Yosemite National Park

An Austrian climber was climbing the El Capitan cliff at Yosemite National Park when he fell and his climbing rope sliced his thumb clean off, “sending it flying into thin air,” according to KTLA.
But he wasn’t thumbless for long, because his climbing partner quickly spotted the thumb on a… Read the rest

Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama’s current speed record for climbing El Capitan is in danger.
Swiss climber Ueli Steck, easily one of the best in the world, will attempt to tackle the 3,000 foot tall rock face in Yosemite National Park faster than ever before. Holding a number of records… Read the rest

Last week, the United States mint issued the first quarter in a series that will honor national parks. The “America the Beautiful” program is a 12-year series that  will recognize 56 national parks in each of the 50 states. The first coin, released Tuesday, April 20th, shows Hot Springs National… Read the rest

For this month we wanted photos that would inspire readers to protect our waterways, and we couldn’t have chosen a better one to wrap up the month than this one. Taken by Matthew DiPietro in Yosemite National Park, the water in this photo is so clean and clear that the… Read the rest

Choosing waterfalls as the June Friday Photo theme has led to a lot of wanderlust amongst the Wend team. Who doesn’t want to spend some quality time at the foot of a beautiful cascading waterfall? Today’s photo, taken by Pam Wood at Yosemite Falls, certainly makes us want to take… Read the rest

Getting the scope of National Parks in your snapshots isn’t always easy. But not for New York based photographer Gerard Maynard. When he set out to create the largest panoramic, he chose an impressive place as his subject: the Glacier Point View in Yosemite National Park. The result is a… Read the rest