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simoneshah
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 5, 2004 - 01:10pm PT
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Hello all,
My name is Simone Shah and I work for the PBS weekly news magazine program California Connected. We're doing a story about the Yosemite Valley Plan and Radanovich bill and we're looking for seasoned Yosemite campers, hikers, or climbers who visit the park yearly. We'd like to hear about your experiences-- Why do you visit Yosemite? What do you value most about the park? Where do you camp? We're particularly interested in people who are planning to visit the park within the next few months.
Please contact me at your soonest convenience at sshah@kcet.org, or (323) 953-5603.
Thanks!
Simone
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Apocalypsenow
Trad climber
Cali
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Is there any money involved? (just asking, a little low at the moment)
Enjoy your day.
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ricardo
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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its PBS -- maybe they will give you a PBS sticker ..
btw -- i saw simone's add in a yosemite list, i know there are some people with strong opinions on this matter at this site, so here is your chance ... speak up.
 ricardo
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NeverSurfaced
Trad climber
Behind a shrub
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Apoc, Haven’t you gotten your check yet? I thought all of Jerry’s kids got a little cash from PBS.
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Southern Man
climber
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Please understand that some of us may be a little skeptical of the media and how our answers may be used. Your post covers a lot of ground as well. So please answer for me a few innocent questions. Why are you interested in people who are planning to visit the park within the next few months? Peak tourist season doesn't kick in until June and your news magazine program is weekly. When will your segment be aired? What is your objective in getting answers from climbers and how will our answers fit into the format of your program? What is your personnal opinion about the Radanovich bill and what sources did you use to gather info. about the Yosemite Valley Plan?
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David Nelson
climber
San Francisco
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Why visit Yosemite? If you ask 10,000 visitors I think you will get 20,000 answers! I love the wild spread of vertical granite everywhere you look, and I think back to the wild adventures of those that climbed them (including me). I love the level of preservation of any natural spot, if you just look off the beaten track. You won't find it in El Cap meadow or outside Yosemite village, but you will find many just along the trails that lead off the valley floor and out to the cliffs. Fiddle neck ferns, sedges growing in the Merced, waterfalls that are too small to be named but are lovely and isolated, flowers, insects. Bears rummaging around the scree at the base of the cliffs. Deer browsing out in the many meadows. Acorns lying all over the ground near Churchbowl Chimney (Golden Oaks, the trees in Yosemite are so large that even the California Oak Society mentions the size of these trees in their book on oaks of California).
I like to hang around some of the climbing spots, talk to the climbers, swap stories, hear about new feats: "the Hubers freed Zodiac, can you believe it? Those guys are awesome!". Hang around El Cap meadow and listen to the preposterous explantions the tourists give for the guys and gals up on the side of the Big Stone:"yes, they just squeeze the granite with their fingers and make holds." Or, "how did they get the rope up in the first place?" "How do they go potty? Hold it?" (I know climbers are "full of it", but not that full!)
The best way to find the answer is to go up there and experience it for yourself.
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tyrone
Trad climber
california
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my favorite part about going to yosemite is standing in line for three hours to get a site at camp 4 because all other valley campgrounds are geared towards "campers" who drove 2000 miles across the country to watch re-runs of "Friends" in their RV instead of enjoying the park.
three hours of my time is worth it though to keep those people seperate.
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malabarista
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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I didn't get it before I was a climber, I thought "this is kinda cool, but there are way too many tourists." Now, there are few places I'd rather be.
There's enough adventure within an hour's walk from camp IV to last a lifetime. It seems inexhaustible. The community of climbers is full of life, intensity, spirit, and great stories. Yosemite is beautiful and unique.
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