Yosemite HD Video
Sweet! It looks like HDR photography only in video form. Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite. I post the HD version here. Use full screen! The song used is “Outro” by M83, the last track on their album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
Public Lands
Hetch Hetchy Restoration Support is Growing
The ballot in San Francisco for the November vote will include a measure to start restoration of the Hetch Hetchy Valley of Yosemite National Park by draining the reservoir filled behind the O’Shaughnessy dam. This is incredible to think about and I was surprised to even hear about it. The drama that played out in […]
Colorado Wildfires, Where To Not Hike/Backpack
The forest fires in Colorado and Utah are all over the news right now and could affect plans for people wanting to get out into the mountains and forests and do some hiking or backpacking. A friend living in CO posted on facebook that his state was on fire. I’ll try to shed some light […]
Camp Stove Caused Colorado Wildfire
A camp stove is behind the huge Colorado wildfires in the Roosevelt National Forest in the Fort Collins area that started May 14th. It sounds like the man whose stove started it tried to stamp it out but then had to flee as it got out of hand. He later reported it to the police […]
Mineral King Cabins
In our 2005 backpacking trip, we began and ended our four day loop in spectacular Mineral King Valley in Sequoia National Park. It is an incredible setting surrounded by 12,000 ft mountains. The infamous Mineral King road plops you right into the thick of it. We finished out our trail on the road at Atwell […]