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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…

  • Photo of the Day: 40% of Leaning Tower to Go! by Maria Ly

    I’ve been watching Maria’s climbing escapades via her photostream on Flickr for some time now and have been very impressed with her climbing prowess and ability to take great photos while doing it. For some reason this photo stuck out to me today and I knew it was the perfect Photo of the Day. Very…

  • Interview: Michael Frye – Author of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite

    In the continuing series of interviews we’ve been doing with Yosemite notables I was lucky enough to get a chance to talk with Michael Frye, photographer and author of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite, a must have for every visiting travelers bag whether you’re a photographer or just want to know what’s happening when. YB:…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Heart Transplant Recipient Scales Half Dome

    Looks like the unstoppable Kelly Perkins has recently made another ascent in Yosemite, with the help of Yosemite Mountaineering School guide, Scott Stowe. Since getting a heart transplant in 1995, Kelly has been traveling the world, climbing significant peaks in an effort to promote organ donation. She’s a great inspiration, not only for organ transplant…

  • The Holy Grail

    The Yosemite Museum is currently hosting a superb exhibit on the history of climbing at the park. Yosemite’s textured granite and die-hard climbers have made the park one of the world’s premier destinations for this sport. Many innovations were developed during Camp 4 bull-sessions. In addition to the expected Big Wall displays, the one that…

  • Firefalls 2008: Follow up.

    Our friend Tom Lambert has a post up on his blog, YosemiteExplorer.com about the Royal Arches fire; In a nutshell, a fire was spotted on Monday night at that spot. Speculation is that climbers coming off the Royal Arches route lit it to get warm, and didn’t extinguish it properly. You can read Tom’s account…

  • New route from Beth Rodden — Meltdown

    I’m not a climber, but this is impressive because she had to shovel snow to work on this, and she used duct tape. And it may be one of the most difficult traditional routes ever. From Alpinist: Of Meltdown, she said: “I had to work harder on this climb than on any other… I think…

  • Stars at Ostrander

    You should check out this article on the [Ostrander] Ski Hut. Why? 1. There’s an amazing night photo of the hut below a billion stars. 2. A comparison of Two Buck Chuck and Chateau Margaux. Link to the photo Link to the SF Chronicle article It’s an unproven yet widely acknowledged fact that Two Buck…