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http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/nap/72-34.htm
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/po/72-33.htm
Not well-edited extracts from "Ambassador in Arms: The Story of Hawaii's100th Battalion" by Thomas D. Murphy
http://www.ajawarvets.org/assets/pdf/battle-po-valley.pdf
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KenS
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General Discussion The smoke from the fires must be really affecting air quality in the San Joaquin:
http://viewer.smoke.airfire.org/run/standard/CANSAC-2km/current/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/fires-in-west-leave-residents-gasping-on-the-soot-left-behind.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Humboldt’s Gifts
Countless places bear Alexander von Humboldt’s name. So do 300 plants, and 100 animals. Who was he?
By Jenny Uglow
Sept. 4, 2015 5:03 p.m. ET
Packing his bags before his voyage on the Beagle in 1831, and knowing space was tight in his small cabin, Charles Darwin asked the captain if he could take Alexander von Humboldt’s “Personal Narrative,” the seven-volume ac
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KenS
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General Discussion As Hikers Celebrate on Appalachian Trail, Some Ask: Where Will It End?
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYEAUG. 29, 2015
MOUNT KATAHDIN, Me. — The storied Appalachian Trail, which begins 2,190 miles away in Georgia, ends here, with a final scramble up Maine’s highest peak — some of it nearly vertical, much of it blocked by boulders. For those who have trekked five or six months, Katahdin’s iconic
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KenS
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General Discussion Another take on Bryson's book:
August 21, 2015
Why the Most Popular Hiking Memoirs Don’t Go the Distance
By Robert Moor
When I was eighteen, I bought a copy of Bill Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods,” which remains, if my conversations with strangers are any indication, the only book anyone has ever read about the Appalachian Trail.
http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/why
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KenS
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General Discussion Rough Fire Closure
larock1971@ymail.com
Message 1 of 4 , Aug 20 5:10 PM
I'm hearing from my son and cousin, through an InReach, that rangers are turning back hikers going south out of MTR due to the air quality because of smoke from the Rough Fire. I'm not certain if they talked with a ranger
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Rough Fire grows to more than 12,000 acres
By Brian Johnson
Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:00PM
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) --
The Rough Fire east of Fresno in the Sierra National Forest is expected to eventually burn between 30,000 and 40,000 acres.
http://abc30.com/news/200-us-forest-service-firefighters-battling-steep-terrain-at-rough-fire/928870/
Satellite image of fire:
http://rapidfir
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion From the latest satellite image, it looks like most of the smoke is coming from the Rough Fire (near Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP) and the Cabin Fire (Golden Trout Wilderness):
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?subset=AERONET_Fresno.2015223.aqua.250m
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4456/
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4423/
http://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/aqmonito
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Most reported plague cases are in the Southwest US:
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Plague found in Flagstaff, officials urge precautions
Charly Edsitty, 12 News 5:25 p.m. MST April 6, 2015
Hikers and pet owners recreating in the Picture Canyon trail area are being asked by the Coconino County Public Health Services District to take extra precautions after confirmation of fleas infected with the plague were found in t
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion The latest news from the San Francisco paper:
AP Exclusive: Deaths of Yosemite jumpers remain a mystery
Scott Smith, Associated Press
Updated 9:07 am, Tuesday, August 4, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — World-famous wingsuit flier Dean Potter had strapped his iPhone to the back of his head and hit record before jumping from a cliff in Yosemite National Park in what was to be an exhilarat
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Hollywood's next hiking movie is coming out around Labor Day -- A Walk In The Woods -- starring 78-year-old Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. (Saw the trailer this weekend.)
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KenS
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General Discussion July 26, 2015
The state of California is hiring, and it may want people like you
By Andrew Holzman
Every day, California government officials are looking for people to fill thousands of full-time vacancies. Their recruiting is heating up. Forty percent of state employees are eligible to retire, and only about 10 percent of the workforce is under age 30, compared to about 25 percent of the
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KenS
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General Discussion That area must not be as well known as spots along the JMT because after the July 4th weekend I was able to get a wilderness permit for Mono Pass (Inyo) and a reservation at the Old Shady Rest campground in Mammoth Lakes.
Planning to spend part of the first day of my vacation hiking around Cathedral Lakes. The second day hiking up to Morgan Pass in Little Lakes Valley. Then a couple of day
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KenS
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Why Have Volcanoes in the Cascades Been So Quiet Lately?
Erik Klemetti Date of Publication: 05.22.15.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the eruption of California’s Lassen Peak. As the anniversary slides past, it leaves Mount St. Helens as the only Cascade Range volcano that has erupted over the last century. This means that although we have thirteen major composite volcanoes pl
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General Discussion The Last Flight of Dean Potter
The pioneering climber and BASE-jumper defied convention to his last day.
Daniel Duane, Men’s Journal, provided by
Published 10:00 am, Friday, May 22, 2015
At 7:25 pm on Saturday, May 16th, Dean Potter zipped up his wingsuit, and, with friend Graham Hunt stepped to the edge of Taft Point, 3,500-feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley. Their plan was to j
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion On the "Wild, Wild East" side of the island you'll find the part hippie communities. Not safe in some places:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/big-island/327109-safe-camping-big-island.html
On the west side of the island are some of the most expensive homes in the state:
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=7917&url=/Honolulu-Magazine/September-2010/The-25-M
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KenS
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General Discussion Restoration of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Project
The Mariposa Grove restoration project will restore dynamic ecological processes and increase the resiliency of this treasured grove to withstand emerging stressors today and in the future. This project is underway, although major work won't begin until at least July 6, 2015, and tentatively ending about 24 months later.
Once compl
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion More information about that tragic accident:
Yosemite plunge: Fatal mistake in a sport with no room for error
By Peter Fimrite Updated 7:09 pm, Monday, May 18, 2015
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Yosemite-plunge-Fatal-mistake-in-a-sport-with-no-6271703.php
(I was at Arches National Park the day after Dean Potter climbed up Delicate Arch. There were a couple of TV news vans
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Weather forecasts for Tuolumne area:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.877148907000446&lon=-119.37765985399972&site=all&smap=1#.VQuO-eGrEls
http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Lembert-Dome/forecasts/2880
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion ‘Carpe diem’: Google CFO’s farewell will make you want to retire earlier
Published: Mar 10, 2015 10:37 p.m. ET
ByShawnLanglois
His goodbye post started off like so many other trite corporate farewells. Google Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette, after seven years spent deep in the Internet giant’s financial books, announced on Tuesday he’ll be retiring from the job “to spend
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KenS
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General Discussion Customer service is hard to do even with training:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/business/smallbusiness/a-whole-town-tries-to-improve-its-customer-service-how-could-we-be-a-70.html?_r=0
Yelp's 2015 highest ranked place eat is in Big Pine:
http://officialblog.yelp.com/2015/01/yelps-top-100-places-to-eat-in-the-us-for-2015.html
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KenS
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General Discussion The Fermi Paradox
Posted: 06/17/2014 12:57 pm EDT
Everyone feels something when they're in a really good starry place on a really good starry night and they look up and see this:
Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the old "existential meltdown followed by acting weird for th
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KenS
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General Discussion Pictures of the rifle in an updated article:
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/132-year-old-winchester-found-national-park/
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KenS
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General Discussion My neighbor growing up in Hawaii coined the term "Pineapple Express":
1-3-97, KUSI Morning News--Wilbur Shigehara, National Weather Service,
retires today at 55. (...) Coined the term Pineapple Express and Yukon
Express.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2000-January/004165.html
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KenS
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General Discussion Click on "Earth" for more menu options, again to close the menu.
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General Discussion