starlink in yosemite valley

All these whippersnappers with their motorized horse carriages are ruining the world for the rest of us. We have been riding horses for hundreds of years. Just a thought. 

Why is the antenna on the ground?  Put that baby on the roof and just drive until you have the best view of the sky.  

To clarify some things for you wankers: 

I used to have a 2008 sprinter that was spray painted to hell, crackhead van status. I didn't go to college and worked full time two years after high school in Oklahoma to afford it. 40 hours of construction a week and delivering Panera in the evenings to afford that one. It cost 10k and I could barely afford it with what I saved up during that time period working for $10/hr plus tips. A year ago I crashed it pretty badly and it was assessed by insurance and deemed to be worth $26,000 due to the conversion i had in it (self done). Of course I took the check instead of the beat up breaking down all the time van. I put that amount towards a brand new sprinter due to the cost of used built out vans at the time in much worse mechanical shape. It definitely sucks to have a 1150$ van payment, but at the end of the day thats a hell of a lot cheaper than rent +car . I owe $25,000 on it still, but it does not break down and wont need major parts for 100,000 miles. I work an interior remodeling job here in boulder, CO for 22/hr, 40h a week to afford to take time off and climb. Whats the big deal that I have starlink and want to use it in yosemite? My girlfriend works in solar and needs a solid wifi connection for a couple work calls. Last year it was stressful to have them all be on cellular, so I figured having options would be worth a shot. It's only $135 a month and does work really well here in boulder. It is unfortunate that you guys can't seem to get it together enough to get your own vansion, but I guess when all you do is smoke pot and yell "TAAAAAKKKEEEE" on the local classics it's not too much to imagine.

Shaun Johnson wrote:

According to the NPS website I feel like you would need a special use permit to work and earn an income inside of Yosemite national park?

The following is copy pasted from that website.

A special park use is defined as an activity that takes place in a park area and that:

• provides a benefit to an individual, group or organization rather than the public at large;

The National Park Service may permit a special park use if the proposed activity will not:

• be contrary to the park’s purpose for which the park was established and the mission of the NPS;

Those regs were written with respect to the use of park resources eg: filming on El Cap, a Rainbow gathering in Glacier, a bonfire next to Delicate Arch to light a night photo, collecting rocks for art projects in Acadia. A van parked in a campground doesn't meet that criteria.

Lol - when I was 23 in the Valley, I slept in the trunk of a Toyota sedan and I liked it.  There were 2 phone booths outside the gas station at Camp 4 you sometimes had to wait in line for.

Eons later I paid cash off the lot and became one of the few with a “vansion” at the crags - the envy of all.  Nice toy to have, but less used these days as there is only so much of the #vanlife d-bag clusterfuk I can handle - and the thing is kind of slow on the highway.  I work whenever and wherever I want - then I leave on vacation for as long as I need to - or just head out the back door anytime.

Hey TexMex - check your inbox - I have some shitwork I need someone unimportant to cover while I go run some warmup laps on your Rifle project.

starlink sucks, spacex sucks and elon sucks.

there i said it...

James Wwrote:

Lol - when I was 23 in the Valley, I slept in the trunk of a Toyota sedan and I liked it.  There were 2 phone booths outside the gas station at Camp 4 you sometimes had to wait in line for.

Eons later I paid cash off the lot and became one of the few with a “vansion” at the crags - the envy of all.  Nice toy to have, but less used these days as there is only so much of the #vanlife d-bag clusterfuk I can handle - and the thing is kind of slow on the highway.  I work whenever and wherever I want - then I leave on vacation for as long as I need to - or just head out the back door anytime.

Hey TexMex - check your inbox - I have some shitwork I need someone unimportant to cover while I go run some warmup laps on your Rifle project.

DUDE YOU ARE SO COOL.

James Wwrote:

 There were 2 phone booths outside the gas station at Camp 4 you sometimes had to wait in line for.

For a likely significant portion of the MP population that has never heard of these, before there were cell phones, there were public, coin operated (no credit cards) land line phones that looked like this:

Marc801 Cwrote:

For a likely significant portion of the MP population that has never heard of these, before there were cell phones, there were public, coin operated (no credit cards) land line phones that looked like this:

How are you supposed to play Candy Crush on that? Very confused. Explain to me old man!

JCMwrote:

How are you supposed to play Candy Crush on that? Very confused. Explain to me old man!

Place candy on tray, smash with fist, simple. 

Tristan Bradfordwrote:

To clarify some things for you wankers: 

I used to have a 2008 sprinter that was spray painted to hell, crackhead van status. I didn't go to college and worked full time two years after high school in Oklahoma to afford it. 40 hours of construction a week and delivering Panera in the evenings to afford that one. It cost 10k and I could barely afford it with what I saved up during that time period working for $10/hr plus tips. A year ago I crashed it pretty badly and it was assessed by insurance and deemed to be worth $26,000 due to the conversion i had in it (self done). Of course I took the check instead of the beat up breaking down all the time van. I put that amount towards a brand new sprinter due to the cost of used built out vans at the time in much worse mechanical shape. It definitely sucks to have a 1150$ van payment, but at the end of the day thats a hell of a lot cheaper than rent +car . I owe $25,000 on it still, but it does not break down and wont need major parts for 100,000 miles. I work an interior remodeling job here in boulder, CO for 22/hr, 40h a week to afford to take time off and climb. Whats the big deal that I have starlink and want to use it in yosemite? My girlfriend works in solar and needs a solid wifi connection for a couple work calls. Last year it was stressful to have them all be on cellular, so I figured having options would be worth a shot. It's only $135 a month and does work really well here in boulder. It is unfortunate that you guys can't seem to get it together enough to get your own vansion, but I guess when all you do is smoke pot and yell "TAAAAAKKKEEEE" on the local classics it's not too much to imagine.

Bitches are just bitching, you do you. I hope starlink works out for you. 

Us luddites need to get our heads together, and build a giant slingshot to shoot Starlink out of the skies. 

Timothy Carlsonwrote:

Us luddites need to get our heads together, and build a giant slingshot to shoot Starlink out of the skies.