Day: July 30, 2005
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Half Dome Summit Panorama
summit panorama Originally uploaded by Genista. Kai Schreiber made a great panorama from the summit of Half Dome. You really have to check this out.
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Looking for some great information on Yosemite?
Have you ever read the Wikipedia page on Yosemite. It’s loaded with interesting and useful information about the park. Here’s an excerpt. Wikipedia: “Yosemite National Park (pronounced “Yo-SEM-it-tee”, IPA [joʊˈsɛməti]) is a U.S. national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne County, California, United States. The park covers an area of 1,189 mi² (3,081 km²)…
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Lynn Hill: Climbing the West Face of The Leaning Tower with Katie Brown
Here’s an excellent story from Lynn Hill’s blog you’re going to have to read. Lynn: Getting to the base of the Leaning Tower involved a one-hour hike uphill through large boulders, a thick pine forest with voracious mosquitoes, then along the base of the wall, and finally, across a third class ledge system leading out…