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bearbnz
Trad climber
East Side, California
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The Mono County guys coming in from the east said on Wednesday they only made 120', and they were just past the Green Bridge below Ellery. Yesterday they reported they were at TPR with 12-14' on the road, using dozers and blowers, real slow progress. Turning cold and snowy again over the weekend... It looks like late June or early July could happen. The road to Virgina Lakes is open, and fisher-people are reporting ice 6' thick on the lake.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Call me newbie, but I think the Sun will Shine. :D
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Why Lynne, Are you saying the weatherman might be wrong... haha..
Man I wish the park service would update their road condition site more often. Don't they understand that people have a bit of a jones going by spring and any little tidbit of info helps,,, Especially pictures. A couple of new pics each week of different parts of tioga would be great!
Thanks for the picture up above.
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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first week of real heat gets it done...
patience is a virtue.....
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Jingy, missing Yo Dude. Any chance of you getting to the Facelift this year? I'll let you beat me again at Bocci.....NOT. I've been practicing bocci and horse shoes. Watch out world. AND just got a slaackline. :DD
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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What's the problem?
I could drive that in my snowcat.
The Tioga Pass Road is open. ;-)
lol
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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@ Lynne - "Jingy, missing Yo Dude. Any chance of you getting to the Facelift this year? I'll let you beat me again at Bocci.....NOT. I've been practicing bocci and horse shoes. Watch out world. AND just got a slaackline. :DD"
 No facelift this year. I feel that my input to the lift would be drag on the team at this point. In other words, a half day of half work on clean up would equal about 3 days of rest needed, and that's not a good trade off. And I certainly would not want to get all the "free" stuff that Ken provides the clean up crew for that small amount of clean up that I'd be able to proovide in good faith.
Wish I could. But the body just won't allow it any more. Not to mention, the mind is nowhere near what it once was. I used to be able to hold conversations, I do very little of that these days. Keeping all output to a minimum seems to be my present path.
Sorry.
But still thinking of you, and thanks for thinking of me too.
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Regarding the Olmstead Point photo....
granite slab with water saturated snow + two dumb asses = flirting with certain death.
MORONS!!
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corniss chopper
climber
breaking the speed of gravity
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Question: does the road crew get any financial incentives to complete the job
sooner?
Remember how Caltrans rebuilt that overpass in just a few days when they where promised less pay the longer it took?
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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So what's the latest?
Hartouni and Jaybro, I better be seeing your asses at Stately Pleasure Dome on Memorial Day weekend...like we did last year!! :)
No, seriously, we need to be there the second the pass opens. I love JT and we've gone nuts skills wise but we desperartly need some Tuolumne time. Can't wait!!
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Corniss,
i might be wrong, but mt recollection of why the freeway was rebuilt so fast, was.. they got private contractors in to do the job, and they got CalTrans personnell out of there, otherwise it would have taken a lot longer.
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bearbnz
Trad climber
East Side, California
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As of last Friday, Mono County had made it to TPR, reporting 12-14', but expecting to make it to the park entrance by Wednesday May 11. They are supposed to go as far as the avy zone prior to Olmsted.
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corniss chopper
climber
breaking the speed of gravity
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EdBannister - yup that was it! !
Whats happening at the plow front edge area as Hwy120 is being cleared today?
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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They are supposed to go as far as the avy zone prior to Olmsted.
I thought that there was an avi zone between the gate and the meadow. Anyone know about that?
We need a plow cam.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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May 10, 2011 - 12:23am PT
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Jingy, see !!!!
SuperstellarsuperwomanvalleymommaofalltimesnoneotherthantheEKAT is looking for Yo. Heads up Dude, you better listen to the kat....and fattrad and even yo momma me. :DD
We love you Mr. Not how well you speculate, articulate, contemplate, renovate, postulate, equate, recreate or sportsate...a new word I just created :DD We want the Jingy who is today, just how you are, at the Facelift.
Zeriously !!!
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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May 10, 2011 - 12:31am PT
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^^^Yeah, what Lynne said! Come! We love you unconditionally!
edit: Lynne, I wrote you, did you get it?
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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May 10, 2011 - 12:57am PT
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The disdain and contempt stated by cornass about Yosemite Roads is a tasteless affront to the tireless efforts of a truly heroic and historic team of professionals, some of whom paid with their life to get that road open as soon as feasible for all to enjoy; it reveals his preference that the Park never existed and was instead run by a bunch of greedy businessmen paid by the state of California instead of the National Park Service. If cornass is at all a friend of the Park, he should rescind his remarks here, or forever be labeled, in my book, an enemy of the Park. Really bad taste.
The road will open when it is time to do so and conditions allow. We are all blessed to have had a heavy and fruitful winter snowpack that will make the opening and the High Sierra that much more beautiful this season.
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The Wedge
Boulder climber
Santa Rosa & Bishop, CA
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May 10, 2011 - 01:00am PT
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Sabrina Lake was 1.5 feet thick on fishing opener.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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May 10, 2011 - 01:17am PT
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Adding to and agreeing with TMJesse's deeply felt statement especially regarding Cornice's presumptions.
"The fox smells it's own hole"
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