Living in Yosemite?
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To live in Yosemite full time: get a job there (really). |
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Yosemite is very popular with very high traffic, so dirtbagging there is going to be harder than most any other place in the country. (Or so I hear) |
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People move around and employ various other stratagems. Before May 1 and after Sept. 15 (I think) the 7 day limit is somewhat relaxed. |
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I worked for DNC in the valley on two occasions . It was easily some of the funniest most memorable times in my younger life. Getting a job with DNC is pretty do able , you will have to take a pee test . That gets you legit accommodations in the Park , and a meager wage . |
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vincent L. wrote:I worked for DNC in the valley on two occasions . It was easily some of the funniest most memorable times in my younger life. Getting a job with DNC is pretty do able , you will have to take a pee test . That gets you legit accommodations in the Park , and a meager wage . Other than that , the dirt bagging lifestyle you seek in Yosemite might be difficult , especially since you say you don't really know how to go about it . You want your time in Yos. to be filled with climbing and hanging with great people , not worryin about where your going to lay your head every night . Dirt bagging in Yosemite is do able , but it is an art form and experience based , and it doesn't lend itself to being explained online . Best of luck ."It is an art form and experience based" Best quote in this thread. Don't get your hopes up. Dirt bagging in Yosemite is much harder than other places. Though it's a nice place with world class climbing the summers are brutally hot in the valley and cooler in tolumne. Winters are cold. Most dirt baggers spend the spring and fall seasons there and are elsewhere during the off season. |
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Okay thanks guys. Do you have any ideas about other locations in the United States or Canada? Maybe Indian Creek or Squamish? I thought about Hueco Tanks because I hear that's popular (and quite hot), but I'm more of a multi-pitch kind of climber rather than a boulderer. I just want to be a climbing bum and I'd like to meet fellow climbing bums so we can potentially bum together. |
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StacySmith wrote:Okay thanks guys. Do you have any ideas about other locations in the United States or Canada? Maybe Indian Creek or Squamish? I thought about Hueco Tanks because I hear that's popular (and quite hot), but I'm more of a multi-pitch kind of climber rather than a boulderer. I just want to be a climbing bum and I'd like to meet fellow climbing bums so we can potentially bum together. Oh and one last question about Yosemite: For those of you who have worked in the park, have you found that your coworkers climb? I considered a job there (I'm not terribly concerned with pay, just a way to stay in the park), but I figured it would be difficult to get the same days off or meet other climbers if I'm working.Why not just road-trip around the States and check stuff out? Bring partners with you, or find 'em on here when you get to wherever... What's your home area? Nobody from there wants to hit the road? |
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StacySmith wrote:Okay thanks guys. Do you have any ideas about other locations in the United States or Canada? Maybe Indian Creek or Squamish? I thought about Hueco Tanks because I hear that's popular (and quite hot), but I'm more of a multi-pitch kind of climber rather than a boulderer. I just want to be a climbing bum and I'd like to meet fellow climbing bums so we can potentially bum together. Oh and one last question about Yosemite: For those of you who have worked in the park, have you found that your coworkers climb? I considered a job there (I'm not terribly concerned with pay, just a way to stay in the park), but I figured it would be difficult to get the same days off or meet other climbers if I'm working.Same thing with IC and Squamish, they are quite season dependent. I've known a few people who worked for that company that runs the majority of Yosemite concessions (not parks service) and they find plenty of time to climb and live just fine off the income taking the employee housing. |
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StacySmith wrote:Oh and one last question about Yosemite: For those of you who have worked in the park, have you found that your coworkers climb? I considered a job there (I'm not terribly concerned with pay, just a way to stay in the park), but I figured it would be difficult to get the same days off or meet other climbers if I'm working.I've never worked in the park, but everytime I go I end up talking to DNC employees who are also climbers. No idea what the percentage is but it's enough that on all my trips I've chatted up at least one person working some random job there who climbs when they aren't working. |
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Optimistic wrote: Why not just road-trip around the States and check stuff out? Bring partners with you, or find 'em on here when you get to wherever... What's your home area? Nobody from there wants to hit the road?What kind of climbing do you want to do? When are you going? What kind of vehicle do you own? There are dozens of different areas in the US that are perfect for extended climbing trips, and it is not uncommon for people to link them up over a 12 month period. You basically just need to pick a place that is in season and drive to it. By the time you're ready to move on, you'll have met enough people and gotten enough info to know where to go next. |
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Simon W wrote: I've never worked in the park, but everytime I go I end up talking to DNC employees who are also climbers. No idea what the percentage is but it's enough that on all my trips I've chatted up at least one person working some random job there who climbs when they aren't working.^^this...it seems I am often running into park employees while climbing, so they must be able to get out often enough. Last time I was there I met a couple guys from Florida who had been there something like 6 years in a row. They made it sound like they get a lot of climbing done. |
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stacy head to any of the locations you've spoken about, and meet up with the other transients in the area. you'll glean much more valuable information from those practicing dirtbags than from a bunch of internet wankers like us. the unknown is part of the draw right? |
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After September 15, Camp 4 goes to a 30 day limit, and the weather has been staying nice until mid November the last 10-15 years so plenty of time to climb in the fall. |
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I made a Yosemite Logistics page here: |
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If you are a girl climber in yosemite looking for a climbing partner... You should have about 20 dirtbags willing to hold the rope! |
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DNC employees don't necessarily work a Monday-Friday, 9-5 schedule like a lot of people, and they don't all work the same schedule. Neither do a lot of NPS employees, for that matter. So, finding a co-worker who climbs is half the battle, matching your time off with his or her time off is the other half. |
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In Yosemite you will have time to climb, you will have partners and you can climb year round. Just go to the high country in the summer and hit up the alpine routes and I have had better weather in the valley in December and January than any other months. Just go already. |
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Ryan Williams wrote: What kind of climbing do you want to do? When are you going? What kind of vehicle do you own? There are dozens of different areas in the US that are perfect for extended climbing trips, and it is not uncommon for people to link them up over a 12 month period. You basically just need to pick a place that is in season and drive to it. By the time you're ready to move on, you'll have met enough people and gotten enough info to know where to go next.Personally, I'd like to do any kind of roped rock climbing. I don't have a preference if it's sport, trad, or mixed, and I'm a huge fan of pockets, slabs/flakes/lay-backs, and crimps, as well as anything longer than a single pitch. Overhung stuff is super fun, and I kind of want to try off-widths, but we'll see. My absolute favorite type of climbing is more alpine-based, but for all intensive purposes relating to this forum, I figured I'd have more luck meeting fellow climbers if I wasn't isolated in some obscure mountainous location. Oh and I own a 2007 Subaru Outback. Erik Sloan wrote:I made a Yosemite Logistics page here: yosemitebigwall.com/logisticsErik this is so awesome!! Thank you for sharing!!! I'll most definitely use it. Nice work. |
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Yosemite is pretty much all trad... there are zero pockets that I know of. |
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I've worked there and lived there without working. Helps to work there first and get to know the place and the people, makes the second option much much easier. |