Name: Yosemite Spring climbing May 17-19, 2024: 2 Valley campsites, 2 HM sites
Start: 2024-05-17T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-19T16:00:00-07:00

Yosemite climbing and camping, May 17-19, 2024 (Fri-Sun). We have 2 Valley campsites and two HM sites, thanks to Alex C., Jules, Eric D. and myself. So we can have 10 people camping in the Valley and 10 people camping in HM for the weekend.

It should be a good weekend to hike Half Dome with the cables down, if you're interested, since the cables are scheduled to go up on May 24th. Also there is a chance that Tuolumne will be open by this time, but that seems unlikely based on the current snow levels. (Keep an eye on the Park's announcements.)

All campsites include a table, fire pit, bear box, nearby flush bathrooms, and potable tap water at the bathrooms. Up to 2 cars can park in each standard campsite and you must be parked at a campsite to sleep in or on your car in Yosemite. If any of our HM sites are hike-to, you can park near the campsite but are not allowed to sleep in or on your vehicle at that site. Additional cars in the Valley can park for free at Curry Village, in the Trailhead lot, or at the Visitor Center. Additional cars at HM can sneak into one of the other HM parking lots (but you still can't sleep in your car if parked in an overflow lot).

I ask that everyone pay as soon as they sign up for this event (and definitely before Wednesday May 8th) and the deadline to cancel for a full refund is Tuesday night May 14.

If you do not lead trad, you should join up with or bring somebody who does, since there are very few pure top rope or sport-bolted routes in Yosemite Valley. Tuolumne will probably NOT be open yet for May 3-5, but it's only a 30-40 minute drive from HM campground to the Valley, depending which part of the Valley you want to climb. See Yosemite guidebooks or https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105833388/yosemite-valley

Camping cost per person is $15 for one night in a campsite, $20 for two nights, payable to me. I'll give you a copy of the reservation and the reservation holder's ID.

Each vehicle entering the park must buy or show a parks pass at the gate ($35 for 7 days, $70 for Yosemite annual, or $80/year for all US National Parks). If you have a National Parks Pass, that will get you in the gate for free.

Bring climbing gear and proper camping stuff for hot days and cool nights. Rain is possible. Headlamps, firewood, stove/Jetboil, cooler (not the ginormous ones--need to share the bear box), camp chairs, and hand sanitizer are nice to have. All food, snacks, gum, energy drinks, toothpaste, perfume, and energy bars must be stored in cars with closed windows or bear lockers during the day and in bear lockers at night. (No food in tents at any time, no food in cars overnight.)

Please do not attend if you have any recent cold/flu symptoms, feel unwell, or tested positive for COVID-19 fewer than 5 days prior to the trip.

LIABILITY WAIVER: You (and your guests) understand that rock climbing and bouldering are inherently dangerous activities and that you are responsible for your own safety. You realize you could be hurt or killed while climbing or belaying, bitten by a flea with bubonic plague, mauled by a bear, rained on, suffer hypothermia, or contract the COVID-19 virus. You could twist an ankle, have a rock fall on you, be dropped by your belayer, get lost overnight, or have marmots chew your backpack. Camp, hike and climb at your own risk. You and your guests, family, relatives, and heirs all agree to release the event organizer and fellow participants from any and all liability and damages for any injuries, death or other losses you may incur from this trip. Consider wearing a mask while carpooling with people not already in your household or social pod.

I am not a guide and this is not a guided trip.

I require all attendees to sign a liability waiver once every three years--find it here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19SV5VfVxgp8vK-TG3A9jx5fEPlpk2mD72VYumIzH-YU/edit?usp=sharing

Please sign, scan and email or text a picture of the signed waiver to me at jcasekim@yahoo.com (if you signed one in the last 24 months, no need to sign another).

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