Yosemite climbers now face new a obstacle: permits
Yosemite climbers now face new a obstacle: permits By BRIAN MELLEY article Photographers on a meadow, El Capitan is pictured in the background. Spring time in the Yosemite Valley located inside the Yosemite National Park. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images) YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Climbing El Capitan and the famous big walls of Yosemite National Park got a bit harder Friday. The park added red tape to cut through before climbers can begin the physically grueling and mentally demanding feat of inching up vertical granite walls that take days to conquer and require spending ...