Month: December 2004

Awesome! The National Geographic Travel Guide: Yosemite National Park. Millions of visitors come to Rhode Island-size Yosemite each year, most to the mile-wide (1.6-kilometer-wide) Yosemite Valley, which was cut by the Merced River and then enlarged by glaciers. Huge domes—notably El Capitan and Half Dome—and high peaks close in the valley, which makes up only…

Everyone knows the best time to visit Yosemite to see the waterfalls is in the spring. Don Bain presents a great tour through the Waterfalls of Yosemite with pages on each of the prominent waterfalls found throughout the park. The spectacular scenery of Yosemite would be famous just for its cliffs, forests and meadows, but…

Planning on taking the kids to Yosemite? Here’s a fun roadside tour of the Roadside Geology of Yosemite Valley from my former Geology professor. Good stuff! Impress the wife. 😉

There’s a very interesting collection of photos over at the Digital Camera Resource Page: Yosemite National Park Gallery. All were taken using a Sony DSC-F707 digital camera. Some really great shots.

Ever wonder what a Class 5.3 is? The American Safe Climbing Association has a great page with information on all the Rock Climbing Ratings used today including the Yosemite Decimals System orignally invented by Don Wilson, Royal Robbins, and Chuck Wilts in 1956 and the original Sierra Club rock climbing rating system, dating from the…

Looking to perk up your desktop at work and bring a little Yosemite into the office? Paul’s Yosemite Photographs is a great collection of photographs and wallpapers of Yosemite. Great photos!

Find an interesting article on Yosemite you’d like to suggest? Know of a site with great pictures of Yosemite you’d like me to highlight? Send it to me! You can email me at loydatyosemiteblog.com or aim me at thecmpnguy.