Yosemite Climbing Association

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from YCA.

The 8th annual Facelift went very well and Yosemite appears to be getting cleaner every year. The areas that we have been cleaning regularly for the past 8 events have significantly less trash than in previous years. When the Facelift was started we would typically gather over 30,000 lbs of small trash from heavy use areas alone. This year, despite the large turnout, we were only able to find 4,295 lbs of small trash which is by far the least yet.

Should be fun. Hope to see you there.

Join us for a reunion celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of the Salathe Wall of El Capitan. Come meet some of the climbing pioneers from the Golden Era of Yosemite . This is a Legends of Stone event sponsored by YCA.

Tuesday September 20th:

Josh Helling will show Dangerous Season a film about Yosemite Search and Rescue

Lisa Rands presentation - Gritstone Schooling

Friday September 23rd:

Jim Donini presentation - High and Wild

Mike Libecki presentation - Around the World: In Search of Virgin Vertical Earth

Wednesday September 21st:

Malcom Daly presentation - Tragedy and Triumph: Defying Gravity Though Post Traumatic Growth

Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto will present Vertical Sailing Greenland

On Thursday September 22nd we will be showing the Reel Rock Film Tour at the East Auditorium during the Yosemite Facelift. Doors open at 6:30pm and show starts at 7:00pm. Here is a link to the trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L35qBS7XqvI

The Oakland Museum of California