Eric
@mountainscalling.me
Yosemite • National Parks • Wild places
63/63 National Parks
Photos + daily thoughts from the trail.
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63/63 National Parks
Photos + daily thoughts from the trail.
https://linktr.ee/mountainscalling.me
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Eric
@mountainscalling.me
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Today on the Mist Trail
The waterfalls are roaring. It is beautiful but somewhat worrying as they should be flowing less with more water locked up in snow.
Big storm coming. Hoping for cold+snow.
#Yosemite
The waterfalls are roaring. It is beautiful but somewhat worrying as they should be flowing less with more water locked up in snow.
Big storm coming. Hoping for cold+snow.
#Yosemite
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 AM
The mountains called me here. To this place. Where my mind, body and spirit feel whole. At peace. I feel it as soon as I arrive. I carry it with me when I leave, but little by little it escapes. I never want that feeling to end. I always must return to this place to refill my wholeness.
#Yosemite
#Yosemite
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The mountains called me here. To this place. Where my mind, body and spirit feel whole. At peace. I feel it as soon as I arrive. I carry it with me when I leave, but little by little it escapes. I never want that feeling to end. I always must return to this place to refill my wholeness.
#Yosemite
#Yosemite
Sunset today was incredible 🔥
Aptos California 🌅
Aptos California 🌅
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Sunset today was incredible 🔥
Aptos California 🌅
Aptos California 🌅
Was looking for a webcam of Taipei to check on weather and found this. Its 2:50am and the city is lit up. Everything is clearly visible. Gives some perspective of the 101...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fY...
【Taipei Live Cam】象山看台北 - 4K即時影像 | Overlooking Taipei at the top of Xiangshan | 象山から望む台北
YouTube video by Taipei Travel Live Cam 台北觀光即時影像
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Was looking for a webcam of Taipei to check on weather and found this. Its 2:50am and the city is lit up. Everything is clearly visible. Gives some perspective of the 101...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fY...
At 6am i was awake and right away felt that worry. Its the same feeling i have felt since i learned of this event and now the day is here. I hope everything goes smoothly 🙏 Today is going to be hard to concentrate or relax.
IYKYK 🧗♂️
IYKYK 🧗♂️
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
At 6am i was awake and right away felt that worry. Its the same feeling i have felt since i learned of this event and now the day is here. I hope everything goes smoothly 🙏 Today is going to be hard to concentrate or relax.
IYKYK 🧗♂️
IYKYK 🧗♂️
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Leave it alone.
This place is already complete, bound together in ways no hand can improve.
Enter it gently, and it will give you more than you came for.
#Yosemite
This place is already complete, bound together in ways no hand can improve.
Enter it gently, and it will give you more than you came for.
#Yosemite
January 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Leave it alone.
This place is already complete, bound together in ways no hand can improve.
Enter it gently, and it will give you more than you came for.
#Yosemite
This place is already complete, bound together in ways no hand can improve.
Enter it gently, and it will give you more than you came for.
#Yosemite
Hey yall — just a heads-up that I often live stream on TikTok while out in Yosemite and other wild places. If you’re on TT and want to follow along, here’s the link. No pressure — just sharing in case you didn’t know. 🫡🏞🏕🌄
www.tiktok.com/@mountainsca...
www.tiktok.com/@mountainsca...
January 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Hey yall — just a heads-up that I often live stream on TikTok while out in Yosemite and other wild places. If you’re on TT and want to follow along, here’s the link. No pressure — just sharing in case you didn’t know. 🫡🏞🏕🌄
www.tiktok.com/@mountainsca...
www.tiktok.com/@mountainsca...
These cliffs remind us we belong to something larger — that freedom is unfinished work, and the future depends on where we choose to stand.
#Yosemite
#Yosemite
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
These cliffs remind us we belong to something larger — that freedom is unfinished work, and the future depends on where we choose to stand.
