From today's Mercury News: A badly injured Palo Alto rock climber was plucked via helicopter from a craggy and nearly vertical spire in Yosemite National Park after he took a tumble during an outing Sunday, officials said.... Brown said they used the helicopter to drop highly trained park rangers next to the injured man -- a daunting task that involved hovering with the chopper's blades whiby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It depends on what the source of the pain is. It could be a bone spur, or a bruised heel, or a wart under the callus. Or something else. In my case, I got it bad a few years ago, starting on a rapid descent of the trail from El Capitan. Over the following months, it just got worse and worse during any long hike. It turned out to be plantar faciitis, which is an arch ailment (though the pain iby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
For those of you who love the historic photos of Yosemite, here is a big exhibit of them: http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/watkins.html Every one guaranteed to be over a hundred years old. This is part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteshaunsmomo Yet another unsuccessful attempt in the Half Dome cable permit lottery.Very disappointed but I guess we can still try for the daily lottery while we are there. This is a quote from our trip last year: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,67296,67296#msg-67296 What we intended last year was to entering the lottery three days in a row. Three of us each time. "Tby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuotewhereverSpeaking of Pothole Dome, I seem to recall that they have forbidden parking there now. Or something like that. Does anyone here know the actual restriction? The path across the meadow has been blocked and the natural grass restored. There's still parking but you have to walk around the end of the meadow. Yes, they will build a single designated trail from the road toby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotebalzaccom Other options in Yosemite are SEntinel Dome and Pothole Dome---our kids liked both of those, and they are doable with realtively young kids. So is Tuolumne Grove. Speaking of Pothole Dome, I seem to recall that they have forbidden parking there now. Or something like that. Does anyone here know the actual restriction?by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteBearproof Wherever also posted something a while that may help here Thanks. The head of that thread is here: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,34462,34462#msg-34462by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quoteparklover Thanks for posting. Your comment about Roper reminds me of a friend of ours. Many years ago a group of us were hiking to the top of Sentinel Dome by the usual easy way. Our friend decided that the guys should go up the steeper side and started up first. He made it to the top and yelled down that it was not a problem that there were a lot of hand and foot holds. It was no problby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
One more comment about "easiest". My hiking buddy was up there on Friday. It was the last nice weather before a big storm was scheduled to blow in. He wanted to check out the bivouac situation at the base of the Snake Dike climb, in preparation for doing it later this Spring. He took the Mist Trail and the usual trail around to Lost Lake. It took three hours to get from Happy Islby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Some of you may recall the abandoned trail that leads to the base of Snow Creek Falls. see: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,64970 My hiking buddy has always wanted to get close to the cascade itself. On Thursday he was up on the Snow Creek Trail by himself. It was a nice day to look over at the face of Half Dome, with an especially good view of the north buttress adjacent toby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotechick-on The entire overlay map is here: https://picasaweb.google.com/103089501068510688008/YoseMaps#5657046868831120002 That was cruel. You didn't mention that they should look for map number 276 out of 441.... Quoteplawrence ...why isn't the trail to Sierra Point shown? For the same reason that the Ledges Trail isn't shown. This map overlay was only about old historic trails (sby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence (I presume Trail [38] between Curry Village and the Vernal Fall bridge is just a misalignment of the current stock trail. Or is it?) The overlay made by William and Mary Hood was meant to show historical aligments. You can expect it to be topologically correct, but not cartographically accurate. It's a pity that we don't have the actual map that it overlays, but Chick-on haby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Two things I'm contemplating looking at that overlay map (thanks for posting it!) is 1) what trail is [32]? Never seen that one before, and 2) why isn't the trail to Sierra Point shown? In regards to Trail [32], did you see any former signs of it (like rock work or stone cuts) when you've been up that way? . It was mentioned in the first posting of this thread: As you cliby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteyosemitejim I wonder what she is reading up there. A better question is, Where is her helmet? Ditto for the guy with the baseball cap. Is it possible to just go up a ways and rappel back down? Chick-on is right that they are hardly equipped for a bivouac. Many thanks to Chick-on for the three synths of Mt Broderick, including the gully between it and Liberty Cap.by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotebasilbop I remember struggling to climb the final short "ramp" of the Indian Canyon "trail"--it was so steep that I had to grab onto branches or rocks or whatever I could find to keep from sliding downhill. Why was I there? Because I had read one of wherever or chick-on's