QuoteDaveObama care does not exist. It is a farcical strawman made of nothing but lies. The AFFORDABLE Care Act is the law. I found a little more here about the difference between Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx2scvIFGjEby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This, from a New York Times blog, says that only national forest facilities are being closed, not the forests themselves: QuoteWhile closing gates around a national park or monument is relatively simple, closing a forest is not. Newspapers and radio and television news operations around the country are reporting that while offices and facilities within the national forests have been closed, tby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I haven't noticed much wood or other debris going over Vernal Fall. If there ever were any, though, I wouldn't want to be under it when it came down.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I can think of lots of reasons why someone in need of rescue wouldn't be able to build a fire: they're halfway up a cliff; they're clinging to a rock in the middle of a river; there's no fuel around or they're too badly hurt to collect any. Once they do get a fire going, they may have to choose between letting it go out and leaving it untended while they gather more fuel. If they're in a really iby gophersnake - General Discussion
Just knowing I need to catch the 6:30 YARTS to the park, usually does it for me.by gophersnake - General Discussion
Maybe other rodent-borne diseases too. I'm thinking Hantavirus, for instance.by gophersnake - General Discussion
The "incidweb" link gets me a "server not found" message. Try this one: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/article/3552/19410/by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I happened to notice last week that there were no DNC rafts on the river any more, just a few visitor-owned ones. I asked at the Curry Village rental place when the last day had been. They said, Saturday the 13th.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteNakedT Current plan (before posting this) was to arrive late morning Monday the 29th, do some combo of 4 mile, Panorama, Mist... The Glacier Point/Sentinel Dome/Taft Point area is well worth visiting and there are quite a few ways you could do it: -- Drive up and park in the Taft Point-Sentinel Dome lot. It tends to get full, though there'll be people coming and going throughout the daby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oops, Union Point wasn't mentioned by name in this thread but it's in the other collection that chick-on links to, here.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the Climbing Collective article.Last September, someone had left a rope in place up the cliff wall not far from Oh My Gosh Point. It sounds like they were from another group doing very similar work. Here are a couple of pictures: I take it that the bolts near Taft Point are multi-purpose and could originally have been put there by climbers or ropewalkers. I'd never noticedby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The view from Swinging Bridge last Wednesday morning: There were still lots of rafters in the river later in the day. I can't predict how fast the water level's going to drop, though.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I went by there last August, noticed some new-looking hardware, and wondered what it was for. I don't remember the exact location but I think I'd passed most of the fissures and was getting close to Taft Point. Maybe someone can figure something out from this shot?by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I was sure Union Point would already be in here -- so how come I can't find it? *shrug* It's the first benchmark I've ever seen that's installed upright instead of flat:by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteOhnivy-Drak It really should be strictly prohibited. It would only be possible to patrol so much of the river so much of the time. Some people would take the absence of a ranger (or a sign) as permission to try something dumb while they had the chance. Literal translation: "Stay behind the fool guards"by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The DNC Hikers Bus leaves later than that. Here's the info. They seem to be geared to round trips but you might ask them what your chances would be of getting a return-only seat.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I did some more surveying when I was there a week or two ago. I have data for the whole Long Series by now. This is still a little rough, and not to the same scale as the other one: Going back in a few days. With luck, I might nail the Short Series then. That's the part between this ^ and the Union Point junction. I noticed something strange in this area. There's a thin wire running atby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I took some pics from Ahwahnee Meadow a week or two ago. First the big view to establish the approximate location (though I did move around while taking the others): Now the detail views: I've always been curious where the webcam is located that takes those Ahwahnee-Meadow-and-Half-Dome shots, so while I was there I did some nosing around:by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotewherever They work best on official trails. Off-trail, not so much. There's a thing that Point Reyes National Seashore does with trails that I haven't seen anywhere else. Most of the time the trail is a four-to-six-foot wide mowed strip with a dirt path worn down the middle. In places, though, the "path" is a flat-bottomed trench about a foot wide. The trench can be as little as fby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteParis92 Looks like REI has really decreased the number of models they carry in general, and manufacture under their own brand specifically.... I don't think REI manufactures anything. They arrange with manufacturers to make products (to REI's specifications, I guess) and put the REI brand on them. I thought I heard that REI-brand poles were made by Komperdell. By and large, I like the proby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteChlo83 I will need ones that fold down at least a bit as travelling internationally. Mine are 27.5" long when fully telescoped together. If I pull the sections apart, the longest section is 22.5" Jayah Paley (whom I mentioned earlier) goes into some detail about how to (and how not to) disassemble poles. For instance, she says don't pop the sections apart while you have the rubbeby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
When I first used my poles on granite I was impressed with how the carbide tips gripped the rock. After almost a year, I started noticing more tendency for the tips to slip. When I looked at the carbide under magnification, it was obvious that the edges had gone from sharp to rounded. That was when I replaced the tips -- and noticed greatly improved grip next time I used them. The carbide partby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteJon Mure If you take an awkward fall you want to be able to easily let go of the poles. Lesson the hard way:-) I'd much, much rather use the poles to avoid the awkward fall in the first place. If I fell with poles I could mess up my hands or wrists (I did, once or twice, with ski poles) but if I fell without them I could bust an ankle, knee, or worse. Using the straps is much easier onby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I've been using poles for a year and a half and wouldn't hike without them now. They seem to save strain on my knees uphill or down and they're especially good for the kind of treacherous conditions I often find on the Four Mile and Upper Yosemite Falls trails. Parts of those trails are paved with granite "cobblestones" that have been worn smooth and sprinkled with gravel. They're extreby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Or this? http://www.mambinoorganics.com/Bug_Away_Repellent_Spray_p/br1269-47w.htm I found this at REI: http://www.rei.com/product/833278/bugband-insect-repellent-spray-3-fl-oz I like the smell of it (the geraniol, I guess) but I haven't had a chance to try it against serious mosquitoes yet. Almost anything seems to repel those Yosemite Valley dilettantes.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebasilbop The CCC was busy installing a nice zip-line facility between the middle gate and Union Point. Did you ever figure out what it was for? By my reckoning, Union Point is to the right and that "zipline" runs away from it. I thought I saw the trail curving to the left around the ravine. The crew seemed to be ferrying rocks from a section where there were morby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotethechief Also, bought this vintage photo on ebay for my collection, anyone want to take a stab at the possible location of the photo? For me, the "img" doesn't do anything but the URL itself does work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiefranger/9041327797/in/set-72157633497563037 Um... near Glacier Point? In that case, the "YOSEMITE 4 MLS" would refer to the old veby gophersnake - Photography advice, critiques and tutorials
Thanks for the report and the pics. I liked the snake shot especially. One of the Scarlet Kingsnakes I think, though not the exact species or subspecies shown here. I'm pretty sure the JMT was closed completely for a while after the slide but the announcement (Current Conditions) now says: QuoteThe John Muir Trail is closed below Nevada Fall to stock use until approximately mid-June. Souby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteOhnivy-Drak Is the mice population under control? I thought I read something from NPS last summer (though I can't find it now) pointing out that deer mice were native here, and that reducing or eliminating the population wasn't being considered. So far the best solutions seem to be aimed at keeping them from moving in with people. I wouldn't mind at all seeing more snakes and owls arouby gophersnake - General Discussion