Yosemite Trip Report! - Page 10

innerSpaceman · 04-21-2009, 04:20 PM

Couldn't go back down. The trail was closed. In fact, while we were negotiating the treacherous ice steps in an environment of frozen mist that crystalized all vegetation, the Rangers had closed the trail at both ends ... leaving any unfortunate hikers trapped in between to their own devices.

Yikes.

It was, in truth, an amazing adventure.

Just not one we were eager to repeat.

wendybeth · 04-21-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Wait just a cotton pickin' a minute! While everyone's been distracted by the mysterious stoat at the bottom of this picture, you all seem to have failed to notice that someone's gone and photoshopped Tori out and replaced her with an image of some unknown young lady. Nice try, can't sneak that past me!

She's changed a bit, eh? Just today, a waitress offered her a Perfect Margarita. Grandma wasn't too happy......

wendybeth · 04-21-2009, 04:47 PM

I bought a book at the Awahnee Hotel, entitled "Deaths in Yosemite". It tells of all the deaths in the park since it's discovery, and is loaded with tales that sound very much like NA's and Co's, except for the outcomes. This is one park you MUST have respect for and a cautionary spirit to experience- it's no ordinary state park. Plenty of very experienced climbers, hikers and such have died, often in a very spectacular and gruesome fashion.

innerSpaceman · 04-21-2009, 04:57 PM

And the special, hand-printed Fore-Foreword to Wendy's Edition of the book details one particularly spectacular and gruesome death in Yosemite.

Not Afraid · 04-21-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

See, this is why we still need the word "retarded."

Very glad you're all okay.

LOL. Yeah.

Gemini Cricket · 04-21-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

...I don't think I want to have that scary experience EVER again!

Wow! Holy sh¡t!

See, what y'all really needed was a guy who knows how to lead a hike. Me. I would have led you to a power generator or something and then we'd all be going back home safe and sound.

Glad all y'all are fine.

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-21-2009, 07:50 PM

Glad everyone is safe. You guys are f'n nuts to ignore closed trails, you know that? Guess sometimes crossing boundaries has crappy results - at least they were merely crappy and not catastrophic.

Alex · 04-21-2009, 07:59 PM

The best trails frequently start at the "Danger! Do not go beyond this point!" sign.

That said I wouldn't have opted for taking Muir down from the top of Nevada if there was ice on the ground. That section of trail has several running streams and seeps that cross it so odds are that even without obstruction there would have been lengthy sections of sheet ice on a downhill cliff face.

But any story you survive is a good story (unless it involves rape..or murder of a loved one...or malomars).

Gemini Cricket · 04-21-2009, 08:04 PM

If they ran out of food, I wonder who they would have eaten first?

I'm thinking it would have to be Stoat. The rest are Americans all full of preservatives and all that. Lisa would be a good choice though. I mean, she's fallen down so much she practically tenderized herself over the years... I wouldn't eat iSm, not with all the drugs he used to do. I would think it would be like eating a giant Jewish hallucinogenic mushroom... But that could be fun. I'd say Ken, but he's the only pharmacist I know and if he goes then I wouldn't know any. And you can't deprive Vegas of a very good DJ... so I'm thinking it would have to be Stoat.

JWBear · 04-21-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

...a giant Jewish hallucinogenic mushroom...

You owe me a new keyboard!

04-21-2009, 04:20 PM	#91
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Couldn't go back down. The trail was closed. In fact, while we were negotiating the treacherous ice steps in an environment of frozen mist that crystalized all vegetation, the Rangers had closed the trail at both ends ... leaving any unfortunate hikers trapped in between to their own devices. Yikes. It was, in truth, an amazing adventure. Just not one we were eager to repeat.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I bought a book at the Awahnee Hotel, entitled "Deaths in Yosemite". It tells of all the deaths in the park since it's discovery, and is loaded with tales that sound very much like NA's and Co's, except for the outcomes. This is one park you MUST have respect for and a cautionary spirit to experience- it's no ordinary state park. Plenty of very experienced climbers, hikers and such have died, often in a very spectacular and gruesome fashion. __________________
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04-21-2009, 04:57 PM	#94
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	And the special, hand-printed Fore-Foreword to Wendy's Edition of the book details one particularly spectacular and gruesome death in Yosemite.
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04-21-2009, 07:50 PM	#97
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Glad everyone is safe. You guys are f'n nuts to ignore closed trails, you know that? Guess sometimes crossing boundaries has crappy results - at least they were merely crappy and not catastrophic.
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04-21-2009, 07:59 PM	#98
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The best trails frequently start at the "Danger! Do not go beyond this point!" sign. That said I wouldn't have opted for taking Muir down from the top of Nevada if there was ice on the ground. That section of trail has several running streams and seeps that cross it so odds are that even without obstruction there would have been lengthy sections of sheet ice on a downhill cliff face. But any story you survive is a good story (unless it involves rape..or murder of a loved one...or malomars).
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04-21-2009, 08:04 PM	#99
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	If they ran out of food, I wonder who they would have eaten first? I'm thinking it would have to be Stoat. The rest are Americans all full of preservatives and all that. Lisa would be a good choice though. I mean, she's fallen down so much she practically tenderized herself over the years... I wouldn't eat iSm, not with all the drugs he used to do. I would think it would be like eating a giant Jewish hallucinogenic mushroom... But that could be fun. I'd say Ken, but he's the only pharmacist I know and if he goes then I wouldn't know any. And you can't deprive Vegas of a very good DJ... so I'm thinking it would have to be Stoat.
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