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  • Photo of the Day: IMG_5295 by Angela Sevin

    Sometimes, when I’m picking a photo for Photo of the Day, I’ll make up a title to go along with the picture if it only has a camera assigned image number. Today it was too hard. What would I title it? Beautiful Lake? Really Blue Sky? Awesome Photo? Awesome photo works. Hey Angela, awesome photo.…

  • Cough cough wheeze

    It’s incredibly smokey, it’s hard to breathe and it sucks right now with the smoke from all the fires. The real one close to the park is the Aurora Fire close to Mariposa and there’s another down by the Tuolumne. If you’re interested in seeing where all the fires in California are right now here’s…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bad Air

    Smoke from fires in the surrounding region have prompted an air quality alert to be issued from the San Joaquin Valley Pollution Control District and the National Weather Service. AM PDT TUE JUN 24 2008 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, KERN COUNTY, MARIPOSA COUNTY, AND TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT…

  • Fires Around Yosemite

    As of 0600 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 several significant fires continue to burn outside Yosemite National Park due to the weekend’s lightning strikes. The Oliver Complex, burning on the Sierra National Forest, is currently at over 1300 acres with about 5% containment. This complex, which includes 14 fires, has threatened homes in some areas. FOR…

  • Video Discussion of Ansel Adams’ process

    I really enjoyed this video conversation with Michael Adams about his father, the famous photographer, Ansel Adams, Ansel’s connection to Yosemite, and his process of “making” (not taking) a photograph. Not only is there some original footage of Ansel talking about his creative process, but the piano music is also his. Thought you folks might…

  • Photo of the Day: Hangliding in Yosemite by Kevin Perez

    Today’s Photo of the Day was emailed into me by Kevin Perez who caught this great shot of the hangliders on Saturday morning launching from Glacier Point. Pretty sweet. Great shot Kevin. Thanks for sending it in. Photo by Kevin Perez.

  • System Upgrades

    You probably won’t notice anything but we upgraded the back end tonight and took some steps to secure the website after one of my other sites, www.dailything.com, was hacked and a malicious script inserted into the code that downloaded a trojan. Both sites are set and secure now. If you notice anything wonky please let…

  • What Do You Want to Do About the Tuolumne

    After a long delay due to the setbacks with the Merced River Plan the Tuolumne River Plan is opening for comment with a host of workshops being held up in Tuolumne Meadows and the Planning Workbook being released in July. TUOLUMNE RIVER PLAN NEWS Yosemite’s Division of Planning is pleased to announce the summer public…