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The_Dr_B0B t1_j8lanzw wrote

Reply to 2 years later, this is still one of the most incredible evenings of my life | Yosemite National Park, CA, USA | [OC] [3710x5565] by CameronKelsey

Just wanted to share a quote this reminded me of

>View Blanketed by an azure sky, the orange-yellow rays of the setting sun can, at special times, gift us with a moment of such considerable beauty, we find ourselves momentarily stunned, with frozen gaze. The splendor of the moment so dazzles us, our compulsively chattering minds give pause, so as not to mentally whisk us away to a place other than the here-and-now. Bathed in luminescence, a door seems to open to another reality, always present, yet rarely witnessed. Abraham Maslow called these "peak experiences," since they represent the high moments of life where we joyfully find ourselves catapulted beyond the confines of the mundane and ordinary. He might just as well have called them "peek' experiences. During these expansive occasions, we sneak a glimpse of the eternal realm of Being itself. If only for a brief moment in time, we come home to our True Self.

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jopeters4 t1_j8la6g4 wrote

Reply to comment by rbrutonIII in 2 years later, this is still one of the most incredible evenings of my life | Yosemite National Park, CA, USA | [OC] [3710x5565] by CameronKelsey

This comment makes it sound like you can easily get permits to camp in the valley during winter. Is that true? I've never been to Yosemite but it's on my bucket list...and after doing some reading I've just been conditioned to believe it's a pain in the ass unless you're planning 6 months out. It's a bit intimidating trying to figure out the logistics.

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codeByNumber t1_j8l8u1s wrote

Reply to comment by MangoFool in 2 years later, this is still one of the most incredible evenings of my life | Yosemite National Park, CA, USA | [OC] [3710x5565] by CameronKelsey

Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word anxiety. My wife has an anxiety disorder so I shouldn’t use that term lightly.

However, giant crowds around photographic events totally sucks the joy out of it for me. Jockeying for position is not enjoyable. Also, people have no etiquette these days. You can get you shot set up hours before the crowd shows up and then a literal bus load of people pop out and stand right in front of you.

Have you ever been to something like this or are you just talking out of your ass? It is a fucking zoo and it sucks.

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Masketto t1_j8l8ppm wrote

Reply to comment by NoMoreSecretsMarty in 2 years later, this is still one of the most incredible evenings of my life | Yosemite National Park, CA, USA | [OC] [3710x5565] by CameronKelsey

I seriously do not condone this and I understand that what I did was wrong and dangerous, might get downvoted to hell, but I'm gonna share anyway

There is a hike in my province that's been blowing up like crazy with instagrammers over the past few years (Joffrey Lake) because not only does it have some of the most beautiful views in our province's hikes but it's also fairly accessible (only 2hrs hike) and only a 1-2hr drive from a popular tourist ski village (Whistler).

I mean, they have built THREE big parking lots just to try to support the demand of tourists visiting this poor place.

During the peak of COVID, a lot of our hikes were put on a free reservation system to control overcrowding. But this place, Joffrey, they just shut it down for a good long time because I'm assuming even with daily reservations (which for other hikes have booked within 2mins of opening) it would be hard to control the population. So they just completely shut it down, blocked off the parking lots and put a very weak blockade at the entrance.

I had never done the hike though I had done a couple of the others in my province, and while I really did want to do the hike, I didn't want it to be with 1million instagrammers (I myself don't have Instagram or other social media; I just wanted to do the hike for the beauty of the place).

So.....I convinced my very hesitant dad and my 2 cousins to break into the park, lol. My dad parked a decent distance at another non related site, we hiked up, only came across 2 others who coming down and they told us there was only 1 person up there (who we never ended up seeing. Kind of creepy but 🤷‍♀️).

And my goodness, it was probably the thing in my life that I am most fortunate for because such a thing will likely never happen again, I'll never have that opportunity again. And yes the hike was incredibly breathtaking, made more so by the emptiness and solitude, and my gratitude for being able to do it under these conditions

A few weeks prior, I had gone on another popular hike (though this one is less accessible as it's 4-6+hrs each way) (Garibaldi lake), and this one was on a strictly controlled reservation system (took me 3 days to get 2 tickets), so while the population was controlled it was still quite crowded, I mean, enough to annoy my introverted ass, and as beautiful as the hike was, it was just ruined by the more-than-a-few people walking alongside the lake. It just made me all the more grateful for being able to hike Joffrey with no other visitors. A once in a million experience that I can only wish for

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DynamicResonater t1_j8l7kc6 wrote

Reply to 2 years later, this is still one of the most incredible evenings of my life | Yosemite National Park, CA, USA | [OC] [3710x5565] by CameronKelsey

Yosemite used to be a nice place to visit in winter, but last time I went in feb 2020 there was traffic lined up to get in for over a mile. I asked the rangers at the entrance booths and they told me it was just as bad in the valley. We left. What a disappointment, the time I went before that was 1999 and it was quiet and beautiful. Too many people on planet Earth.

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