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  • Answering the Age-Old Question for Reader Primoz

    Reader Primoz from Slovenia sent in an email: “First of all let me introduce my self. My name is Primoz and I’m from small country in central Europe called Slovenia. It’s a small but very beautiful country. I’m 29 years old. I am coming to US for the first time in june. I will be…

  • Photo of the Day: 2 Shots of Horsetail Fall by Chuck Cagara

    After being disappointed during several outings over the past two weeks, we ventured forth again today after closely monitoring the weather and satellite reports. It looked like a reasonable expectation of moderately clear skies at the sunset time. While we did not enjoy the trickle of deep red that sometimes reveals itself after official sunset,…

  • Don’t Miss Horsetail Fall

    If you’re headed up to Yosemite to catch the Firefall (Horsetail Fall) then listen up. Northside Drive in Yosemite Valley, from Camp 4 to El Capitan Crossover, is closed for road work until May 2009. Southside Drive east of El Capitan Crossover is open to two-way traffic for access to eastern Yosemite Valley (including Yosemite…

  • Photographing Yosemite’s Firefall

    Michael Frye has been doing some research and has come up with the best days to catch the “firefall”. Michael Frye: “My friend and fellow photographer Keith Walklet, who lived in Yosemite Valley for 15 years, told me that he thought the best light was in mid-February, around Valentine’s day. He contended that this was…

  • Yosemite Valley Lodge

    Yosemite Valley Lodge (Yosemite Lodge) About: Located in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Valley Lodge (formerly Yosemite Lodge) offers private rooms with extraordinary views of all the major sights in Yosemite including: Sentinel Rock, Half Dome, Yosemite Fall and El Capitan. Yosemite Valley Lodge is located directly across Northside Drive from Yosemite Falls and offers 226 lodge…

  • Photo of the Day: Burn by Edie Howe-Byrne

    Today’s Photo of the Day is one of a collection that Edie took the other night of the controlled burn taking place in Yosemite Valley just west of El Capitan. Beautiful stuff, Edie. Be sure to check out the whole collection on Flickr and then head over to Edie’s site LittleRedTent.net. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne…

  • Some Good Spots to Shoot in Yosemite

    Richard took the time to send in an email and asks: Would you be so kind as to refer me to a web site that might list 10 (or some manageable number) great sites for shooting photos in Yosemite, easily accessible from the valley floor? I have been there before, and I am not a…

  • Man commits suicide off Half Dome

    According to yesterday’s report from the Public Information Office at Yosemite, on July 29 a 27-year old man lept to his death off of 8,842 foot Half Dome. The report said it was a “high profile” suicide with no elaboration. I’ve seen no other reports in the press. This was the second suicide this summer.…

  • 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…

  • Yosemite Speed: Half Dome Running and Nose Climbing Records

    There are some newsworthy happenings on the speedclimbing and running fronts happening right now in Yosemite. To back up a bit for those who don’t know about these obscure domains of human endeavour, some folks like to compete against a clock (you’ve perhaps heard of the Boston Marathon or the Iditarod?) and some of those…