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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Feb 10, 2010 - 09:28pm PT
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There's a lot of sh#t down the hill at Reeds turnout as well as Knob Hill. I always bring a little out with my morning deposit but seems like that area doesn't get cleaned very well during the face lift...
kev
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Feb 10, 2010 - 09:31pm PT
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Let's tear out the asphalt roads, that may help some of the other issues.
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Feb 10, 2010 - 10:36pm PT
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I'll second that the whole Reeds area is a mess, as stated up thread.
The trail access to Reeds is a total mess and it seems some dumb a$$ knocks rocks/boulders into the road nearly every day going up or coming down the thing. I've been that dumb a$$ more than once myself.
We need well marked access trails and the existing access points to be stabilized.
It's a traffic hazard for sure.
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George R
climber
The Gray Area
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Feb 10, 2010 - 11:40pm PT
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Hey Ken,
I've got some notes from last year on things to do. I'll send you an email with details.
G
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jstan
climber
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Feb 11, 2010 - 12:01am PT
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Last year I and I think Happie covered the Falls Trail plus the area at the top. It was pretty clean then.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 11, 2010 - 12:55am PT
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Simon
I checked your site and NO shirts.
What's the slowup????????
hee hee hee. . .
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 11, 2010 - 11:52am PT
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Bump for a good, 'er, GREAT cause!!!!
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Feb 11, 2010 - 01:22pm PT
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I will be putting them up on my site (www.shop.vershke.com) this week at killer deal pricing! $15 for one $25 for two INCLUDING shipping!
The week is not over yet! But, the BridwellFest shirt design is almost done! And a slacklining shirt. And, the coolest "Death By Electrocution" warning shirt you have ever seen!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 13, 2010 - 04:44pm PT
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Another possible project might be to properly clean the floor of the east auditorium at the visitors' centre. It got washed with mop and bucket three or four times in 2009, but that didn't really make much difference. Ed and I tried some fairly strong cleaning agent on a part of the floor, and it made a huge difference - white instead of blotchy grey. It would leave a bit of a legacy to rent a cleaning machine (Mariposa? Merced?) and properly clean (and surface?) the floor a day or two before the FaceLift starts. I'd be willing to do the job, assuming an amateur can do it. We could then mop it each day before the evening events, as needed, and would leave it much cleaner.
It'd have to be scheduled, in terms of other users, and there would budget and logistics to work out. But given the importance of the east auditorium to the FaceLift, and for NPS and public use in the Valley, it would be worth considering.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2010 - 11:19pm PT
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Thanks for the ideas. Give me more.
Ken
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Feb 18, 2010 - 01:18am PT
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As far as Tuolumne:
Some of the disintegrating piping along the old road below Pywiack is removable, much of it is not - but it's ugly, near the road, and the pieces that are breaking off do go into the stream. I think there is some plastic (maybe ceramic?) piping in there as well. There is a fair bit of tourist trash in the giant talus below the road.
Right next to the road at Stately Pleasure Dome, chunks of the disintegrating pavement are being washed into the lake with every big thunderstorm - but that's a job for the NPS road crews. I suppose we could pick up all the little asphalt chunks we could find (or if it's hot, grab them out of the lake, although most are washed well out into the deep water).
I know where some of the old insulator attachments for the lines that Zander saw are (close to the road near the north end of the main face of the Lamb) - I thought there were a few fragments of lines as well. But those would require climbing trees to remove.
But overall it's hard to think of a climbing related place in Tuolumne with any trash or cleanup needs beyond the micro-trash that many climbers pick up (fragments of tape, etc) - it's more the tourist areas that have issues, and even those are minor (Olmsted point, the beach, etc). And trail issues are all minor (except Cathedral Peak - and of course the NPS trails where they bring pack trains).
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Feb 18, 2010 - 01:25am PT
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The shirts WILL be up this weekend! I am editing the pages NOW!!!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 18, 2010 - 01:31am PT
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Intrepid climbers willing to get improbably fixed ropes down? There are a few of these. Several w/ lots of gear strung around on El Cap above Delectable Pinnacle for a decade or so. Some others by the Column left side that have been rotting forever. A while back there were rotting lines on the far west of Liberty Cap. A census of recent crappy abandonned rope sightings might yeild a few exciting projects.
I met your little girl on Monday at Ranger Rock, Mr. Skinner. Cutie!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 18, 2010 - 06:37am PT
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hey there ken/chickenskinner... say, can't rightly think of any ideas, but i as always, will sure be praying and cheering you all on!
:)
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