks, Jim - nice gallery! I'll be by to visit soon :-)by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco Quotebpnjensen Quotetomdisco Bob, I don't beleive so. Panoramio requires a User ID and password to access specific photos. Jim Actually, if you just provide your user number or user name, a person can either go to Panoramio and use the site, or they can do a Google Search for images under Panoramio and your user name and that will bring up your photos and gallery. My owby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco cthenn, I also think some people just are not very good at interpreting and working the map to the correct spot. It requires a bit of playing around with different zoom levels once you have the general area and you first have to get the colored tear drop marker reasonably close before zooming in for fine tuning. I too am frustrated with misplaced photos, particularly Mt. Dana aby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotecthenn Quotetomdisco cthenn, I also think some people just are not very good at interpreting and working the map to the correct spot. It requires a bit of playing around with different zoom levels once you have the general area and you first have to get the colored tear drop marker reasonably close before zooming in for fine tuning. I too am frustrated with misplaced photos, particularlby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Nice, Bob - thanks!by bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteVince Since the earth is ground (-) and the clouds are positively charged (+) doesn't it make sense that lightning strikes from the ground up? Ground is where the negative (excess electrons) are, right? Now I'm not an expert on lightning (although I have a meteorology degree), but let's try this... I don't think this is always true - there can be both negative charges (excess electrons)by bpnjensen - Photography advice, critiques and tutorials
A few lightning pictures, from Lubbock, Texas and Mt. Washburn, Yellowstone: Lightning Photos on Panoramio The link is good - sometimes you have refresh Panoramio a couple of times to get a page show up - it is horribly incompatible with Internet Explorer. When I figure out how to post photos, I will.by bpnjensen - Photography advice, critiques and tutorials
Quotetomdisco Bob, I don't beleive so. Panoramio requires a User ID and password to access specific photos. Jim Actually, if you just provide your user number or user name, a person can either go to Panoramio and use the site, or they can do a Google Search for images under Panoramio and your user name and that will bring up your photos and gallery. My own is Bruce da Moose and userby bpnjensen - General Discussion
A few notes - I use Panoramio quite a lot to post photos for Google Earth (GE). Some of them are in Yosemite. In my experience, the Panoramio admins do not at any time check new photos against what has been posted before, but simply check for acceptable quality photos and give them a pass. Popular sites can often have huge numbers of photos, good and bad, per square acre/hectare of land.by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Excellent Giant video, YPW, and thank you SO MUCH for holding the camera steady! :-Dby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteeeek QuotebpnjensenHave you ever managed to see Giant or better yet, Steamboat? No, they don't cooperate much. Yeah, agreed. We saw Giant twice in 2007 (an excellent year with eruptions about weekly on average - still required constant vigilance), but last year it petered out and this year it's about shot too.by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteeeek QuotebpnjensenYellNP has had many hydrothermal explosion features, and also as you say, there is an eruptive continuum from gentle overflow to mighty steam blast across hundreds of acres. I still want to see Excelsior erupt (from a safe distance of course). Oh, yes, indeedy! Have you ever managed to see Giant or better yet, Steamboat?by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotemrcondron Emc, The cables don't allow for for a continuous clipping in. The stanchions would prevent a slide. I think that the constant clipping and unclipping would be distracting and dangerous. If she were to only clip in during a rest then maybe. The best bet is to just stay focused and respect what is going on. I agree, and I think she'd make a lot of people very angry. The footby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter Quotebpnjensen FYI, this was not a true hydrothermal explosion, but simply a somewhat rare and sporadic eruption of an actual geyser, Black Diamond Geyser. Geysers that erupt only once in awhile can appear as though an explosion, with rocks and mud integrated with the expelled hot water. This same geyser has had similar episodes since about 2006. Photographic evidence existsby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter I don't know about that. Maybe. It is not uncommon for critters to fall in,but I haven't heard about that an eruption created by organic matter. In the case you mentioned, the human got out. Don't know about the dog. Actually, the human got out but shortly later died from 3rd degree burns across his entire body and internal parts. One-half second in these springs is all it taby bpnjensen - General Discussion
FYI, this was not a true hydrothermal explosion, but simply a somewhat rare and sporadic eruption of an actual geyser, Black Diamond Geyser. Geysers that erupt only once in awhile can appear as though an explosion, with rocks and mud integrated with the expelled hot water. This same geyser has had similar episodes since about 2006. Photographic evidence exists of other recent play by this featby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Frank Furter wrote: > My final post on this subject (I'm just going to go cold > turkey): > > The subject photo: > > > > compare to known aerial shot: > > > > > The relations to the eastern terrain, el capitan, and other > features are all wrong. Unless there is a lens that can > magnify the distant without magnifying the near field (a > cby bpnjensen - General Discussion
My son and I tried the Legde Trail a year ago January. Not impossible, but there are locations beneath the cliffs about 1,000 feet up where the rocks look they are ready to calve off. I won't go up there again. Illillouette Gorge, though - that's on the agenda for this coming June :-) Sierra Point is a snap (relatively speaking) - you will love it! Want to get to Fern Ledge, but that route hby bpnjensen - General Discussion