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Weekly Bear Activity
VALLEY：
The last few weeks we have seen bears out during the day eating apples at the orchards every day. There are bears in meadows, bears in berry bushes, and bears in the river. Most of these bears are doing natural things, but unfortunately many of these bears are eating apples or berries in the middle of parking lots or campgrounds. Also during the day, bears have been in picnic areas, attempting to scare visitors off their food. If a bear approaches you while picnicking, yell at it and make as much noise as possible to scare it away.
[ピクニック中に熊が近づいてきたら、大声を上げて熊を威嚇する]
At night, we continue to see bears in all Valley Campgrounds. Bears have been very active breaking into cars at Yosemite Lodge, Camp 4, Curry Village, and the Ahwahnee. They are breaking for very little food, sometimes as little as a baby seat with food smashed into it. [Yosemite Lodge, Camp 4, Curry Village, and the Ahwahneeで熊の活動が活発。、また、かなり小さな食料が残っていても、熊は車を壊すようです。]
There are also bears active in Curry Village. They are obtaining trash from overflowing trash cans on a pretty regular basis. A bear also tore through an unoccupied tent cabin to obtain apples a visitor left inside. Remember to use your new bear locker and put all food and scented items inside 24 hours a day.
BACKCOUNTRY：
We are also getting reports from numerous backcountry locations, including Young Lakes, Glen Aulin, Little Yosemite Valley and Sunrise Creek on the JMT.
[ウイルダネスでの熊発見のレポート]
OTHER LOCATIONS：
Bears have been active at Tenaya Lake picnic area, again trying to scare visitors off their food. They have also been very active at Yosemite Creek and White Wolf Campgrounds.
[テナヤレイクのピクニックエリアにも出現、驚かして食料をとるようです。]
Amazing bear fact：
A common question these days with bears in the orchard is, “Will the bear fall out of the tree?” The quick answer is no. Bears are excellent tree climbers. They are very agile and can easily spend a whole day in an apple tree, alternating between eating and sleeping. Bears also climb trees to get away from something they perceive as dangerous.
SLOW DOWN!：
8 bears have been hit by cars already this year. (S. Lisius – 8/6/07)
と、様々な熊関連のことが書いてありますが、知る限りヨセミテで人が熊に襲われた話は聞いたことがありません。

Backpacker誌によると、Colin Fletcherが、6月12日Montereyの病院で亡くなられたそうです。85歳でした。氏は”The Thousand Mile Summer”、”The Complete Walker ”などで、米国に近代的バックパッキングを広めました。ご冥福をお祈りいたします。
Backpacker誌の記事

Visitor Center発、Camp 4、El Cap Picnic area、El Cap Crossover、そして The Four-Mile Trailで停車。午前9時から午後6時の間、30分おきに廻っています。
The El Cap Shuttle is in operation. Service from the Valley Visitor’s center with stops at Camp 4, El Cap Picnic area, El Cap Crossover and The Four-Mile Trail head is available to enhance the guests experience. Services operates every thirty minutes from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. (G. Rosenfeld – 6/27/07)

NPSによるとハーフドームの頂上へのワイヤーケーブル部分で16日土曜日の午後に転落事故があったようです。
「のはら・ひろふみ」さんという日本人の方が亡くなられたようで、同行者が4名おられたようです。
詳細は不明ですが、ご冥福をお祈り申し上げます。
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Hiker visiting from Japan falls to his death scaling Half Dome
A 37-year-old man died Saturday afternoon while hiking Half Dome in Yosemite National Park with four friends, a park spokeswoman said. Hirofumi Nohara of Japan fell about 300 feet to his death while hiking a section of the rock that is equipped with cables, spokeswoman Adrienne Freeman said Sunday. It’s not clear why or how Nohara fell, Freeman said. Freeman said Nohara, who was in the United States on a work visa, was about two-thirds of the way up the cables, which line the last 400 feet to the summit. (FresnoBee – 6/18/07)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/13701680p-14289760c.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/19/YOSEMITE.TMP

Tuolumne Meadowsnのキャンプ場がオープンしました。
Tuolumne Campground opened for the season June 11th. All sites are available on a first come first serve basis through July 14th. Beginning July 15th half of the campground will be available for advance reservations, the remaining campsites will be first come first serve for the season. (S. Ogden – 6/11/07)