Tag Archives: Climbing

The Yosemite Climbing Association will once again sponsor a park-wide clean up to help restore high use areas after the busy summer season. The clean up effort will include roadways, the river corridor, trails, parking areas, campgrounds, climbing areas, and lodging areas. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/face0928.htm

Jeff Maurer, a Wildlife Biologist at Yosemite National Park, died Sunday, August 30, after falling from the Third Pillar, a technical rock climbing route on Mount Dana. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/maurer.htm

Yosemite National Park is hosting a multi-day event in which thirteen disabled United States Military Veterans will climb and hike several iconic peaks in Yosemite National Park. Paradox Sports organized the climbs and hikes, in conjunction with the National Park Service (NPS), for the second annual event. The disabled veterans, …

All visitors planning to overnight on any rock climbing routes in Yosemite National Park will be required to obtain an overnight wilderness climbing permit beginning on May 21, 2021. This pilot program is being implemented to better understand how park visitors use Yosemite’s big walls and to help improve climbing …

California was one of many states to set a record this week for the number of new cases reported in a single day. For a closer look at what’s been happening in our seven-county coverage area of the San Joaquin Valley, we bring you this update for the week of …

A Yosemite National Park visitor died Saturday from injuries she suffered during a rock climbing accident, according to the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office. Megan Christine Kelley, 25, was injured Saturday … Click to Continue »

Modesto’s Royal Robbins, one of the icons of American rock climbing and founder of the outdoor clothing company that bore his name, died Tuesday. He was 82. According to the … Click to Continue »

Merced home prices continue to rise thanks to a lack of houses on the market and the city’s room for growth after several years without new homes, according to local real estate agents. … Click to Continue »

Yosemite National Park is without two familiar faces from its rock climbing community. One of them an extreme sports legend who inspired climbers to push their limits for decades. Extreme sports pioneer 43-year-old Dean Potter was found dead by search helicopters Sunday along with 29-year-old Graham Hunt after the two …