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If you go beyond the gate and get caught, will the ranger cite you? If someone gets hurt or needs rescue, who gets billed? I guess this was all discussed in that Half Dome cables thread. But there's an actual sign and barrier at Union, right? Whereas, the cables laying on the rock is more symbolic.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Tough to patrol and enforce. They could easily sneak into one of the parks inside an SUV full of people.
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General Discussion How do all of these storms affect the tremendously popular Horsetail? Increase in snowpack is good for water supply, but potential fog and cloudiness during the window are probably negatives?
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion People have done what you described. Some might have even done it in risky conditions and gotten away with it. A few individuals haven't, unfortunately.
This is one of my favorite "sped-up GIF" images, courtesy of The Pink One.
Coming Down
Watching it, it gives a perception that the individuals are just speeding down. But they probably used all of the precautionary safety me
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Our favorite Birds have been on the HD cables during the "offseason." Of course, they are exceptional. Not sure if they've done it in snowy/icy conditions. Not everything is black and white. But things can go south, for anyone. All you can do is make the best judgment as possible. I tend to be more on the conservative side.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion I've seen the cam at the Majestic Meadow. Haven't been there in awhile, so memory a bit hazy. The cam is on top of the front door to one of the houses? I've tried sneaking in some silly creatures at Sentinel, but I think my attempts failed.
I challenge you to get your mug on either Turtleback or El Cap cam! hehe.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion JKW, you are simply incredible. Major kudos and congrats, not just for completing your quest. But in the timeframe that it was done. For some individuals (namely me), it's not reachable in an entire lifetime.
So what are the goals for next year?
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra In "Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite," my favorite part is in the Drowning chapter. Details about a rescue/recovery involving Bridalveil Creek and Fall. I can't help but chuckle, no disrespect meant.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Unfortunate news. Looking at the map, he wasn't too far away from the trail. There is a some type of waterfall at the junction. Maybe something happened while trying to get a better (closer) view. The water might have been roaring.
https://mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=36.541812,-118.720343&z=16&t=t4
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Nice shots, Ansel!
Reminds me of the time I completed the CCW Yose-ElCap-Rockslides loop. It was night time, and had to walk an additional 2 miles or so back to the parking. Seeing all the climber campsite lights along the wall was quite amazing.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra http://www.cbsnews.com/news/father-teen-son-die-hiking-accident-shaver-lake-california/
Who has visited this area? Just curious about how risky Shaver Rock is, and how frequented this specific spot is.
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General Discussion That was really cool, thanks for sharing that. Although that did bring a bit of motion sickness for me, haha.
You started at 5AM in the morning. Did you leave your stuff at the campsite (starting point), or did you bring everything with you when you went up Galen?
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Thanks for the flickr recommendation. I'll give it a try sometime. Might also just upload slideshows onto youtube.
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General Discussion https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-10/china-tries-to-conquer-everest?ref=yfp
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General Discussion With Picasa defunct, I need a new place. Google Photos...bleah. Any recommendations?
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General Discussion It looks like the weather will hold up for the next couple of weeks or so. Don't see any precipitation or storms on the horizon. Yosemite Fall webcam indicates that the effects of the recent storm have been reduced significantly. But most of the snow at higher elevations will remain at this point.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion From the webcam, Yosemite Falls is really going. But it would be really interesting to see what the recent storms have done for ones like Ribbon, Sentinel, etc. The storm from Oct 15 weekend got the Tuolumne River roaring again when I went the following weekend. There were also cascades coming down from Cathedral Lakes area into Tenaya. Spectacular stuff...with luck, Tioga will timely open ag
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion I went this past weekend, started & went behind Pothole. There are nice use trails that take you to the first footbridge so that you don't need to cross the river, if you don't feel like it. But there was more water than expected. Not as high and powerful as during spring, but the waterfalls looked to be at least 75% of max. The "chess pieces" cairns at White Cascades are gone no
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra During my trip into the park this past weekend, I made a rare visit to the valley. Though things were signed properly, it was still a bit strange and un-nerving that there was two-way traffic on both sides of the valley (North and South Drives). Luckily, traffic wasn't that heavy (got there early evening, 6PMish). Thus the two-way traffic and several detours. But it's the right time of year to
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Fun hike. Not a particularly long one, but worthwhile nontheless. Good time to visit Joshua Tree is Feb-March-ish. When it's not quite as hot. If you're lucky, you'll come across one of these:
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