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...
created by jordan | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago 308 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
opinion by Marisa Olivia | 40 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 905 views | 34 recommendations | 6 comments
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...
created by reno_fog | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 189 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by poolparty | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 604 views | 4 recommendations | 4 comments
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...
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 436 views | 9 recommendations | 6 comments
"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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