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Also she'll finally be legal!

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:06 (nineteen years ago) link

That was a joke, obv.

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:06 (nineteen years ago) link

She won't be legal 'til 2007, right?

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha! In Kentucky, maybe!

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link

i've been reading up on the "i know my first name is steven" kid who was abducted by a child molestor for seven years. turns out his brother cary went nuts as an adult and killed four women in yosemite.

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes, those are the famous (and fairly recent) Yosemite murders, right? The guy was a janitor or a front desk person or something.

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link

You should go to Yosemite, adam. It's beautiful and relatively deserted this time of year. The snow and cold air muffles the sound in the Valley and you could go up and ski at the little ski area at Badger Pass. I don't know about accomodations in the park since my grandmother lives in Groveland and I either stay there or camp. http://www.yosemitepark.com/bookonline.cfm?sectionID=22

xpost facto

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link

yes. story also famous for the perhaps purposefully vague usage of the term "naturalist" (xpost sorry)

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Why, kyle? My dad was a naturalist in Yosemite.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link

there was much confusion over whether they meant she was a nudist or worked as a forest ranger or something. I don't think they ever really cleared that up.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link

The job consists of showing visitors around and explaining the history and natural history of the park. They are also (and just as confusingly) called 'interpreters'.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Do they speak squirrel or something? Are you part bear?

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link

yes but at least once I saw her referred to as a nudist. but I suppose the idea of a beheaded nudist was just too juicy for them not to allude to it. but this might have been complicated later on because I believe Stayner was arrested at a nudist colony.

Hey Adam could stay there!

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:31 (nineteen years ago) link

I never condescended to learn squirrel. They all talk nuts. I'm not bear at all regardless of what the say at The Eagle.

kyle,

I forgot to mention that the NPS naturlaists have to do their work naked.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I believe Stayner was arrested at a nudist colony

i dunno if he was arrested there but i know he frequented one.

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I guess he was arrested at one but it wasn't in Yosemite, it was outside of Sacramento.

This was a really gruesome murder, btw, and he was a piece of work. What a way to compete with your brother for fame.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link

did you know that steven's abductor was recently arrested again for trying to "obtain" a young black boy for $500? he's in his seventies and wheelchair-bound now; i dunno what he could have done with the kid.

― Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link

yes! also, he lives in berkeley. I think.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link

yo, semite!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

actually, he lives at 2630 Mathews Street in Berkeley, in case anyone wants to stop by and say hello

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Can't I just send a card?

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Also:

http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/0796July/Phenom/unacrime.html

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.ambientfluid.com/kate/kate_cory.jpg

― chaki in charge (chaki), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I know where you took that. It's a lovely view.

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG Chaki that shirt

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link

the random guy that took the picture didnt speak english and didnt seem to want to give back the camera

― chaki in charge (chaki), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link

i have lots of family in the yosimite area and my favorite city name is def FISH CAMP!

― chaki in charge (chaki), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Don't know if this will work...

http://homepage.mac.com/ilocations/.cv/ilocations/Sites/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-11-08%2014.44.03%20-0800/Image-51EC183731D711D9.jpg-thumb_202_269.jpg

Chaki, I used to drive through Fish Camp twice every weekday to go to school in Oakhurst.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link

HI DERE

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link

michael, im related to like half of Oakhurst. you might know my cousins Chance, Chris, Rael, Stacy and Anthony.

― chaki in charge (chaki), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Chaki, I haven't gone to school there since 5th grade and I can only remember a few kids that didn't live in Wawona.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link

teehee

― chaki in charge (chaki), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

gygax, could you post that Tioga Pass link again? I lost it. thx!

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link

no need to, i can guarantee it will be closed.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link

okay! but...where is it anyway?

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I am going this weekend.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.nps.gov/yose/

Current Conditions
The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads are closed due to snow. They usually reopen in late May or June, depending on conditions.

Visit the conditions update for more information and other road closures.

