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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 6h

Wild combination today:

Bergum's press office calls @ashleyharrell.bsky.social's @sfgate.com story about squatters and illegal BASE jumpers in Yosemite "FALSE" and then Bergum himself says says they're addressing those exact issues with "appropriate law enforcement action." 🤔

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 7h

insane. tweet needs to be framed.

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 1d

I chatted with climbing leaders and therapists about what the climbing community goes through whenever there is a high-visibility accident. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

He survived Denali and Patagonia. A simple mistake in Yosemite killed him.

A deadly accident in Yosemite sparks reflection on risk and resilience.

www.sfgate.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6d

don’t make the tap the sign

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Balin Miller, a promising young climber who had his entire life ahead of him and was clearly a source of light and kindness in the lives of everyone he met.

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people outside of climbing have a tendency to label the most serious climbers as "daredevils" who are bound to have a fatal accident. LA-based climber and grief counselor Anna Kim explained to me why climbers climb, despite the risks:

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 1d

I chatted with climbing leaders and therapists about what the climbing community goes through whenever there is a high-visibility accident. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

He survived Denali and Patagonia. A simple mistake in Yosemite killed him.

A deadly accident in Yosemite sparks reflection on risk and resilience.

www.sfgate.com

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 1d

Please do not post photos of your newborn children on LinkedIn.

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 1d

"It could have been any one of us.”

via @samahill.bsky.social
sfgate.com/national-parks/article/yosemite-fatal-fall-el-capitan-climber-21098663.php?mrfhud=true

He survived Denali and Patagonia. A simple mistake in Yosemite killed him.

A deadly accident in Yosemite sparks reflection on risk and resilience.

sfgate.com

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 2d

It means you drive directly through the bicyclist, no?

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 6d

Videos and photos have surfaced on social media showing visitors to Yosemite National Park engaging in dangerous and illegal behaviors, including BASE jumping from El Capitan and climbing Half Dome’s cables without permits.

via @ashleyharrell.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Yosemite visitors are doing dangerous, illegal things during federal shutdown

"It's the Wild Wild West."

www.sfgate.com

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 7d

The Rose City could actually use plenty of assistance, just not any of the kind Trump wants to provide.

47 Ways the National Guard Could Actually Help Portland

WW Staff

www.wweek.com

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 7d

war, war never changes.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 7d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 8d

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 8d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans are straight-up lying about what protests in Portland look like right now.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 8d

“I think that there is a special heaviness right now to being here more than normal."

www.opb.org/article/2025...

ICE building neighbors clean up, reflect following latest Portland protests

Marathoners run past besieged Portland ICE building as local residents clean up from Saturday protests

www.opb.org

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 9d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 11d

There's a ritzy option for high-elevation meals near Grand Teton National Park.

New restaurant near national park views serves diners at 8,000 feet

There's a ritzy option for high-elevation meals near Grand Teton National Park.

bit.ly

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Kylie Mohr @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social · 16d

⚡*If the government shutdown happens tomorrow and *if you work for the Park Service or the Forest Service (and get fired, or furloughed, or just want to talk), I'm reachable on Signal: kyliemohr.31

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Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve been going through this weird wave of nostalgia about the short period of time I lived in Alaska; it was one of the few youthful adventures I got to take as the Great Recession put everything on hold.

That nostalgia I think comes out in this piece. This is about the park I worked in.