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It is interesting,
people think of Yosemite
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and they think of
Yosemite Valley,
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and that's understandable,
given how spectacular it is.
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And they don't realize that
95% of the park is Wilderness,
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designated Wilderness,
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and that this
huge area
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extends back from
the rims of the Valley,
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that is really
quite wild.
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It amazes people
to learn that
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the walls of the
Valley themselves
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are designated Wilderness,
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that the Wilderness boundary
is just 200 vertical feet
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above the
floor of the Valley.
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Some people think
Wilderness is exclusionary,
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that only a tiny number
of people go there,
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but actually everyone
who goes to the Valley
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and looks out through
their windshield
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is enjoying Wilderness,
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because that's what
they're looking at.
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Wilderness is a place removed
from roads, from buildings,
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from permanent structures,
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it's a place where the forces of
nature are allowed to be wild.
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By going away
from the roads,
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by going away from
the campgrounds,
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you get to experience the
other 95% of Yosemite.
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And when you go out there,
it tends to be very quiet,
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you don't
experience the crowds
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that you do
elsewhere in the park.
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We hiked down from Tuolumne
Meadows, my two brothers
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and their two sons,
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headed to
Vogelsang, Lake Merced,
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and now we're in
Lower Yosemite,
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and it's pretty amazing,
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absolutely amazing,
I mean, to walk
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with the pace of the land,
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we don't do that much
anymore, do we?
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Especially in our
society and our culture,
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there is this drive
to be successful
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and to always be going
and always be doing,
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I think this is an
opportunity for them
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to just take a
deep breath,
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it's like a breath,
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it's like noticing your
surroundings for the first time,
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can be a big
thing for someone.
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I think when you're in a
day-to-day life, in a city,
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and things become
routine, you know, and
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sometimes I think things
are taken for granted.
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I think it's just this soul
connection with nature,
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to try to remember.
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