Few places can match the pure grandeur of Yosemite National Park. On Oct. 1, 1890, the U.S. Congress reserved more than 1,000 square miles of "forest lands" in the Eastern/Central part of California. With that action, Yosemite became a national park.
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I’ve taken enough trips to know how to design an itinerary the right way. on’t front-load it so much that you give yourself nothing to look forward once the main adventure is over. We’ve all had trips where the homeward slog is just that — a death march back to reality.
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"One of my favorite things about hiking is the uncompetitive nature of it all — how a third-grader in unfortunate clothes can haul by me on the trail without leaving me feeling like a complete codger in his wake. We all hike our own hike; we all win."
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"Every meal has its best bite, every wardrobe has its best pair of shoes. And if all goes well, every trip has its best day. For me, out here, today is that day. An incomparable setting, a waterfall plunge I won’t soon forget, one hell of a campfire, and that old stretch-run feeling..."
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"Standing up at the pass, gnawing on a mighty tasty PB&J sandwich made only four days earlier, I see a man steadily trucking up the unforgiving switchbacks. When he hits the pass some minutes later, his wide smile prompts me to react similarly. Funny how relentless exertion in thin air can produce such joy."
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Part two of a series chronicling the author's backpacking trip through Yosemite -- specifically, his first two days on the trail, from Glacier Point to Lower Ottoway Lake. Experience a bus ride, a tenuously controlled fire, and the natural flavor-enhancement that wilderness has on common food, and more . . .
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Late this past summer, the author spent the better part of a week hiking through particularly remote areas of Yosemite National Park's wilderness. He thought he'd be a pioneer by leaving his car at home and riding transit between San Francisco and Yosemite -- but it turned out he wasn't much of a pioneer...
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