Is Yosemite's Half Dome being loved to death? - USA TODAY


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Is Yosemite's Half Dome being loved to death?
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By Tracie Cone, AP YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers. By Michael Maloney, San Francisco ...
Public's access to Half Dome may be limited Arizona Daily Star

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Going the extra mile - Stockton Record

Going the extra mile
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It's a very fitting end for the 46-year-old Englishman - very much alive - that the National Hospice Foundation calls "a genuine hospice hero." For more about Colin Skinner's 12000 mile journey for hospice, visit nationalhospicefoundation.org/colin.
One-Man Journey Across the U.S. for Hospice Comes to a Close Reports National ... PR Web (press release)

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Yosemite plan means fewer hikers on Half Dome - The Associated Press


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Yosemite plan means fewer hikers on Half Dome
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers. Over the past decade, however, the route has been ...
Yosemite plan opts for fewer hikers on iconic Half Dome Fox News

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Yosemite National Park reopens busy highway after road crews clear rock slide ... - Washington Post


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Yosemite National Park reopens busy highway after road crews clear rock slide ...
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A busy highway in Yosemite National Park is set to reopen, less than a week after house-size boulders crashed down on it during a major storm. Park officials say the Big Oak Flat Road portion of Highway 120 will be ...
Two Major Routes to Yosemite Remain Open to Visitors MarketWatch (press release)
Road into Yosemite is cleared of rock slide Modesto Bee

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ISU alum protects nation's greatest treasures - Illinois State Magazine (blog)


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ISU alum protects nation's greatest treasures
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Nor was Redwood National Park the first casualty. In 1913, Congress transferred the Hetch Hetchy Valley, located in Yosemite National Park, to the city of San Francisco for a dam and reservoir. “It could be that 100 years from now the only areas that ...

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1 dead at Yosemite as windy storms pound California - San Jose Mercury News


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1 dead at Yosemite as windy storms pound California
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By ANDREW DALTON AP LOS ANGELES -- Wet and windy winter storms swept across California, leaving thousands without power and slamming Yosemite National Park with strong winds that toppled a tree and killed a park employee. A branch of the huge tree fell ...
Yosemite employee killed after tree falls on tent cabin as Northern Calif ... Washington Post
Man crushed by tree at Yosemite as storm batters California Los Angeles Times
Watch a staggeringly beautiful time-lapse video of Yosemite National Park io9

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Yosemite plan would limit hikers at Half Dome trail - USA TODAY


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Yosemite plan would limit hikers at Half Dome trail
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) – There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers. By Michael Maloney, 2007 AP photo Climbers on the cable ...
Park plan would curtail hikers on Half Dome Springfield News-Leader

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