Category: News
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Breaking news!
I just talked with the tow company; They won’t be able to tow my car this morning due to a mudslide at the bottom of Briceburg grade on Highway 140. I don’t have any more details at this time. I’ll update as I can. Stay tuned to YosemiteBlog.com for the latest information. We now return…
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Toyota Donates More Than $600,000 and 5 Hybrid Vehicles to Yosemite
The Yosemite Fund was presented with a check totaling more than $600,000 and five Toyota Prius vehicles this morning at a press conference held at the University of California at Merced. In addition, Yosemite National Park and UC Merced unveiled plans for the grant which will support a number of environmental leadership and education programs…
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Get Into Yosemite Free!
It’s official. All National Park Service sites, including Yosemite National Park will offer free visitor admission on September 27, 2007 for National Public Lands Day. Additionally, all National Park Service sites will also be offering free admission on September 28, 2008 in recognition of newly naturalized citizens. Hooray!
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This Months Contest
I’ve had a couple people write in to ask if I gave away the Flickr Pro account last month and the answer is yes. I promised the winner since it was going to be a birthday present I wouldn’t mention his name or his daughters. Thank you everyone who entered. There will be another drawing…
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Adams Captured Emotion in Nature
Christopher Yates of the Columbus Dispatch wrote up a pretty nice piece on Ansel Adams work. The Columbus Dispatch: “Adams was a Renaissance man: He was a photographer, musician, environmental activist, writer and teacher. His 10 books on photographic techniques and processes were some of the most influential texts on the subject. His ‘zone system,’…
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5th Annual Yosemite Facelift September 24th – 28th
As the summer comes to a close the Yosemite Climbing Association will be hosting the 5th Annual Facelift. The five day, volunteer clean-up will take place September 24th – 28th starting daily at 8am with a daily closing time at 5pm. Event coordiantors will be staging in front of the Valley Visitor Center. All volunteers…
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Outage
For those of you who tried to get to the blog last night there was an outage due to unknown causes. I put in a trouble ticket with the host to find out what’s going on but I haven’t received a response yet. Hopefully we’ll get past this soon and get on a more stable…
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Spend a Day With a Pro Photographer and Get Free Schwag
Everyone knows Scott Bourne who was a frequent quest on Mac Break Weekly during the iPhone announcements and most know he’s a professional photographer who has moved into the realm of podcasting. Well Scott is having a really cool contest and the prize is your chance to photograph a national park (Yosemite of course!) with…
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Mailbag: 6 Tips for Your Next Trip, Map for Sale and Take My Photo Please!
At camp one of the things we looked forward to most was getting mail. So, to bring back some of that ol’ nostalgia, I’m reviving the mailbag tradition. Each week, that I have some, I’ll post your letters and comments so send me what you got! Kevin writes in: “I was surprised to read (6…
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Watch Out for that Tree!
It’s that time of year again when even the safety of a shady oak tree on a warm summer day may not be the place you want to be standing. What am I talking about? Limb drop. It seems oak trees draw a lot of water into their limbs on hot days which can cause…