Day: September 10, 2008
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Half Dome in 2.5 Hours
Got a couple hours to spare? Been hanging out at the climbing gym and looking for a little more excitement? Maybe you should do what Alex Honnold did, free-soloed the 23 pitch Regular Northwest Face up Half Dome in a mere 2 hours and 50 minutes. Alex scrambled up to the base of the 5.12a…
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome by Edie Howe-Byrne
OMG It’s snowing in Yosemite! Just kidding. HAHAHAHA! Today’s Photo of the Day is another one of Edie’s beautiful shots, this one from early this year when Half Dome was blanketed in snow. Very beautiful, Edie. You can find more of Edie’s beautiful shots and some of her writings over on her blog at http://www.littleredtent.net/blog.…
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Yosemite Jobs: Instrument Worker/Mechanic Wanted
Instrument Worker/Mechanic SALARY RANGE: 17.45 – 20.35 USD Hourly OPEN PERIOD: Thursday, September 04, 2008 to Wednesday, September 17, 2008 SERIES & GRADE: WG-3359-08/10 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time Career/Career Conditional PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 10 DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy – YOSEMITE VALLEY, CA WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: United States Citizens JOB SUMMARY: Experience Your America and build…
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Outage
For those of you who tried to get to the blog last night there was an outage due to unknown causes. I put in a trouble ticket with the host to find out what’s going on but I haven’t received a response yet. Hopefully we’ll get past this soon and get on a more stable…