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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 4, 2015 8:32:25 GMT -8
And I double checked and it doesn't appear to be an April 1st hoax. www.mensjournal.com/adventure/outdoor/watch-climbers-light-the-entire-snake-dike-route-on-half-dome-20150901#ixzz3kmlJiIlYThat's right up there with that moron woman who painted "art" on rocks in a series of national parks: vandalism. Who in any Federally Designated Wilderness backcountry wants to look out and see a lighted dotted line wandering up the slope of a feature on their horizon? Not to mention the idiocy of "climbing by following the dots". I'm still holding out hope that this is just a hoax I fell for. Granted, the Cables: but they at least disappear at a distance and have a cultural history (though one I'm sort of ambivalent at best with) but lights? |
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Post by johnnyray on Sept 4, 2015 8:47:18 GMT -8
Replacing stainless steel anchors that reflect the sun to reduce visual impact but putting LED lights up? Makes no sense. Bring back the Fire Fall next.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 4, 2015 9:02:12 GMT -8
It may have just been a temporary publicity/art project and they took the stuff down immediately after. Yeah from their webpages anything permanent would definitely seem to be contradictory.
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Post by amaruq on Sept 4, 2015 9:17:46 GMT -8
I couldn't listen with sound, but my thoughts were the same as HSF's. Temporary installation is temporary. Just a cool little way to show off a popular climb route.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 4, 2015 9:26:47 GMT -8
The thing that had me worried at first glance was the solar powered LED lights, that's the sort of thing you put up on permanent uses like for lighting a driveway or walkway or to light the doorway of a remote utility shed.
Simple battery lanterns would have signaled a much more temporary installation as they have a definite finite life: solar doesn't.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Sept 4, 2015 9:35:10 GMT -8
From their YouTube video:
"The light show only lasted around five hours as we cleaned the route on the rappel down"
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 4, 2015 9:41:59 GMT -8
Thanks!
Ah, that's consistent with their webpage, couldn't hear the audio off my device.
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Post by amaruq on Sept 4, 2015 9:53:46 GMT -8
The thing that had me worried at first glance was the solar powered LED lights, that's the sort of thing you put up on permanent uses like for lighting a driveway or walkway or to light the doorway of a remote utility shed. Simple battery lanterns would have signaled a much more temporary installation as they have a definite finite life: solar doesn't. It is from my experience that I can say those little solar powered LED walkway lights also have a finite life, hah. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 9:55:36 GMT -8
Kind of looks like Christmas lights in the wilderness. Not something I'd like to see.  |
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Post by johnnyray on Sept 4, 2015 10:41:18 GMT -8
Seemed like it was a temporary thing and am glad it was.
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