#Yosemite
#Yosemite
Hiked offtrail to the base of 1,612ft Ribbon Fall today
The tallest single-drop waterfall in North America
No one out there but me
It was a great day! 🏞✨️
#Yosemite
The tallest single-drop waterfall in North America
No one out there but me
It was a great day! 🏞✨️
#Yosemite
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Hiked offtrail to the base of 1,612ft Ribbon Fall today
The tallest single-drop waterfall in North America
No one out there but me
It was a great day! 🏞✨️
#Yosemite
The tallest single-drop waterfall in North America
No one out there but me
It was a great day! 🏞✨️
#Yosemite
With the support of groups like Progressive Mariposa/Yosemite Area Indivisible, our campaign continues to build support in every corner of CA 5. Together, this grassroots movement will be ready to beat McClintock in November!
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Tunnel View this morning just after sunrise
A hint of orange visible on the Quarter Dome area (Between Clouds Rest and Half Dome)
🏞
#Yosemite
A hint of orange visible on the Quarter Dome area (Between Clouds Rest and Half Dome)
🏞
#Yosemite
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Tunnel View this morning just after sunrise
A hint of orange visible on the Quarter Dome area (Between Clouds Rest and Half Dome)
🏞
#Yosemite
A hint of orange visible on the Quarter Dome area (Between Clouds Rest and Half Dome)
🏞
#Yosemite
Trying to book a campsite at Yosemite *as its released* is insanity.
Had something in my cart.
7:00:01 - book
Unavailable
Something else. Book. Unavailable
Something else. Error.
The entire campground sold out in <1 second. No exaggeration
Had something in my cart.
7:00:01 - book
Unavailable
Something else. Book. Unavailable
Something else. Error.
The entire campground sold out in <1 second. No exaggeration
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Trying to book a campsite at Yosemite *as its released* is insanity.
Had something in my cart.
7:00:01 - book
Unavailable
Something else. Book. Unavailable
Something else. Error.
The entire campground sold out in <1 second. No exaggeration
Had something in my cart.
7:00:01 - book
Unavailable
Something else. Book. Unavailable
Something else. Error.
The entire campground sold out in <1 second. No exaggeration
Yosemite wasn’t always protected.
We the people had to decide it mattered.
We the people had to decide it mattered.
A Document That Changed America—and Changed Me
I’ve stood on the summit of Half Dome. I’ve backpacked through Yosemite’s wilderness dozens of times. I’ve watched sunrise spill into Yosemite Valley more times than I can count.
And yet, one of the ...
mountainscalling.me
January 14, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Yosemite wasn’t always protected.
We the people had to decide it mattered.
We the people had to decide it mattered.
Serious Junior Ranger question here...
Why does this badge have a buffalo on it? And not a Condor?
Pinnacles does not look like this and there are no buffalo.
Condors!!!! The largest land bird in North America that has primary habitat inside THIS PARK. Should be on this badge.
🫤
#ParkChat
Why does this badge have a buffalo on it? And not a Condor?
Pinnacles does not look like this and there are no buffalo.
Condors!!!! The largest land bird in North America that has primary habitat inside THIS PARK. Should be on this badge.
🫤
#ParkChat
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Serious Junior Ranger question here...
Why does this badge have a buffalo on it? And not a Condor?
Pinnacles does not look like this and there are no buffalo.
Condors!!!! The largest land bird in North America that has primary habitat inside THIS PARK. Should be on this badge.
🫤
#ParkChat
Why does this badge have a buffalo on it? And not a Condor?
Pinnacles does not look like this and there are no buffalo.
Condors!!!! The largest land bird in North America that has primary habitat inside THIS PARK. Should be on this badge.
🫤
#ParkChat
Saw many condors soaring around High Peaks
3 flew 50ft overhead twice then landed 200ft away & just chilled for a while
A park volunteer was up there and had a scope to see up close
California Condors have a 9.5ft wingspan
In the 80's there was less than 20. Now over 600 because CONSERVATION!
3 flew 50ft overhead twice then landed 200ft away & just chilled for a while
A park volunteer was up there and had a scope to see up close
California Condors have a 9.5ft wingspan
In the 80's there was less than 20. Now over 600 because CONSERVATION!
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Saw many condors soaring around High Peaks
3 flew 50ft overhead twice then landed 200ft away & just chilled for a while
A park volunteer was up there and had a scope to see up close
California Condors have a 9.5ft wingspan
In the 80's there was less than 20. Now over 600 because CONSERVATION!
