Big Rocks and One Little Rock

Submitted by scott on Sun, 07/31/2011 - 12:04

Because I've become a bit fixated on Yosemite of late, I started looking through my photo collection again. This shot from, the side of Mt Lyell, has always been one of my favorites and could possibly be one of my best shots. So, how do I get past all my current responsibilities and get back to the country? I reached the spot in the photo on a day hike from Tuolumne Meadows. I doubt I will do that again.

Kuna Glacier Bergschrund circa 1974

Submitted by scott on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 01:01

I've recently been adding comments to blogs and articles dealing with the recent deaths at Yosemite's Vernal Falls. It is my opinion that these deaths were the result of a disconnect between those involved and the physical world. It's all too obvious that some, if not all those involved were acting irresponsibly. I've suggested that they were not consciously aware of being irresponsible. I think they were incapable of perceiving that they were in any danger at all. This may or may not, in their case, have been reinforced by this group being a church group and thus protected by God.

Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup

Submitted by scott on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 00:17
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I had only a single guest, Varooka, during this reading. She's a great fan, however, so I read her this one sketch. This tale is included in the volume Sketches New and Old, published in 1875.

Political Economy

Submitted by scott on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 00:01
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A sketch from the volume Sketches New and Old. Mark buys more lightning rods than are necessary. The consequences are rather spectacular.

Roughing It - Chapter 60

Submitted by scott on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:51
The Old Collegiate

All about "Pocket Mining". Life in the foothills of Tuolumne after the gold rush.

Roughing It - Chapter 59

Submitted by scott on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:45
Slinking

Mark hits bottom, financially, but finds a companion in a like situation who has a strange adventure in poverty.

Roughing It - Chapter 58

Submitted by scott on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 22:57
The Grace of a Kangaroo

Mark lived the high life of a social butterfly for a short time, then the silver mine stocks collapsed. This is followed by the San Francisco Earthquake of October 1865. We are treated to some strangely humorous descriptions of the havoc caused.

Roughing It - Chapter 57

Submitted by scott on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 22:47
Fetch Her Out

We get a description of the gold rush population and an anecdote about one missing part of that population, the arrival of a woman. We are also treated to an anecdote about the meeting of a miner and a small child in the streets of San Francisco.

Roughing It - Chapter 56

Submitted by scott on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 15:07
An Eastern Landscape

Mark enters California but it compare unfavorably for him to New England. It's okay from a distance but he thinks it monotonous close up.

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