- A Santa Rosa native and prominent rock climber has been sentenced to life in federal prison for sexual assaults he committed at Yosemite National Park, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Charles Barrett, 40, was found guilty in February of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one...
” Lynch says. He knows that visitors value the community of Yosemite, too—it’s part of the experience in the Valley. But he cautions that they will be impacted by the cuts to YOSAR and park staff: “It’s a trickle-down effect, and they’re going to feel it.”...
It’s probably just as good of an “all-rounder” as Salt Lake, but I’m giving it “best for alpine” because there’s no better big mountain training ground in the contiguous U.S. than the Cascades. It’s not just Rainier, of course. Washington is home to the largest concentration...
Jimmy Chin knows what it's like to risk it all. The athlete, photographer and filmmaker has made a life for himself on the edge. "Climbing as a metaphor is really interesting, because climbing is an exercise in failure," he said. "You try climbs that are a little too hard for you."...
Unable to drop back into the dihedral, she downclimbed to her last “iffy” piece and asked her partner to take. As she weighted it, the rock “exploded in my face. I assume the second piece was also rock failure, but I don’t know.” ...
from the Mammoth Lakes Basin to Yosemite Valley. When Greene went for a hike or climb, he often removed the pages of a guidebook and reinserted them with notes after the climb. FromHigh Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trailsfound in his camp belongings, chapter 12 was torn out—“The Minare...