3 flew 50ft overhead twice then landed 200ft away & just chilled for a while
A park volunteer was up there and had a scope to see up close
California Condors have a 9.5ft wingspan
In the 80's there was less than 20. Now over 600 because CONSERVATION!
I’m now certified in Basic First Aid, CPR, AED, and Wilderness First Aid.
Doing things by the book and putting the right pieces in place as I start something new in 2026. 🏞
Doing things by the book and putting the right pieces in place as I start something new in 2026. 🏞
January 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I’m now certified in Basic First Aid, CPR, AED, and Wilderness First Aid.
Doing things by the book and putting the right pieces in place as I start something new in 2026. 🏞
Doing things by the book and putting the right pieces in place as I start something new in 2026. 🏞
Gonna visit Pinnacles National Park this Sunday. Will be down that way for something else, so it's a perfect add-on to do along the way.
Visiting West Side and plan to explore Balconies Cave and then hike the High Peaks trail.
Neoprene socks + Water shoes + Headlamp + Flashlight ✅
#ParkChat
Visiting West Side and plan to explore Balconies Cave and then hike the High Peaks trail.
Neoprene socks + Water shoes + Headlamp + Flashlight ✅
#ParkChat
Pinnacles National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Around 23 million years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions shaped the landscape that is now Pinnacles National Park. The remnants of these ancient eruptions have formed a striking terrain of rocky sp...
www.nps.gov
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Gonna visit Pinnacles National Park this Sunday. Will be down that way for something else, so it's a perfect add-on to do along the way.
Visiting West Side and plan to explore Balconies Cave and then hike the High Peaks trail.
Neoprene socks + Water shoes + Headlamp + Flashlight ✅
#ParkChat
Visiting West Side and plan to explore Balconies Cave and then hike the High Peaks trail.
Neoprene socks + Water shoes + Headlamp + Flashlight ✅
#ParkChat
American Samoa patch added. 63/63
I collect a lot of stuff when I go to parks - but patches are my obsession.
This is my show piece. My pride and joy.
So many memories in a 2x3' box! 🏞🫶✨️🥹
#NationalParks
I collect a lot of stuff when I go to parks - but patches are my obsession.
This is my show piece. My pride and joy.
So many memories in a 2x3' box! 🏞🫶✨️🥹
#NationalParks
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
American Samoa patch added. 63/63
I collect a lot of stuff when I go to parks - but patches are my obsession.
This is my show piece. My pride and joy.
So many memories in a 2x3' box! 🏞🫶✨️🥹
#NationalParks
I collect a lot of stuff when I go to parks - but patches are my obsession.
This is my show piece. My pride and joy.
So many memories in a 2x3' box! 🏞🫶✨️🥹
#NationalParks
Today on the Mist Trail
The waterfalls are roaring. It is beautiful but somewhat worrying as they should be flowing less with more water locked up in snow.
Big storm coming. Hoping for cold+snow.
#Yosemite
The waterfalls are roaring. It is beautiful but somewhat worrying as they should be flowing less with more water locked up in snow.
Big storm coming. Hoping for cold+snow.
#Yosemite
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Today on the Mist Trail
The waterfalls are roaring. It is beautiful but somewhat worrying as they should be flowing less with more water locked up in snow.
Big storm coming. Hoping for cold+snow.
#Yosemite
The waterfalls are roaring. It is beautiful but somewhat worrying as they should be flowing less with more water locked up in snow.
Big storm coming. Hoping for cold+snow.
#Yosemite
New Years Day hike to the brink of Lower Yosemite Falls 🏞🌈✨️
It was cold and misty and the route here is a bit 😬 but totally worth it!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #ParkChat #Waterfall #Waterfalls #Rainbow #Hiking
It was cold and misty and the route here is a bit 😬 but totally worth it!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #ParkChat #Waterfall #Waterfalls #Rainbow #Hiking
January 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
New Years Day hike to the brink of Lower Yosemite Falls 🏞🌈✨️
It was cold and misty and the route here is a bit 😬 but totally worth it!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #ParkChat #Waterfall #Waterfalls #Rainbow #Hiking
It was cold and misty and the route here is a bit 😬 but totally worth it!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #ParkChat #Waterfall #Waterfalls #Rainbow #Hiking