Category: On the Trail
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Body of Missing Hiker Found
The body of missing hiker Ottorina Bonaventure has been found in the Yosemite southwest of Tuolumne Meadows in the Echo Creek drainage. Yuba Net: “The search for a missing woman in Yosemite National Park ended on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 when her body was located in the Echo Creek drainage, a rugged wilderness area southwest…
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Search Scaled Back for Missing Hiker
The search effort for Ottorrina Bonaventura who has been missing since July 30th was scaled back over the weekend as hope of finding the 80 year old diminished. Fox28.com: “There’s still no sign of an 80-year-old Indiana woman lost in a wilderness area of California’s Yosemite National Park. Ottorrina Bonaventura of Schererville has been missing…
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Search Continues For Hiker
The search for Ottorrina “Terrina” Bonaventura who was reported missing on July 30th is still on. If you were hiking South of Tuolumne Meadows and East of Merced Lake please call (209) 372-0778. Even if you did not see anyone matching her description call. Search teams are trying to determine areas she might have been…
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Hiker Missing Near Tuolumne Meadows
An 80 year old woman is missing in the Tuolumne Meadows area after becoming seperated from her friends while hiking on Monday. News10.com: “Searchers are looking for Ottorrina “Terrina” Bonaventura in the Tuolumne Meadows back country. Bonaventura, who is an experienced hiker, started out Monday on a day trip from Vogelsang with three others. Her…
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Missing: Fred Claassen
Fred Claassen entered the Hoover Wilderness from Twin Lakes on Thursday, July 31, 2003 for a short hiking trip to Crown Lake. He planned to traverse Mule and Burro passes and return to Twin Lakes cross-country via Matterhorn Pass and the Horse Creek drainage. Due back Monday, August 4th hikers reported seeing him last at…
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Video: Hiking Half Dome the Day Nohara Died
Here’s a video of the hike up Half Dome from June 16, 2007, the day Hirofumi Nohara died after losing his footing on the trail. The amount of people waiting to climb the cables is unreal.
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Take a Tour with Your Own Tour Guide
Yosemite is a large, wondrous place but unless you have your own tour guide it’s hard to know what you’re seeing. That’s why the National Park Service, Yosemite Association and Big Escapes came up with the Explorer, a handheld device that leads you on a personalized video tour of the Lower Yosemite Falls loop. Developed…
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Mail Call: Steven and Frank in the High Sierra
Steven writes in: “I’ve been reading your blog off and on in preparation for my hiking trip with my son last week. Great job, with lots of insight into the “real Yosemite”. Frank and I hiked into Sunrise HSC to open it. We were the first registered guests to sign in for the 2007 season…
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Photo of the Day: E3205884 by George Hsia
Although George didn’t post a caption with this awesome photo I can tell you it was taken just outside Tuolumne Meadows where the river starts to drop down into the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Blue skies, beautiful water and great scenery make this a great place to shoot. Great shot, George. Photo by George…
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Return of Photo of the Day: Temple Crag by Edie
This photo was so good I had to use it as the first photo for the return of Photo of the Day. Edie hiked into the John Muir Wilderness at Big Pine and took this fantastic shot of the Temple Crag. I was talking to her over Instant Messenger and she was trying to be…