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Message #633 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date All Thomas Canty On the road again... 10/19/04, 5:13am In a few hours I'll be headed up north on Highway 49 again, near where all the fires have been burning lately. Hopefully the rain will have taken care of that problem. Not that I'll be doing any hiking though, anyway. I'll be in touch from the motel. I've had DSL just over a week, and now I'll have to spend the rest of the week looking in on a slow dialup connection. How will I survive? -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #633 • Back to Topics

Message #634 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Thomas Canty Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/19/04, 1:42pm Wow! Cool. How do you rate all that time off? Have a great time. -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #634 • Back to Topics

Message #635 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/19/04, 4:22pm >How do you rate all that time off? It's just my regular three-day "weekend". A couple years ago someone at work proposed 9-hour work days. The company said they'd go for it as long as everyone voted for it unanimously. I hated the idea and wanted nothing to do with it, but was pressured into voting for it because everyone else wanted it. I'm glad they pushed me. I love it now! We work eight 9-hour days and one 8-hour day every pay period (two weeks). This gives us an extra day off every other week. It's amazing how much travelling a person can do with a schedule like that and not even use up any PTO... I do have a real vacation coming up in a couple weeks. I'll be spending a few of those days in Vegas, but other than that I don't have much planned. I'll probably end up going on at least one hike during that time. -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #635 • Back to Topics

Message #636 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Thomas Canty Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/19/04, 9:44pm Very cool. Well have a safe and wonderful time. -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #636 • Back to Topics

Message #638 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/20/04, 7:51am >Well have a safe and wonderful time. I'm having a nice time so far. Of course, it's been raining the whole time, but that's supposed to let up sometime today. Tomorrow and Friday are expected to be clear. -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #638 • Back to Topics

Message #640 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Thomas Canty Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/20/04, 9:55am Great! I wish I was there too. Check out the snow on one of the live Yosemite cams: http://www.yosemite.org/vryos/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #640 • Back to Topics

Message #642 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Rob Reed   Re: On the road again... 10/20/04, 12:42pm Yikes... the weather there is horrific. Here is the current livecam shot looking at Turtle Dome: -------------------------------------------------------- "Treat the Earth not as if it was given to you by your parents, but as if it was lent to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb "The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #642 • Back to Topics

Message #643 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/20/04, 2:20pm >Check out the snow on one of the live Yosemite cams: >http://www.yosemite.org/vryos/index.htm I might check it out later, but I'll probably have to just take your word for it right now. I never get a connection better than 26.4K in the motel. Makes everything too damn slow... I miss my DSL! I was watching the news last night and it looks like Tahoe got DUMPED on. There's a ton of snow just 60 miles northeast of me... -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #643 • Back to Topics

Message #645 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Rob Reed Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/20/04, 2:22pm (Last Edited: 10/20/04, 2:23pm) >Yikes... the weather there is horrific. Here is the current >livecam shot looking at Turtle Dome: Looks like it's just pointed up too high. That's how the sky has looked around here all day. It just finally cleared up about an hour ago and now it's bright and sunny with not a cloud in the sky! Oops... I just glanced out the window and the clouds are back... -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #645 • Back to Topics

Message #647 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/20/04, 10:03pm >Check out the snow on one of the live Yosemite cams: >http://www.yosemite.org/vryos/index.htm The news now is talking about several hikers and climbers in Yosemite that are missing after they got caught in the surprise blizzard (their word, not mine). They also mentioned two Japanese climbers who died from exposure on the face of El Capitan. The thing the really surprised me about that is, they said the two had been on the face of the mountain for six days now. Does it really take that long to climb?!? -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #647 • Back to Topics

Message #648 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Thomas Canty Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/21/04, 9:38am I think it depends on the route, but in any case it takes several days, I think. In any case, its ropes and pitons, or whatever they use nowadays all the way. I heard about the two climbers from Japan on the news this morning. Sad. No one expected blizzard conditions in Yosemite this early. -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #648 • Back to Topics

Message #649 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/21/04, 4:10pm >I heard about the two climbers from Japan on the news this >morning. Sad. No one expected blizzard conditions in Yosemite >this early. Yep, it caught a lot of people by surprise. At Tahoe, too. Last night on the news they said that all chain and travel restrictions on highways 80, 50 and 89 had been lifted, so I went to Tahoe today after all. I'll post a few pictures in the next message. -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #649 • Back to Topics

Message #654 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Thomas Canty Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/22/04, 10:27am Yep, happened to me in the Yosemite backcountry in 1976. We made some serious errors in judgment and thankfully, we came out ok. To make a long story short, we wrongfully assumed that a backpacking trip in late June into the high country would only require summer weight gear. WRONG! We didn't count on the snow and ice storm. Not a pretty picture. To matters worse, we were warned about conditions going bad by a ranger at the Visitor Center in Yosemite Valley where we went to get our permit. I remember we took a vote of our group and I voted to stay the night in the Valley, but I was outvoted. -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #654 • Back to Topics

Message #656 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy Thomas Canty Re: On the road again... 10/22/04, 9:49pm >To make a long story short, we wrongfully assumed that >a backpacking trip in late June into the high country would >only require summer weight gear. It makes my pack heavier, but when I'm headed into the higher elevations I always carry my jacket. Last year when I climbed Whitney, I had to put that and my fleece gloves on just below the summit because it got so cold. That was on July 15th! You just never know what to expect up there... Well, I'm home now. I left Jackson at about 8am, with no real idea what I was going to do for the day except point the car in the general direction of home. A couple hours later I found myself heading up Highway 120 into Yosemite. I'm not sure how that happened... It's hard to believe a blizzard just went through there a few days ago. Even in the upper elevations there's very little snow left. It all melted pretty fast. Nowhere near what I saw around Tahoe! I got a few new pictures of Half Dome, El Capitan (couldn't see any climbers on it) and Bridalveil Falls which I'll be posting here soon. Unfortunately the road to Glacier Point was closed, so I couldn't get up there. Also, if anyone is planning to head up north, DO NOT COME HOME ON HIGHWAY 99! Avoid it at all costs! They're doing some work on a bridge just north of Bakersfield and the detour for the southbound traffic sucks, to put it mildly. It took me an hour and 14 minutes to cover four (yes, I said FOUR) freakin' miles! -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #656 • Back to Topics

Message #657 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Thomas Canty Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/23/04, 11:42am (Last Edited: 10/23/04, 11:42am) Glad you made it back home safe and sound. Re: the 1976 trip. I fourtunately had my trusty North Face down jacket, but everything else was pretty much summer weight. -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #657 • Back to Topics

Message #662 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Larry Levy BBlast Re: On the road again... 10/24/04, 5:50am >Glad you made it back home safe and sound. > >Re: the 1976 trip. I fourtunately had my trusty North Face >down jacket, but everything else was pretty much summer >weight. Gotta love that North Face stuff. Pricey but GOOD stuff! -------------------------------------------------------- "All human arrogance and ego can be expressed in two words. 'You Should'. " - Eat at BBlast's - - Home of the California Brisket Sandwich! www.signatureclaims.net -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #662 • Back to Topics

Message #664 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date BBlast Robert Jones   Re: On the road again... 10/24/04, 10:45am I reall like North Face too. Most of my gear is North Face. -------------------------------------------------------- Friends are the best collectibles -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #664 • Back to Topics

Message #666 of 4034  *NEW* To From Subject Date Robert Jones Larry Levy   Re: On the road again... 10/25/04, 1:47pm (Last Edited: 10/25/04, 1:47pm) North Face rocks! I bought my down jacket in 1974 and I only gave it to charity about two years ago. -------------------------------------------------------- " I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.", Psalm 121 -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #666 • Back to Topics

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