Search results for: “Yosemite Search and Rescue”
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A Bunch of Real Life Heroes
I’d like to take a second to focus on a great group of guys and gals who work tirelessly day and night, in rain and snow risking their own lives to help others. Their work reads like an adventure novel. Their exploits seem almost fictional but in truth they’re quite real. I’m not talking about…
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Backpacker Missing in the White Wolf Area
Yosemite National Park is asking for assistance from the public in obtaining information about a missing backpacker. Leon Zheng is believed to have started a solo trip around September 2, 2005 in Yosemite National Park. A full-scale search for Zheng was initiated on September 7, 2005, involving about 30 ground searchers, dog teams, and helicopters.…
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139 so far.
“As of July 26th, Yosemite Search and Rescue has responded to 139 SAR incidents in 2005.” Friends of YOSAR Technorati Tags: California, Sierra Nevada, wilderness, yosemite
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My body is sliding out of control towards the base of the upper falls. Before I even let out a scream, I plunge into the roaring rapids…
“As I feel my body cool down, I watch a group of Fresno teenagers make way from the trees returning to the main trail. The leader and I exchange smiles. He asks me how would a cool misty spray feel right about now. I answer with a slight nod of the head. He explains that…
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The Hidden Heroes
We never think much about them until we need them and when we need them, we’re thankful they’re there. Friends of Yosemite Search and Rescue tells the untold tale of a group of true heroes who give selflessly to help people in need. Thanks. This story is true and was taken directly from an incident…
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High Water Poses Danger Even When You Think It’s Safe
This years snow pack is well above normal and we’re really happy to have had so much rain and snow. But it also means that as temperatures heat up, and they’ve been really hot of late, that all that runoff from the melting snow has to go somewhere.
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Missing Hiker Could Be in Tuolumne Meadows Area
A hiker last reported in the Mammoth Lakes area just outside Yosemite’s Tioga Pass entrance may have made his way into the park and may be missing in the Tuolumne Meadows area.
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Happy 4th of July – What you need to know this holiday weekend
Want to celebrate the 4th of July in Yosemite. Here’s what you need to know. Read more.
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Send Us Your Stuff
Hey all you NPS and DNC employees and not to forget local businesses. Did you see something interesting in the park? Grab a photo of it with your phone? Is your business having a noteworthy event that you would like to tell everyone (yosemite community and visitors alike) about? If you’ve got news we want…
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Cedar Lodge Worker Missing After Car Tumbles Into Merced River
A search is on for the body of a missing Mariposa woman who was reported late to work last night at the Cedar Lodge just outside Yosemite. About 1A.M. this morning her vehicle was found in the Merced River between Savages Trading Post and Briceburg. Efforts to retrieve the vehicle were halted until this morning…