“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
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Yesterday’s post touted the size, beauty and strength of Yosemite Falls. As part of that dialogue, I explained that being above the valley enables visitors to see the relationship of Yosemite’s features to each other.
This is a more distant view of the falls from farther back on the trail. You can get a better sense of where the falls are geographically and of course El Capitan would be toward the left of the frame (not visible) .
From this point, we started the return trip back to the car.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
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“A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Anger is often what pain looks like when it shows itself in public.” — Krista Tippett
“I am a part of everything that I have read.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Speed of sound is really funny…Our parents tell us something when we are 15 and we hear & understand it when we are 40.” — Unknown
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When visitors are in and around Yosemite Valley during spring and early summer and they hear the roar of Yosemite Falls, they may walk toward the bottom level to watch the torrent of water free falling down the wall of the mountain and into the basin. It is quite a sight; and quite a splash I might add.
I suppose some visitors think that what they are viewing is the total of Yosemite Falls, but if they could actually see the entire waterfall, their amazement would increase more than twofold. It is huge!
That is the beauty of hiking at Glacier Point and Taft Point…you get to see the bird’s eye view of Yosemite Valley. There is more than meets the eye at ground level and it is easier to understand the relationship of all of the major attractions to each other when standing at the top of it all.
The photograph above shows the full scope of Yosemite Falls. It was wonderful, beautiful and powerful. The roar of the falls can be heard for quite a distance at ground level and lulled us to sleep at night.
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“Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.” — Rose Kennedy
“Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.” — Democritus
“And that ancient law went into effect which says that when you need towns they are very far apart.” — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
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When considering a standard deck of 52 cards, take a guess at the number of ways this deck of cards is able to be “arranged” or “sorted” by shuffling them. Pick a number!
OK, I don’t believe you picked one that is large enough, but let’s proceed!
You may find this hard to believe, but the video claims that the number is larger than all of the atoms on earth.
** Here is the number written out in scientific notation:
** Here is the number written in the customary way (should have 67 zeros, but the picture doesn’t show all)
The TED video below explains it more precisely. It isn’t too complicated and I think you will be amazed.
** These were screen shots taken from the TED video referenced above!
Yesterday’s post showed a more distant picture of El Capitan with the surrounding meadows and the Merced River. This photo brings viewers a bit closer to El Capitan and the “nose” of the mountain.
The nose is the ridge facing left that juts out like a nose on a face. I guess mountains do have faces…don’t they?
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
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“Language is the dress of thought.” — Samuel Johnson
“The secret to having it all is not having to have it all.” — Beth Becker
“It is difficult to say what is impossible for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” — Robert Goddard
“My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up; so which one’s the real hero?” — Mitch Hedberg
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Just the other day a few of us were pondering some of the unknown. We were theorizing about how many times we might have met someone who was in relatively close proximity to us, but a connection was never made. Implied in this thread was the change in our lives that might have occurred had we actually met that certain individual. What impact might they have had on our lives?
A tangent to this line of thinking is how many close calls we might have had in life, but never knew because they never actually happened. Waiting an additional two seconds at a red light might have prevented us from being the victim of a reckless driver or perhaps getting on a subway a stop or two after someone with a disease coughed wildly and spread sickening germs might have spared us an illness. We will never know of course, but it is something to contemplate.
The video below from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows offers similar thoughts about this philosophical realm.
Moment of Tangency: A Glimpse of What Might Have Been
Quoted from the YouTube video of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows:
Making this episode was a joy, but naturally took forever to find shots that paired up. Sifting through hours of people’s Super8 and 16mm home videos was one of the sweetest wisftully painful pleasures I’ve ever had. If you ever get tired of what the world has come to, browse around on Vimeo for old movies like this. Even just the soft grainy color of the film stock will make your heart ache.
Once we arrived at Taft Point, the beautiful views opened up before us in a number of directions. The photo above shows El Capitan and the valley meadows. You might be able to discern the Merced River just off to the left of the meadow nearest El Capitan’s nose.
As you can see, I was standing relatively close to the edge, but leaning over a secured railing. It was quite a drop off and it was reassuring to have the “safety net” of a railing to lean against as I jockeyed for a position that would yield the desired picture.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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