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Royal Arches Rockfall: Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite Evacuated

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 Yerman | 17 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago
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theliquidmedia

Yosemite's giant trees disappear

Yosemite's giant trees of California are now disappearing... " Yosemite's giant trees disappear ...

created by iambest | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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All photos by David Pope or Friends of YOSAR

Marisa Olivia

Yosemite Search and Rescue releases 2008 report

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 | 47 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
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50th Anniversary of First Ascent of El Capitan

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...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Yosemite glacier on thin ice, proof of Global Climate Change

reno_fog

Yosemite glacier on thin ice, proof of Global Climate Change

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
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Wildfire near Yosemite destroys 12 homes

Deno Langis

Wildfire near Yosemite destroys 12 homes

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
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Kevin Borland

Out Of the Wilderness: Are Environmentalists Turning People Away from Nationa...

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
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Loss of a Legend

"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...

created by jakedai | 2 years ago
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Sierra Club [environmental news]

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created by Haecus | 3 years ago
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Hybridotus

Ansel Adams' Iconic 'Autumn Moon' Arrives

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...