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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 21, 2014 - 06:36pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]The Upski Tow at Badger Pass and dog-sledding in the Valley.
A fine historical look at our Chinese heritage in Yosemite. Thank you, Ranger Chan. This was very well-done and there are tons of old photos used.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Sing Peak, on the border of Yosemite, is named for the talented and much-appreciated Chinese cook of that name.
There is no Wayno Peak, thank goodness, because they only name peaks for dead persons nowadays.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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May 24, 2014 - 01:29pm PT
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My girlfriend just shared these great photos... The first picture is a postcard and the bottom pictures is her Aunt and girlfriends in Yosemite in 1935....
ekat, check these out.^
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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May 26, 2014 - 07:24pm PT
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Yes, very reminiscent of the young J-Do, Mouster. Later on, Pilgrims, during the long stay in Calcutta washing the feet of the poor and leading a life of absolute abstinence, a graying and supplicant J-Do appears in this portrait:
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John M
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May 26, 2014 - 08:20pm PT
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Too funny Peter!
Mouse, I like those ski videos. Those slopes behind badger sure were clear of trees back then. Must have been the logging in the early 1900s.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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May 26, 2014 - 08:37pm PT
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Nita,
They need a similar sign at the top of Nevada falls methinks.
(not that it would help)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 16, 2014 - 03:39pm PT
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go-B
climber
Cling to what is good!
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Aug 16, 2014 - 04:00pm PT
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Aug 16, 2014 - 06:34pm PT
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Go-B, can you tell us anything about that old photo? And thanks!
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go-B
climber
Cling to what is good!
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Aug 16, 2014 - 06:49pm PT
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Cool huh, Peter...
That's Mary, Werner, and Bullwinkle when they first got to the Valley!
off eBay, that's all I got! :)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 16, 2014 - 08:19pm PT
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How's this, Peter?
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Tarbuster
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right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 16, 2014 - 08:54pm PT
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Way to make ends meet with go-B Mouse!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 14, 2014 - 11:39am PT
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How's about anything with nostalgic appeal really, say up to late 60s.O.P.1860s even?
What they did with their abundance of snow-melt to their lovely slopes.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 15, 2014 - 12:51am PT
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And Carleton E. Watkins was asked to join the much smaller version of Clarence King's fourth trip into the West to survey and to map for the Fortieth Parallel Survey.
O'Sullivan had gone south to photograph the possible route of a Panama canal.
King referred to Watkins as "the most skillful operator in America."
There is a poem here in this link that is pretty speculative. I liked it.
http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/watkins-after-chaos.html
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Oct 15, 2014 - 08:16am PT
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How about the photo of the party on the Half Dome cable route circa 1920s and the guy in the straw hat and a tie. Now that's some formal mountain climbing for you right there . . .
JL
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 15, 2014 - 10:29am PT
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Canna locate it, laddie.
Close, but no cigar.
The Half Dome cables, originally installed in 1920 by the Sierra Club, were replaced and strengthened by CCC workers....The final 400 ft (120 m) ascent is steeply up the rock between two steel cables used as handholds.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 15, 2014 - 09:35pm PT
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