reports of this hike. So if either of them says it's steep, expect steep. But it will be wortby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotechick-on That's pretty funny. I think I'm pretty realistic with advice on difficulties and whatnot. My apologies. I never meant to criticize your comments. They have always been dead on for me. I was merely trying to make sure that we don't entice the unprepared into bushwhacks that are beyond their ability... On a totally different note: The Diving Board is one of those places whby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotechick-on ...have fun (and I didn't say to do it) (it's ridiculously steep in some sections... rec. uphill only) (and maybe no backpack) Awesome! Thanks. I'm jealous. Note for those who don't know Chick-on: His idea of ridiculously steep is usually understated. You'll notice that he didn't recommend this ledge as the easiest route to the Diving Board. However, after LeConte Gully,by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotebasilbop Quoteatomicmonkey My new favorite: The John Muir Wilderness, more specifically, The Granite Park area of Inyo NF. This Granite Park? As a native North Dakotan, I have to say that you Westerners have the worst farm land on the continent.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteTorero14 That second shot is something special. Really like that angle. Right. Here's where the 3D effect would really shine in showing the amphitheater of Vernal Falls. Of course, it's not at all trivial to get there....by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteDavidK42 Quotequmqats Does LeConte Gully start somewhere off of the trail up to Sierra Point? Yes, it does. You can find some discussion of where the Gully is and what it looks like here. There is a wonderful, but very short, video of Ansel Adams and friends going up Le Conte Gully with his gigantic camera and tripod. http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/114 Take a goodby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteJamesMac Put in my application for the last weekend of August. Fingers crossed!! Has anyone else been around that time of year? I hear the crowds are usually crazy on the half dome hike. having never done it myself(only been as far as LYV) I'd appreciate any input you guys/gals have for me. The plan is to take Mist Trail(possibly cut off to JMT) up to LYV and then work our way up frby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Ansel Adam's route to the Diving Board supposedly started near Happy Isles going up LeConte's Gully. From a 1998 article in Spot Magazine: “We came up LeConte Gully, Ansel's route, under the north face of Grizzly Peak, up from Happy Isles, up out of Camp Curry to climb to the Diving Board. The Board is a hanging cornice on the west edge of Half Dome. It is the spot where Anseby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotechicagocwright Thank you all again for great research. What is the route and distance (in time) between the Diving Board and Snake Dike? (or am I missing something obvious) The Snake Dike climb (dike is a ribbon-like igneous intrusion in geology-speak) is the most popular climb on Half Dome. There are 13 climbers in this photo off the web: It's a quarter of a mile and a couple hundreby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
On my machine, you can't get full screen or HD from that link. Try this one, and then click the full screen icon: http://vimeo.com/87701971 I love the fog rolling up over the Diving Board. But then, I loved it all....by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotewherever Chick-on sent me this photo from that trail: You can see that the old stonework is still is good shape, after 130 years of neglect. There are some bushes to deal with, of course. If you look closely, you can see the poor sods toiling up the lower Mist Trail. But that is a long way down. Chick-on didn't say exactly where he took this photo, but it looks like it was from tby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Both routes were stellar. The left route had zero shrub imo. The right one ... right next to Z dome... a bit of this and that... but it's worth it. Well, you've been there more recently than I have. Don't forget, this is the end of a very dry February. All the bushes than can drop leaves have done so. It might not be as great when everything is leafed out...by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quoteplawrence Replying to my own question: Is this the route you were referring to? http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,72638,72663#msg-72663 . Sort of. See http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?17,72681by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
OK. Chick-on and others have goaded me into saying more about the easiest route to the Diving Board. There has been a lot of talk about this, scattered over a bunch of threads. It's a wonderful place. http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,44814,44951#msg-44951 First, this not about the fastest route. From either Happy Isles or Little Yosemite Valley, that would be the climbers trailby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteBearproof Quotewherever it is part of my preferred route up to the Diving Board. But that's another thread. Hmmm...is that thread out there already or is it to be created...I would love to read about your preferred route to the DB.... I don't think that I have posted it. I'm not happy with my current GPS trace of it. I'll try to get around to posting it this Spring. It's a prefeby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Of course I'm confused at why da heck no one responds either. Maybe I'm da problem. Hey, I loved that post. Forwarded it to several friends. In my case, the wife has COPD, and her backpacking is over. But you whippersnappers should be doing it together while you can.by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra