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05-22-2007, 09:30 AM #1
Yosemite / Sequoia, CA Hiking & Camping (non-Utah)
Well, first of all, I think that hiking, backpacking, and camping should be in the same one, so don't anyone get your panties in a bunch because I posted my hiking and camping in one place.
The gf and I took a little trip to Sequoia and Yosemite over the extended weekend. We camped two nights, and the first day we hiked to the top of Yosemite Falls, which is about 2700' feet elevation gain, and 7.2 miles round-trip....so yeah, and lot of vertical gain pretty fast. The falls were running great, and the pictures (of course) do not do it justice. On the second day, we left from Happy Isles trail head and we hiked up the Mist trail past Vernal Falls (got pretty wet) and then Nevada Falls. The runoff was very good (not as good as last time I went, but pretty good none-the-less), and the sky was clear. This was about 2000' feet of elevation gain, and about 2+ miles one-way to Nevada Falls. On the way back, we bypassed Halfdome (did it last time, and the gf was not feeling it), and took the more gradual, but longer, John Muir travel back down to the bottom of Vernal Falls.
First night of camp was pretty quiet, and the second night our camp area around us (tent camping) had at least 5 bear encounters. I had to scare one of them away in the camp next to us who had at least 4-5 girls (and a couple guys) screaming "BEAR BEAR BEAR" from inside their tents. Then about 3 times after that I was awakened by the fuzzy guys getting scared off. I noticed at least two campsites around us were empty come morning, so I guessed they had enough and packed up and left in the middle of the night after all the bear activity. Oh well, my best sleep was from 5am to 7am I think. ha ha. Yes, we had EVERYTHING with a scent in the bear locker...even magazines with perfumes, chapstick, and so on.
Enjoy the pics. The beauty just flabbergasts me each time...~Jason
Man who run behind car become exhausted...
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05-22-2007 09:30 AM # ADS
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05-22-2007, 10:30 AM #2
WOW. That looks awesome. I love the last two pictures with half dome in them. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
The man thong is wrong.
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05-22-2007, 01:15 PM #3
Whoah that is AWESOME!! I must visit someday.
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05-22-2007, 06:25 PM #4
Looks like a good visit to that beautiful place. For the shots of Half Dome, did you hike up to Glacier Point or drive?
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05-23-2007, 07:23 AM #5Originally Posted by Jaxx
Glad you enjoyed them....those are only the tip of the iceberg as far as pics that I took, however, it gives you a good idea. The pics you mentioned were taken from Glacier Point.~Jason
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05-23-2007, 07:26 AM #6Originally Posted by sparker1~Jason
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05-23-2007, 07:28 AM #7Originally Posted by accadacca~Jason
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05-23-2007, 11:49 AM #8by early Mid July-early August, some falls are only a trickle
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05-23-2007, 02:58 PM #9Originally Posted by sparker1~Jason
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05-23-2007, 07:11 PM #10
noice, man, me love yo-semite & sequoia! that one of you and vernal falls is a keeper, good shot for the gf to have!
thanks for sharin' ... you can never have enough cali on a utah forum
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05-23-2007, 08:47 PM #11
Very nice. My wife and I were talking about going there soon. Thanks for the pics!
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05-24-2007, 07:49 AM #12Originally Posted by Sombeech~Jason
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05-24-2007, 07:50 AM #13Originally Posted by stefan~Jason
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05-24-2007, 03:24 PM #14
Awesome pics!
Ahhh...the big ditch...brings back a memory or two of some neat climbs...
Doing the Lost Arrow Spire in the spring with the Yos falls thunder in the background is pretty cool.
Good stuff.
-Brian in SLC
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05-25-2007, 08:03 AM #15
Yosemite is my favorite place on Earth. Thanks for the trip report
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