tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post3675064550474255326..comments2024-03-17T18:37:36.377-07:00Comments on Geotripper: Geologic Change in Yosemite: Remembering the Happy Isles Slide of 1996Garry Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-58935818298883392912017-01-19T13:00:56.638-08:002017-01-19T13:00:56.638-08:00Wow, I was eleven years old when this happened. M...Wow, I was eleven years old when this happened. My family was staying in the Upper Pines campground right under the slide. My family was in the parking lot to meet up with my aunt and uncle...about to go to a Ranger Rick show. I remember hearing the most thunderous noise I've ever heard, looking up, and seeing a wall of dust speeding at us and engulfing us. Never saw anything like that again until I saw the footage of the Twin Towers collapsing. Same rushing cloud of dust billowing towards you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-74595107579657106302013-09-01T10:00:25.613-07:002013-09-01T10:00:25.613-07:00Sorry too, Yvonne. I narrowly escaped this rock sl...Sorry too, Yvonne. I narrowly escaped this rock slide myself (if it had not been for the fact that the others in my party did not want to go to Half Dome we would have been trapped up there most likely; had it not been for so many people at the food stand - likely getting ice cream... seem to remember that - we would have been at the food stand). We were away from Happy Isle for not even 30 minutes. It was pure chaos and even worse for those who were still at Happy Isle. I remember it was a Wednesday and there was another rock slide that Friday - the last day we were there that year. Happy Isle was closed off pretty much for a year I would guess and if not blocked off I know one thing: when we went back the next year Happy Isle and the beginning of the Vernal/Nevada Falls hike (I mean beyond the Happy Isle point; seem to remember that it started a distance away from where it used to start at but that might be a bad memory of mine, seeing as how long ago it was) was very very different.<br /><br />I was trying to find the information about how big the rock was but not here but figured since I was there I would share my thoughts too. Ah, wiki says 162,000 tonnes!Codynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-41886838214383483822013-07-09T23:46:10.701-07:002013-07-09T23:46:10.701-07:00I am sorry for your loss...I am sorry for your loss...Garry Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-38096369896703636112013-07-09T23:02:57.993-07:002013-07-09T23:02:57.993-07:00My brother was killed in that rock slide. Emiliano...My brother was killed in that rock slide. Emiliano Morales he was 19 yrs old. Tomorrow will be 17yrs. I miss you so much Emi ! I love you, your sister Yvonne Ybarra Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478267856697685788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-63529127475452706712013-07-09T22:59:05.438-07:002013-07-09T22:59:05.438-07:00My brother was killed in that rock slide. Emiliano...My brother was killed in that rock slide. Emiliano Morales he was 19 yrs old. Tomorrow will be 17yrs. I miss you so much Emi ! I love you, your sister Yvonne Ybarra Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478267856697685788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-42840303099333751182009-08-26T21:38:53.655-07:002009-08-26T21:38:53.655-07:00Whoaaa... how about becoming a psychic novelist Ga...Whoaaa... how about becoming a psychic novelist Garry? It's as if this post may have encouraged the Royal Arch rockfall! Spooky cool.SciGuy315https://www.blogger.com/profile/08316684673793283489noreply@blogger.com