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Photo of the Day: Yosemite Winter by Kevin
Today’s Photo of the Day, Yosemite Winter, was sent in by reader Kevin when he entered the contest to win a free Flickr Pro account. Great shot Kevin. Thanks for sending it in. If you’d like a free Flickr Pro Account that gets you increased storage, upload amounts and you don’t see any of the…
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Interview with Kelly Perkins
Authors Note: You may remember about a week ago we posted an article about the unstoppable Kelly Perkins who, with the help of husband Craig and Scott Stowe of the Yosemite Mountaineering School climbed the face of Half Dome. This was quite an inspirational feat as Kelly was the recipient of a heart transplant in…
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Something to Do this Summer in Tuolumne Meadows
One of the coolest things about staying in Tuolumne Meadows is some of the great programs that take place at the Parsons Lodge (by Soda Springs). The 2008 Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series was just announced and it looks like an awesome schedule this year. All programs, unless otherwise noted, begin at 2 pm and…
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Happy 4th of July
Happy Birthday America! Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July. Photo by Loyd Schutte.
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Roadkill
Have a listen to this short interview from NPR with Moose Mutlow, environmental education instructor and roadkill guy. His gear includes a baseball bat, a shovel, and a field guide called Flattened Fauna. He started the signs which show where bears have been hit by cars. Link
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National Guard to Help Battle Blazes in and Around Yosemite
For the first time in over 30 years the California National Guard is being called in to help fight the fires sparked by lightning nearly 2 weeks ago including the Aurora Fire which burns south-south west of Yosemite and the North Mountain Fire which moved into Yosemite a couple days ago. The Modesto Bee: “Minimal…
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Enter to Win!
Last month I started a contest where one lucky Yosemite Blog reader gets a Pro account at Flickr for a year (a $25 value). I’d like to keep this contest going BUT…I don’t know who to give it to. So about the 15th I’m going to hold a drawing and one lucky YB reader will…
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Photo of the Day: Nevada Fall by Kelly
Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from reader Kelly who took this photo from the top of the John Muir Trail on the way to Nevada Fall. Beautiful shot Kelly. Thanks for sending it in! Photo by Kelly.
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Third Time a Charm for Florine and Hirayama
There’s a new speed record tonight for climbing the nose route up El Capitan this time the record his held by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama who made it to the top in 2 hours and 43 minutes breaking a record set last year by two German brothers. SF Gate: “A Lafayette rock climber and…
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Got a Minute?
Carl from OpenRoad.TV realized he hasn’t been into the park in a long time and was feeling kind of home sick. So he came up with a great idea, 1 minute video vacations that you can watch on your break at work. Here’s the first of the Yosemite high country.