Yosemite Blog

Year: 2005

  • Yosemite Blog Poll: NPS Should Limit the Amount of Motor Vehicles Entering the Park

    Well it’s that time again. Time to post the results of the latest Yosemite Blog Poll and get your opinion on a new Yosemite topic. This month a record 45 people voted with the overwhelming majority (80%) agreeing that the National Park Service should impose a limit on the number of motor vehicles that can…

  • ‘Shattered Air’ Remembered A Little Differently By Hikers

    A new book, “Shattered Air : A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite’s Half Dome” (Bob Madgic), tells the story of a group of hikers who ventured to the top of Half Dome and were caught in a thunderstorm. But for one group of hikers from Carmel California, the version in the book…

  • YODOGS: Yosemite’s Four Footed Heroes

    Ok. YODOGS rock. Friends of YOSAR: most of the YODOGs are “area dogs.” This means that instead of following a scent trail, the canine team is assigned to a specific area and the dog’s job is to find every person or fairly large object (like a pack) with human scent on it within that area.…

  • A Get Together in Yosemite

    In case you hadn’t heard the Flickr Yosemite group is going to be having a meetup in the Park in early September. If you’re interested in Yosemite this is a great chance to meet some very knowledgeable people and have some fun with your camera in the park. For more information check out the group…

  • Rangers Offer Advice for Staying Safe

    The Modesto Bee: “STAYING SAFE Yosemite National Park rangers offer the following safety tips for hikers: BEFORE YOU LEAVE — Tell someone exactly where you’re going, the route you’re taking and when you’ll be back. “SITUATIONAL AWARENESS” — Analyze the weather and trail conditions before you leave, always be cautious, and understand that the conditions…

  • Going hiking in Yosemite? Keep on your toes.

    The Modesto Bee: “Hikers on Yosemite National Park’s Mist Trail are typically a joyful group, awed by the postcard image of the plunging, 320-foot Vernal Fall.Two weekends ago, however, people on the winding trail turned somber after a man slipped into the water directly above the fall and disappeared over the precipice. “It was weird,…

  • A Spectacular Light Show Comes to Yosemite

    Friday night will be a spectacular night in Yosemite when the traveling light show comes to town. No, the circus isn’t coming to Yosemite. It’s the Perseid Meteor Shower. This annual event has provided a spectacular light show in the August night sky with the last few years being more spectacular than the last. So…

  • Ahn Likely Killed Traversing Creek

    Hyundo Ahn, a 25-year-old South Korean exchange student who had just completed a year at the University of California/Davis, obtained a wilderness permit for an ambitious eleven-day hike on the John Muir Trail from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney on June 20th. After the hike, Ahn planned to visit several other sites in the U.S.…

  • Thank you

    A big heartfelt ‘thank you’ to all the people who sent their birthday wishes along this morning. Thanks guys. 🙂

  • Yosemite Body Identified as Missing UCD Student

    CBS 5: “A body discovered in a remote Yosemite canyon was identified Tuesday as a foreign exchange student who went missing June 20, authorities said. South Korean University student Hyun Do Ahn, 25, had studied English for a year at the University of California, Davis when he set out alone to hike from Yosemite National…