Carry tire chains in your car and be prepared to use them (even if you have four-wheel drive): chains may become mandatory at any time.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:18 (nineteen years ago) link

the image of adam in a giant coat struggling to put chains on his civic while slowly being covered by a blanket of snow fills me with amusement and pity.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Aye.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Yosemite is my absolute, unconditional, favorite national park. Have one fun, @d@m!

― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

I will. I will have one fun.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I may never come back, I think.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Where y'all staying up yonder?

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link

The Waworoanoaaoaana Hotel.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Wawona is the town I 'grew up' in.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link

lucky adam.

― charleston charge (chaki), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I am going tubing. In an inner tube. On snow.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link

At Summit Meadows or Old Badger?

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link

We have the snow chains. Tioga Pass (through the park) may be closed. We are taking 41 to Wawona. Where are the restaurants? I get the sense that the further East you go, you might get some pockets of weirdness. I hear of a famed gas station that also serves cocktails and fantastic sandiwches? How far is Monolake? Is it worth taking a little side-trip? WHAT is Monolake?

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link

I hear of a famed gas station that also serves cocktails and fantastic sandiwches?

Yeah, it's at the intersection of 120 and 365 but you can't get there right now. Tioga is closed.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Skipping 6 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

I just mispelled Wawona too. Je suis con.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:46 (nineteen years ago) link

leaving tomorro!

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link

There's probably still a picture of me in the map they give out at the entrance. I was five (or six?) when it was taken.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

I have never been. I would like to go someday in snowmelt season. But what is it like in the, Fall?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 17 April 2006 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link

i want to do a big wall in yosemite in the worst way.

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 17 April 2006 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link

yosemite is really pretty gorgeous all year round.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 17 April 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link

four months pass...

looks like I may be able to get to Yosemite (finally) the last week of October. Would probably be a mid-week thing for a few days at least, and the guys I would be going with are pretty serious hikers/climbers. They want to hit the backcountry.

Is it pretty dry up there that time of year (the website hinted that there's not much melt going on) in the falls and creeks and rivers and whatnot? I don't mind nasty or cold weather, just wondering if I should shoot my wad in a different season or need more than a few days.

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link

See Shakey's post. The aspens will be at the tail end of their color turning but the place will gorgeous and the Valley is lovely that time of year. May I assume that you'll not be joining your friends in the backcountry?

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link

my understanding is it's very nice, but pretty dry if that's what you're going for. I want to go to SF sometime in this season, but I want to go to Yosemite in spring ('07?) first, marine layer or not. my parents have been at least twice in early spring in recent years and say it's amazing then, but they're not backcountry people.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I want to backpack in the outside-the-park wilderness areas even more, but that's much likelier later rather than sooner.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link

The cool dry valley emptied of many of its many summer visitors, with the reddish afternoon sun to the west silhouetting the oaks, the cool approach of winter in the wind and the blue-grey sheer faces of granite are lovely. I would say eveybody needs more than a few days, but take advantage of the opportunity to see it any time of year.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link

if I could go anywhere of the type around that time, it would be the Southern Rockies

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll go wherever the other guys want to. I think they've seen the famous sights when they were there before, so I think that's why they want to go into the backcountry. I figure at some point I'll be back there with my wife/family to see the touristy stuff, but the chances to get out in the middle of BFE seem to get harder and harder with each passing year. (But if I do this, that means I can't backpack in the Presidential range this winter, and getting out to the West Coast is such a bigger trip than staying in EST.)

I really want to go. I'm horribly envious that you lived there M. White.

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

Classic gabbneb posts ITT: flooding the thread with irrelevant posts about a place he's never been with other posts about other places he'd never been.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 1 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link

Anyways, as someone who has descended this slope on foot 2x, this footage of skiiers descending Half Dome's shoulder is absolutely bonkers:

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2021/02/27/two-skiers-defy-death-yosemite-descent/6851728002/

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 1 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link

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