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With a new twist in the fight to restore Hetch Hetchy, Harrison Ford, best known for his role portrayal of Indiana Jones and Han Solo, is speaking out and lending his support to the thousands already calling for the once pristine valley to be restored. SF Gate: Can Indiana Jones rescue Hetch Hetchy Valley from…

Next time you’re hiking up to the base of Bridalveil Falls beware if you see a young girl picking flowers. What you see may just be a ghost! The legend of Po-ho-no is just one of the many stories told in a new book highlighting the supernatural side of Yosemite and the other national parks.…

You’ve heard of geocaching right? The sport derived from orienteering where you use a set of clues and a gps unit to find a “cache”, well here’s a really cool geocache if you’re in Yosemite. geocaching.com: “This is a great example of stonemasonry, using local stone. It is on a fairly easy walk to a…

As the summer winds down I came up with a neat idea of a gallery of photos taken around the park this summer. Here’s how it’s going to work: Send me your favorite shots (no more than 5 per person please) along with your name, email, and website if you got it. I’ll add all…

Dawn dropped me a line to say: “Thanks so much for keeping this up to date. So often here in the park, there is info, but frequently outdated. This is a good read and as a long time summer volunteer, it is good to see and tell people about places they can keep in touch…

Karl, one of the longtime readers, writes in with a very interesting question: “Do you know anything about the video camera’s lining 120? I only have seen them in Tuolumne, but that may because I only have been in Tuolumne. There are two in front of the store looking both directions, one in front of…

One thing visitors look forward to seeing when they visit the park are the bears. Unfortunately no one wants to see a bear dead along side the road. So far this year 10 bears have been hit by cars. That’s why it’s important to follow all speed limits in the park. Speed limits not only…

NPS: “In the last few weeks, bear activity has really picked up. The apples in the Valley are ripe and there are more visitors in the frontcountry and backcountry, providing numerous opportunities for bears to be involved in conflicts with humans. All Valley campgrounds have seen bear activity, mostly in the form of bears obtaining…

DSC_0022.JPG Originally uploaded by Campin’ Guy. Here’s a shot I took one early June morning of El Capitan reflecting in the Merced River. At the time the river was still really high. The spot where this was taken was one of my more favorite spots to shoot El Cap and isn’t normally underwater.

NPS: “A medium-sized rockfall occurred on the northwest face of Elephant Rock at 3:13 pm Sunday afternoon. A slab fell from the upper eastern edge of the large rectangular scar formed during rockfalls in the early 1970’s. The slab broke into pieces upon impacting the base of the cliff, and debris fell down the talus…