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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:21am PT
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It was our family (kids) tradition to try to hold our breath while driving through the tunnel. It's pretty tough unless dad's breaking the speed limit! The echos and sounds possible in there are so cool; plus, being deliberate to go there late at night makes it a special place in many ways.
The tunnel, the Ahwahnee, sledding, Chinquapin and Lodge Lounge additions are not only cool, they fit here so well. The human history of Yosemite Valley is an immeasurable part of what is valuable today and forever. Nature will win over what is there today and was there yesterday, but the history of us and our friends will pass along unless we document it. Fondly, I recall those long rainy days drying out in the lounge listening to some acoustic guitar/singer and hearing all the stories of everyone else who were also constantly looking out those huge windows to the drippy, slushy valley. . . .
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Feb 12, 2013 - 09:07pm PT
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Fantastic!
thank's for the share!
the dog sled where in yosmite was that at?
p.s. in the winter time i've seen the huge icicles hanging from Wawona tunnel while driving under them :/
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 12, 2013 - 09:16pm PT
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My guess that sled run was just a few hundred feet down the street from the "LeConte Memorial Lodge".
Take a look sometime and you'll "see".
It's not obvious to most people at all .....
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
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Notorious for thread drift himself, Mouse ponders the subject as he drives through the tunnel and hits the brakes just in time warp to switch the subject back to the present he got for Christmas in 1954, a Robbie Robot.
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