Nice. I have driven up and down different parts of 1-5, from LA to Vancouver, but never such a long trip in one go. Taking the coast is a slow slog. A cool route would be taking 101 north from SF to see the redwood and the coast, and then scooting back to 1-5 via 199 and Grants Pass.

Aside from the terrain, the night sky is stunning in the more isolated parts of 1-5. Driving around the Cali/Oregon boarder in summer months and seeing the milky way from a convertible is breathtaking.

Also, there's the State of Jefferson, which is cool.>> ^Yogi:

>> ^longde:
Take I-5 from SF to Portland. Some amazing scenery on that trip, especially it you're willing to go off track a little; and good beer at the end.

I've traveled from LA to Seattle by car 6 times in the last 6 months because moving to Seattle and visiting friends and such. Besides getting my time down to 17 hours for the trip I've seen some great stuff and I've never regretted driving even though I take the boring route. I want to do a Coastal Road journey next time...I think it'll be a lot of fun.

So where are you, Chaos? (Just saw your Yosemite post.... )

>> ^longde:

Take I-5 from SF to Portland. Some amazing scenery on that trip, especially it you're willing to go off track a little; and good beer at the end.


I've traveled from LA to Seattle by car 6 times in the last 6 months because moving to Seattle and visiting friends and such. Besides getting my time down to 17 hours for the trip I've seen some great stuff and I've never regretted driving even though I take the boring route. I want to do a Coastal Road journey next time...I think it'll be a lot of fun.

Cheers for the promote, but there doesn't seem to be much love for it

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Watch full screen and in HD

In the USA for roped climbing most climbers rate the difficulty with the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS).

First to explain the five in a "5.14d" understand the below:

Class 1: Walking with a low chance of injury.
Class 2: Simple scrambling, with the possibility of occasional use of the hands. Little potential danger is encountered.
Class 3: Scrambling with increased exposure. A rope can be carried but is usually not required. Falls are not always fatal.
Class 4: Simple climbing, with exposure. A rope is often used. Natural protection can be easily found. Falls may well be fatal.
Class 5: Technical free climbing involving rope, belaying, and other protection hardware for safety. Un-roped falls can result in severe injury or death.


So that explains the "5" in a 5.14d

Now 5.1-5.9 with each .1 you have another level of difficulty. From 5.10-5.15 you have 5.10a,5.10b,5.10c,5.10d and so on. Each letter change represents a full level or degree of difficulty.

Thus the difference between a 5.14a and a 5.14d is the same difference between a 5.6 and a 5.10a - or four levels of difficulty. While this may seem subjective climbers usually come to a consensus regarding the grade of a route over time.

Most people I would consider in reasonable shape can climb 5.6-5.8 in the first few times they climb. In contrast I have been climbing for about sixteen years and I climb about 5.13a (with many many attempts!).

Pure imagination may cater to Sasha's particular climbing style - thin crimpy moves. She is amazingly strong.


That said I have been to the base of this route and am amazed ANYONE is able to climb it.

LA doesn't have wind generators like what they show, the only place in Southern California that's known for them is out near Palm Springs. The shot with the hikers and the mountains makes me think of Big Bear or Yosemite>> ^EMPIRE:

Even though I think they only showed Los Santos (LA in the GTA universe) I do hope this is just like San Andreas, and we have the whole state (well.. 3 cities at least) to travel around. The shots of mountains gives me some hope about that.

Scenes include (in order of appearance):

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Mono Lake
Joshua Tree National Park
Alabama Hills
Lunar Eclipse of December 2010
Monument Valley
Salton Sea
Tuscon, Arizona
Jeju Island, South Korea
Yosemite National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Death Valley National Park
Horseshoe Bend

This route's either a 5.12 or 5.9C1. It typically takes a team 3 days to climb. In this video, Alex does it in 2h15m.

Some route info: http://www.supertopo.com/rock-climbing/Yosemite-Valley-Half-Dome-Regular-Northwest-Face

Merci!

In reply to this comment by silvercord:
*promote

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About three weeks ago, I was taking photos and video in Yosemite National Park.

Truly majestic and breathtaking.

It's an experience that can change your life.

I'm normally no spell Nazi, but in the title of this video you misspelled "Hazard" as "Harzard". Just thought you'd like to know.

Well,

d = vi t + 1/2 a t^2
828 = (0)t + 1/2(9.81)t^2
1656 = 9.81t^2
168.80733945 = t^2
t = 12.992587866

So yes, without drag, it would take about 13 seconds to fall that distance. (http://xkcd.com/669/)

However, BASE jumpers deal with a lot of drag. From http://www.stealingaltitude.com/BASE_JumpingFAQ.htm#13 :

"On average, a normally clothed average-weighted BASE jumper freefalling from a 500 foot building will impact in about 6 seconds. In this scenario most jumpers I knew would take a "delay" of two or three seconds before opening the parachute.

According to BASEjumper.com the current unofficial record is a two minute freefall made by Yuri Kuznetsov in the summer of 2005. He used a wingsuit to achieve this incredible feat, I don't know where the jump was or how high the jump started.

The development of the wingsuit (originally intended for skydiving) in the 1990s brought a freefall revolution in BASE jumping. The wingsuit allows jumpers to make incredibly long freefall descents along sloping mountains and cliffs, soaring like birds of prey, falling at half the normal terminal velocity. For reference, consider this: prior to the wingsuit, jumpers making outlaw leaps off of Half Dome could freefall for just under ten seconds before opening very low, near impact, over the rocky, sloping talos. Today, an experienced wingsuit flyer leaping from Half Dome can soar over 50 seconds, maneuvering over the talos and down mountainside itself until reaching the valley below. NOTE: parachuting in Yosemite National Park is strictly illegal and heavily enforced."

>> ^deathcow:
the woman in 2 frames about 4/5 through has a fantastic rack


Impressive. But did you see Waldo?

This video makes one thing very clear:
Yosemite doesn't give a shit about those pesky little humans.