Three Hikers Fell from Vernal Fall in Yosemite Rangers at Yosemite National Park say that there were three hikers who fell from Vernal Fall on July 19, and that they are all presumed dead. The three hikers who fell...
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'1 or More' Hikers Swept from Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park Rangers at Yosemite National Park are conducting a search and rescue operation after receiving several reports that "one or more" hikers were swept...
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On this last December 2010 during the start of the winter weather I had the good fortune to be exploring the Mariposa area of California.The beauty of this landscape seems to have a positive spin on the...
I just got a phone call from pharsyght, who told me that there was a rockfall at the Royal Arches in Yosemite. The historic Ahwanee Hotel has been evacuated. There's apparently dust and debris everywhere. I'm...
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YOSAR 2008 report Hundreds of large-scale, alpine-area search and rescue (SAR) operations are mounted every year, all over the world. A common misconception is that most of these rescues are aimed at...
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El Capitan dominates the Yosemite Valley vista, taunting climbers from around the globe. However, for generations the stark, bare face was considered unclimbable... that is, until November 1958. Harding, Merry...
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Do you still think there is no such thing as Global Climate change? Here in California the truth is there for all to see."ON THE LYELL GLACIER – As melting water gushed off the ice in a tinseled maze of...
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Firefighters are still trying to fight a wildfire near Yosemite National Park. The blaze has already destroyed 12 homes. 2000 homes are being threatened by the fire. Apparently, two women who went into...
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America's system of national parks, forests, bird reservations, game preserves, and national monuments provides a series of living gemstones across the land. President Theodore Roosevelt set the standard for...
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"Loss of a Legend
By Matt Samet and Steve Bechtel
Photo by Tyler Stableford
On October 23, the climbing world lost a legend — Todd Skinner, originally of Pinedale, Wyoming, 47 at the time of his death and a leading big-wall free climber. Skinner died in an unrestrained...
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As the moon rose in the evening sky, a crowd gathered at Glacier Point to relive an iconic scene captured by photographer Ansel Adams more than 50 years ago.
About 300 amateur photographers, astronomers and other...
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