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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jun 13, 2012 - 11:57pm PT
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The rock can fall down? Evacuate the valley! I'm cancelling my trip this weekend.... :-(
You
are
going
to
die!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jun 13, 2012 - 11:58pm PT
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Hazards abound. Better just stay home & play nintendo.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jun 14, 2012 - 12:03am PT
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Great news, any scare tactic to thin the crowds is good
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Jun 14, 2012 - 12:09am PT
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Ooh… Ooh… Ooh… I get to say it first!
Yer…
Gonna…
Die!!!!!!
:-)
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Jun 14, 2012 - 12:13am PT
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This world is not made of rubber?? I guess I quit.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Jun 14, 2012 - 12:18am PT
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For those who care: it "exasperates" one to keep seeing journalists make silly mistakes.
This in turn tends to exacerbate a situation for which the media is not prepared: reporting the NEWS instead of the OLDS and not using there spell-chuckers is bound to create more skepticism among us cynics.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jun 14, 2012 - 01:17am PT
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Giant Walmart parking lots in no earthquake, no tornado, no hurricane zones are the only safe places.
That's why I moved there. Plus all the nice people.
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b_rad
climber
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Jun 14, 2012 - 01:26am PT
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Countdown until the valley floor is littered with signs warning of potential rockfall, insect bites and mild sunburn..
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 14, 2012 - 01:30am PT
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For the pitifully little time I've spent there I've nearly embraced the SuperTopo
mantra three or four times, not counting a nearly major tooling.
Rockfall and snowstorms are bad enough but them tools are really scary!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Jun 14, 2012 - 02:43am PT
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frickin curry company, puttin those tents so close,
seems almost criminal to me,
i still remember the floor plan from 1960, and it ain't anywhere near what it is today,
the dead people knew how to do things,
nowadays?
green, get the money, dollah dollah bill yo'all ,F the people,
full props going out to Greg for looking after people, kind of rare these days,
not much love left in the world today, everybody lookin out for #1,
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Jun 14, 2012 - 03:23am PT
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does this wipe out the free coffee with a ranger program?
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
the green triangle, cali
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Jun 14, 2012 - 05:05am PT
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i hear even the deer in yosemite kill people from time to time. what a place.
not meant to discredit stock, just rather funny, to me.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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Jun 14, 2012 - 05:22am PT
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I didn't know that there was rockfall in Yosemite. Why wasn't I warned before?
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 14, 2012 - 09:01am PT
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just yesterday, i was able to beat a ticket in kern county superior court. the good judge couldn't agree that driving over a couple inches of snow on a road constituted entering an area restricted for "construction, maintenance or repair". but the USFS tried to nanny us away from that grave danger. anything to keep the people away from the fun.
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kenny morrell
Trad climber
danville,ca
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Jun 14, 2012 - 09:02am PT
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the most dangerous thing in the valley is ..... law enforcement rangers
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jun 14, 2012 - 09:17am PT
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Quoth geologist: "There are no absolutely safe areas in Yosemite Valley," said Greg Stock, the park's first staff geologist and the primary author of a new study that assesses the potential risk to people from falling rocks.."
Actually - I think we should send this guy a fruit basket and encourage him to write additional alarmist statements to scare off the tourists. Maybe we can get him to report a couple death-by-bear-attack or a Guatemalan drug cartel presence in the Valley to really thin the herd.:)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Jun 14, 2012 - 11:22am PT
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"Hey, Mr. Ranger, can I get to Absolutely Free from Tweedle Dee?"
--Mouse, Temporarily Lost in Simi Valley (two hundred times more dangerous than Yosemite Valley, give or take)
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viejoalpinisto
Social climber
Pahrump, NV
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Jun 14, 2012 - 11:28am PT
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Lobbying for space for more tent camps and closing some of the more exposed...it is the new political standard.
Do a study that says what you want it to say and then cite the study when lobbying for what you want....Social Security, The very short lived 1 in 8 campaign for the" American Malnourished" that don't exist....
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