Category: News
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A New Poll and the Results from Julys
If you haven’t noticed it there’s a new poll up in the sidebar. The question for August is: “Have you ever committed a crime in Yosemite?” I’m gonna come clean and upfront say that yes, I have received a speeding ticket in Yosemite. I was about 10 miles an hour over the posted speed limit…
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Photo of the Day: Clouds Over Tioga Lake by Loyd Schutte
Today’s Photo of the Day is one of mine. My wife and I spend a lot of time traversing Tioga Pass to shoot. We just happened to be coming back up the pass when I saw this awesome thunderstorm building to the south. Coming up on Tioga Lake I knew the reflection would make a…
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Search Continues For Hiker
The search for Ottorrina “Terrina” Bonaventura who was reported missing on July 30th is still on. If you were hiking South of Tuolumne Meadows and East of Merced Lake please call (209) 372-0778. Even if you did not see anyone matching her description call. Search teams are trying to determine areas she might have been…
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Hiker Missing Near Tuolumne Meadows
An 80 year old woman is missing in the Tuolumne Meadows area after becoming seperated from her friends while hiking on Monday. News10.com: “Searchers are looking for Ottorrina “Terrina” Bonaventura in the Tuolumne Meadows back country. Bonaventura, who is an experienced hiker, started out Monday on a day trip from Vogelsang with three others. Her…
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Last Day for July’s Poll
Today is the last day to make your voice heard so mouse over to the right and vote. This months question is: In light of the recent death on the Half Dome, do you think limits should be imposed on the number of people who can climb the cables each day? Results will be posted…
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Keep It Coming
Thank you to all of you who have been commenting, sending in emails and photos, and tagging your photos on Flickr. It’s great to see so much participation and get so much feedback. Please, keep them coming.
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A Little Change
I know some of you read Yosemite Blog with a news reader program like Newsgator, RSS Bandit, NetNewsWire and Vienna. I just changed the RSS feeds over to FeedBurner and I’m using the WordPress plugin so you shouldn’t notice anything. But if your feed seems not to be updating you can change over to the…
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Fire is Nature’s Way in Yosemite
The Merced Sun-Star ran a very good piece Saturday on fire in Yosemite and the National Park Service’s use of wildland fires to preserve the natural balance within Yosemite. mercedsunstar.com: “From the cabin of a helicopter that hovered over a forest, National Park fire chief Kelly Martin studied the serrated orange flames that danced across…
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Video: Hang gliding over Yosemite
Here’s part 1 of an interesting video of hang gliding over Yosemite Valley. The shots are fabulous. Is this legal? I don’t know. I know base jumping in the park is illegal but I’m not sure about hang gliding. Watch the video.
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Rocket Launch Caught on Tape in Yosemite
Interesting video of a rocket launch from Vandenberg that was caught in Yosemite. This appears to have been filmed along the Big Oak Flat road by the burn scar.