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Chicken Skinner
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 3, 2006 - 04:03pm PT
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I have been trying to add fun things to do in the evenings. Below is a slightly different schedule of events posted earlier.
I still have some free camping available.
It is important that you sign up every day to create revenue for the Park and so that we don't send people out to the same areas.
I want to clean over 50 miles of roadway this year. Every turnout has massive amounts of toilet paper in the woods. Not fun to clean up but it sure looks better afterwards. I have 100 litter sticks available for this unpleasant task.
I hope to see you there.
Ken
p.s. The time spent volunteering does not count towards the time limit allowed in the Park.
Yosemite Climbing Association
Third Annual
Yosemite Facelift
September 27 – October 1, 2006
Help us clean up Yosemite National Park.
For five days in this fall, the Yosemite Climbing Association will once again sponsor a Yosemite-wide cleanup to benefit the park and help restore high use areas after the busy summer season. Our goal is an intensive cleaning of all areas in the park before the winter rains set in. This will include roadways, the river corridor, trails, parking areas, campgrounds, climbing areas, and lodging areas.
Meet us in front of the Visitor Center between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm from September 27th to October 1st to pick up trash bags and litter sticks. Bring your trash back for weighing and sorting by 5:00 p.m. Signing in and weighing your collection at the end of the day helps us track our progress, reach the most area and create revenue for the Park.
Show up early for assignments, or if you already have a route for the day, sign up, grab a trash bag, and spend some time cleaning the area you are enjoying. If you can’t be there at 8:00 am, show up when you can, every little bit will help.
Each participant receives a raffle ticket for every day they participate. Hundreds of prizes will be raffled off at a special reception for all participants on October 1st. The park entrance fee will be waived for Facelift participants. Free camping is available on a first come first served basis.
We hope to see you there! If you cannot participate, but would still like to help, please consider a tax deductible donation to Yosemite Climbing Association at P.O. Box 89, Yosemite, CA 95389. Your gift will help us offset the cost of the event.
Last year, 600 participants last year donated 4,696 hours, collected 7,655 pounds of trash, and created $77,671.84 in revenue for Yosemite National Park. Thanks to their efforts, the 2005 Facelift was recognized with a conservation award from The Access Fund. Help us make the YCA Yosemite Facelift an even greater success this year.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, September 27 – Cleanup starts in front of the Visitor Center at 8:00 am. Bring trash back by 5:00 pm for weigh-in.
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Monumental: An inspirational film about pioneer climber David Brower’s lifelong efforts to preserve disappearing wilderness areas. Yosemite Lodge Amphitheater.
Thursday, September 28 - Meet in front of the Visitor Center at 8:00 am. Weigh in by 5:00 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Reel Rock Film Tour featuring Josh Lowell’s Dosage Volume IV and Peter Mortimer’s First Ascent. Austrian climber, Klem Loskot will be on hand to help introduce the film and sign copies of his most recent book. El Portal Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room. Suggested donation of $10.00 benefits YCA.
Friday September 29 - Meet in front of the Visitor Center at 8:00 am. Weigh in by 5:00 pm.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Reel Rock Film Tour featuring Josh Lowell’s Dosage Volume IV and Peter Mortimer’s First Ascent. Austrian climber, Klem Loskot will be on hand to help introduce the film and sign copies of his most recent book. East Auditorium behind the Valley Visitor Center. Suggested donation of $10.00 benefits YCA.
Saturday, September 30 - Meet in front of the Visitor Center at 8:00 am. Weigh in by 5:00 pm.
5:00 pm to 11:00pm: Annual YEA Oktoberfest at the El Portal Community Hall. Food, live music, and plenty of beer will be available.
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm: American Alpine Club’s presentation of a silent film of the 1963 3rd ascent of the Salathé Wall narrated by Al Steck and Dick Long. Yosemite Lodge Amphitheater.
Sunday, October 1 - Meet in front of the Visitor Center at 8:00 am. Final weigh-in by 5:00 pm.
4:00 pm: American Alpine Club and NPS dedication of Camp IV as a National Historic Site.
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Yosemite Facelift Reception and Raffle. East Auditorium behind the Visitor Center. Celebrate your success with free food, beer, and wine for cleanup participants. Please bring a valid ID.
The Yosemite Facelift is organized and sponsored annually by the Yosemite Climbing Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Yosemite’s climbing heritage.
We would like to thank the National Park Service, the Delaware North Corporation, and all of our sponsors for their commitment and support of this event.
For more information, check our website at http://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/
or contact Ken Yager via e-mail yager@inreach.com.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 4, 2006 - 11:50am PT
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Jaybro suggested that I bump this info and keep it near the top. I wish others would do it because I feel it is too close to self promotion.
If climbers want to have better relations with NPS and other user groups this can be a start in the right direction. It is virtually impossible to make changes by standing on the sidelines.
Ken
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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tomorrow's bump - early.
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katie sheehan
Trad climber
YOsemite! www.katiesheehanphoto.com
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bump!
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2006 - 08:26pm PT
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Hey Matt,
Thanks, I'll see you there.
Ken
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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man, I never get to do the bump.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Shameless bump, from almost down to the bottom.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2006 - 11:08am PT
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And yet another bump.
Ken
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2006 - 11:11pm PT
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Still some camping left though it is starting to fill up. Hope to see you all there.
Ken
p.s. Free camping is available starting 9/26 through 10/01 for Facelift paricipants.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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It's tomorrow, somewhere.
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Wade Icey
Social climber
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If you're wherever it's tomorrow, is it today?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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we are when we are,
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2006 - 06:01pm PT
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Lots of prizes for the raffle are coming in from a lot of different sponsors. I have been working my rear end off for this thing and it will all be worth when it happens. At least we will have a cleaner Park until next summer.
Ken
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katiebird
Sport climber
austin
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Hey Ken-
I'll see ya there-
just another bump really.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 9, 2006 - 08:53pm PT
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Thanks Katiebird,
Ken
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2006 - 06:03pm PT
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I have to learn how to make my posts more controversial so that I don't have to bump them.
Ken
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 10, 2006 - 10:43pm PT
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Merciless, baldfaced, coniving, heartless bump.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2006 - 11:32pm PT
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Dirtineye,
You are right, I am all of the above.
Ken
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