Those "gaps" in lay people's knowledge of climate change have been put there by politicians paid by the oil and coal companies.by Dave - General Discussion
QuoteThe Other TomYeah, but what do they do with them ? Cut them up for firewood ? They pack them out. Just kidding. Most likely they are just cutting some diseased trees that look like they might fall on someone. Helicoptering them out would be too expensive. There's no roads there that I know of. My guess is that they'll just fall them off to the side and let nature takes it's course.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebill-e-gWhat you do from April until June? I'm assuming you work the kiosk. I think that is what you mentioned before. I work on my little ranch and make sure my couch doesn't move. I might get permanent in December. QuoteYou better get up DL Dome.... Chick-on is planning a route up there regardless of road status "soon"... I'm having an extremely minor operation Wednesdayby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteDave I doubt it will reopen until spring. Four inches is not enough to close it this early. I know. They plowed and opened today. Saturday is my last day for the season, so I won't be going up there until next spring. I'll miss that drive twice a week, but not the slow motor homes - and motorcycles - that refuse to pull over. I can't understand why they insist on doing 25 in a 45by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Marmorated = marbled The encarsia wasp parasitizes the eggs of the MSB. Just release a bunch of them and let them do their job. The neat thing is that there is a parasitical wasp that parasitizes the eggs of the wasp. A hyperparasite. Ain't nature awesome?by Dave - General Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteUlysses61Please tell us this is a temporary closure and Tioga is not closed for the remainder of the year!? It won't close for the season before the 15th. Not sure about that. With the snow today, and tomorrow, I doubt it will reopen until spring.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tioga could possibly open if the snow melts. Don't count on it though.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteszalkowskiOne vote of affirmation cast for Honest Dave's Old Fashioned Snake Llama Oil Technique (HDOFLOT). I have a pair of high-cut boots that I subjected to my normal break-in procedure. Nevertheless the collar/shaft of the the right-hand boot upper was exerting pressure on the end of the fibula; the left-hand boot was fine. This condition still persisted after wearing the boots on a 3by Dave - General Discussion
Quotechick-on.....An example of this is to the Diving Board... ducks all over the place. sigh Since I'm complaining I think it is somewhat amusing that we get pictures of ducks and almost nothing else on here. These things aren't "ducks," cairn, or trail markers of any kind. They're graffiti.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That crap has no place in a national park. I knock them down whenever I find them.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-onThe T6 sign is right at the entrance to the old campground. There's a couple of big boulders to prohibit entrance... however, it sure looks like you could pull in enough off the road for a nice hike. Was too lazy to investigate any further yesterday... He who does Davey Llama Dome first... please report back... with pictures...! I was too busy working. I did get a pile of olby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuotewhereverThe former Smoky Jack campground is on the Topo USA maps. It's shown at N37.818° W119.7128°, which of course was just to the north of where the road crosses the creek, on the east shoulder of the road, and where there is some nearly level ground. There's maybe room for two cars in two different spots. QuoteI've been eying that spot on the map as the possible start of a hike, tby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They're the best pack animals around. I don't know if I'd reduce them to "pet" status though.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteNancyYou can study a map all you want and still not "know the terrain" until you get there, You would know a lot more than you would if you did not study. I'm not stupid enough to go walking off in the wilderness without being prepared. Those that are stupid enough are the ones other people have to risk their lives to save. Quote unless other topo maps are showing vastly diffeby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'll be driving by there Friday. My work truck is too big to fit in any of those spaces. Now, don't tell anyone about this secret spot; coming from the other direction, maybe a 1/4 miles West of Smoky Jacks there is a small pullout/gravel patch on the left side. There's some kind of sign there too. The base of Dave's Ridge is close to the road here. Park there and take a short walk downhill toby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I was planing on continuing past the dome about half a mile or so and there is space to park a car on the right side. This is right where the canyon between the road and the dome rises up to meet the road. It should be a fairly easy hike along the ridge to the top. The spot I'm thinking of parking is where there used to be an old camp of some kind. I just looked it up in the "Yosemiteby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I don't know how to place a Google Earth place mark here, but does anyone know if this ridge has a name? Going East on Tioga Road, just past the bridge that crosses one of the forks of the Tuolumne River, it's on the left, which should be North. The Google Earth coordinates are: Lat. 37.799502° Long. -119.726208° I drive by it at least twice a week and it looks like it should be easy toby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoterrolandThanks all who responded, I need to take a class on compass/topo so I can enjoy the off trial experience more, when I see some of Bill EG's posts I get pretty envious, you know how when you lay down at night and think about happy things. I like to think about the day when I can actually go off trial to some of the places Bill goes. Or maybe Deadman's loop in Sequoia natl. My main hby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I often hike alone - for days at a time. I stay on the trail though. I have a quality map of the trail that I have reviewed before hand. (A map printed on a handkerchief does not count.) I never go off trail alone. I've never been lost in the thousands of miles I've hiked in my lifetime. It's not hiking alone that is bad; it is hiking alone UNPREPARED that is bad. It is trying to bag a peak withoby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteNancyOf course, but the NPS report didn't provide enough detail to know what navigational aids this guy was carrying and exactly what his level of ability with them might have been. He might have found his own way out had SAR not gone looking for him. Who knows? The assumption by many in this forum, though, seems to be that anyone who gets misplaced in the wilderness is an incompetent boob wby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteNancyI don't recall the article saying that he did or didn't, but having navigational aids of any kind is still no guarantee against becoming misplaced or misinterpreting landmarks. An experienced hiker would have a map, compass, at least knew how to use them and actually used them. QuoteI've seen it happen to experienced people who were using a map. Hiked a little farther and it all sortedby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteyosemite_backpkr I'm very surprised that some people have implied that solo backpacking is irresponsible. In this case, the guy walked in alone (mostly on a well-travelled trail), met a group of people at a lake, then walked out alone, staying a day later than the rest of his group. That doesn't sound very irresponsible to me. Sure, he could have had better equipment (e.g. GPS). Sure, he couby Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That's not an RV, it's their home.by Dave - General Discussion
QuoteNancy... The individual in this scenario was called an "experienced backpacker," but what that means exactly is difficult to discern.... An experienced packpacker would have stayed with the group.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Send him a bill.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That looks more like leftovers from last winter.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Now you know why I try very hard to not work on holiday weekends. I don't want to be stuck in that traffic.by Dave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Reminds me of an old, and favorite, backpack I had; the North Face "Back Magic." That was the most comfortable pack I ever had. The pack attached to the hip belt with an hourglass shaped piece of flexible plastic. It allowed your hips to move without the whole pack having to move. I don't need a backpack anymore though.... two bear canisters plus some other gear fit just nicely on eby Dave - General Discussion
Noting an increase of little bells in bear scat, I don't think they work.by Dave - General Discussion
They're mostly phosphates that quickly degrade to fertilizers. The red is iron oxide, just adds iron to the soil. Not much to worry about.by Dave - General Discussion