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One Child Dead another Missing after Swimming in Merced
A 10-year-old boy is dead and a 6-year-old is missing after they were swept away while swimming in the Merced River.
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Hanta Virus claims life of Yosemite visitor
NPS – The recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in two Californians, one of whom died, has prompted Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state public health officer, to remind Californians to take precautions to prevent exposure to the virus that causes HPS at their places of…
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Man Drowns Swimming in Merced
A San Mateo man drowned after he became pinned under rocks while swimming in the Merced River.
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Edie’s Image of the day: Ten Lakes: Last light
Ten Lakes, Yosemite; Glacially polished granite slabs and an erratic boulder frame the small bay. Cross posted from the Little Red Tent
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Teknikal Diffikulties
So, I’m still having issues with my keyboard, but I’ve ordered a replacement and am relying on autocorrect to correct my alternative spellings. Hense the random sprinklings of k and s, along with instances of the letter between b and d. There are other elusive issues with my keyboard, very difficult to pin down…
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Fire at Glacier Pt. Gifts
First, my apologies for the long silence. I spilled some water on my keyboard, and I’m having issues with several letters not functioning at all, or wonkily. I’m relying on the keyboard viewer to type this. Now to the news; There was a fire at Glacier Pt. Gift store this morning. No one was…
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A Visit to Yosemite (video)
I always love watching other people’s videos where they discover Yosemite. There’s always something I take for granted that’s cool and interesting.
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Increased Chance of El Nino Year May Make for Extremely Wet Winter in Yosemite
Forecasters at the US Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) are citing warming ocean temperatures as a signal that El Nino could strike as early as the third quarter of 2012, raising prospects of wreaking weather havoc from North and South America to Asia.
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More Hang Gliding in Yosemite Videos
Another great hang gliding in Yosemite video. I love the right hand turn into Yosemite Falls on this one. The pilot gets really close to the falls.
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Yosemite Creek Drainage!
Just a note to say that I’m back from a 3-day trip to the top of Yosemite Creek Drainage: images of Grant Lake, and Ten Lakes will be queued up and Edie’s Image of the day will resume within a couple of days. In the mean time, here’s one to tide you over!