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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Talk about a rockslide, check this one out in Switzerland on Wednesday. Darn rock is much bigger than the car it smashed, causing it to explode and killing two people in the car.
http://tinyurl.com/qxhmd
http://tinyurl.com/q7rd5
Oh my gawd, Jody is turning into a socialist. Capitalism with a heart? A conscious?
Flouride, a festival or concert to raise funds is not a bad idea, but why Oakhurst or Groveland? Why not in Mariposa itself, if it wouldn't interfere with the road clearing or such.
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
Monterey, CA
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I am curious which store is Savages. Is it that little one just past the gas station out El Portal? I cant picture any other stores. Are all those rafting outfits still in use or are they also cut off from Mariposa?
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nb3000
Gym climber
Oakland, CA.
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From the SFGate article :
"Some 250 to 300 tons of rock and debris have cascaded down a nearly vertical slope 10 miles east of Mariposa and 12 miles from the park since May 29, completely covering Highway 140, according to emergency workers.
The slide, which is 600 feet long, 600 feet wide and 300 feet deep, is between two towers carrying 72,000 volts of electricity to the park and to the town of El Portal, Mariposa County Fire Chief Blaine Shultz said."
Sounds like an awful lot to just push to the side.
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David Nelson
climber
San Francisco
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Guys, let's leave the flame wars alone and enjoy some rock falling! These are all from Ken "Chicken Skinner" Yager, of the Yosemite Mountaineering School. He posted above his comments about how much fun it was to watch Nature and erosion in action.
Here is Ken:
Long live the Yosemite Climbing Museum! (Ken is head and instigator)
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2006 - 10:07pm PT
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Damn!!! Geology's fury in all it's glory. Thanks for posting the pics.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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The picture of nature laughing at our wire mesh....Thanks for posting David and Ken.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2006 - 10:45pm PT
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Good lord, I just realized that was a closeup of the ROAD!
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Hello,
I went down again today and it looks so different. I took about another 140 pictures, how appropiate. This slide is going to be active for a long time. Thank you David for posting the pictures for me. If you want to see more let me know. I saw a nice climbable pillar fall today and almost ran for my life. So cool!
Ken
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Hey Jody,
I would love to have the job of watching this thing, it is anything but tedious. I would do it for free but don't tell them that. Easy with the word dirtbag it hits close to home.
Ken
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2006 - 11:35pm PT
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Keep posting pics Ken. You're getting me motivated enough I think I'm going to make that hike in to see it in person. I'm fascinated by nature's wrath.
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neuroshock
climber
Chicago, IL
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for a sense of scale for those who don't know... those white barriers bordering 140, is that 2 lanes w/ no shoulder in-between?
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David Nelson
climber
San Francisco
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Ken Yager is sending more photos, so stay tuned.
The tower is starting to fall to the right, in the first picture, it is top left. These photos were taken June 1.
This is a mag view of the above, and I think the tower is in the center (I am awaiting confirmation from Ken)
The next sequence of shots I am sending is the triangular tower in this picture falling over.
I am going to start putting some of these up bigger. They look better and it is getting exciting, so sorry if I am slowing down your computer!
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Thanks for posting the pictures David. I took them yesterday on June 1. In the first picture on the top left side of the gully is a tower that is starting to fall to the right. The other photos are the tower disintegrating as it is falling to the river. The second photo is upside down. I'll go out tomorrow and take some more photos.
Ken
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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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this is like sex, drugs, and rock and roll for climbers, except without the sex or the drugs. Well, actually it kinda gets me high, and now I'm getting off... woa..
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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The 4th slide in the sequence above (140_rock_slide_2_097_small.jpg) is wayWild.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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fyi-the little bivi pullout near Cedar lodge is now full of debris...bummer
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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David,
The tower you magnified is the one that fell. The debris in the gully below fell off the right side of the tower and I took the picture as it started to fall. The tower can be seen in the top center of the photo below the closeup of the road barricades with debris.
Ken
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Lineman
Trad climber
Mariposa Ca
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Just a update from the PG&E side.
We are going to reroute our lines to the other side of the river,
The permit and right of way issuses were sped up by the appropriate agencies. The new lines are going to be supported on wood poles
Two crews from Fresno are inroute this weekend.
As to completion date, there are to many variables yet.(Rock ,access and soil conditions)
Mark
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Thanks for the update Mark and thanks for taking care of us/them.
Let's keep the town of Mariposa in mind. If anybody has ideas about how to keep their economy from flailing too hard while the road is closed, please share them.
One Idea: connect the Chamber of Oakhurst, Mariposa, Sonora and other Highway 49 towns to coordinate a package of Hotel/Dining combos so folks could spend a different night in series catching the scenic points in each foothill city. Good for the gateway communities and might keep some tourists from overimpacting Yosemite as badly.
Another idea: Hold your companies business meeting/retreat in Mariposa. Once they figure out how bad it is, you can probably get a much better than usual rate. I don't mean to take advantage of their situation but rather work out Win-Win situations that keep the place out of the red zone.
Peace
Karl
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