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@mountainscalling.me

National Parks changed my life. Now I tell their stories — and guide private day hikes + backpacking trips in Yosemite. 63/63 National Parks https://mountainscalling.me

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Thank you!! 🙏 😃

09.03.2026 21:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Junior Ranger Eric,

Reporting for duty! 🫡

🌋

#NationalParks

07.03.2026 20:49 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Becky! 🙏🙂🫡

04.03.2026 19:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Susan! 🫡🙏🙂

04.03.2026 19:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I'm a Yosemite Guide Now. Here's What That Means. It's official. MountainsCalling.me is a licensed, permitted, fully authorized Yosemite guiding operation. I'm holding a Commercial Use Authorization issued by the National Park Service on February 11,...

My Yosemite Guide business is officially launched!

#Yosemite #ParkChat #Hiking #Backpacking #NationalParks

02.03.2026 20:23 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1

🙏🫡🏞🫶

02.03.2026 03:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Kyra! Its my favorite park too! Always Yosemite 🏞🫶✨️😀

01.03.2026 17:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2026 Backpacking Trips These are the trips I'm running in 2026. Each one is built around a specific wilderness permit I have already secured through Yosemite's quota system. Additional dates will be added as Yosemite conti...

Thanks Mike! 🫡

I have 6x permits already lined up for *best* trailheads and dates. First trip April 24.

4/24
5/1
5/21
6/19
6/28 - "Signature Expedition"
8/14

More added as they release permits.

Here is the roster:
mountainscalling.me/backpacking-...

01.03.2026 17:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Thanks! Totally!! 😃 It's real now. 🏞🫶

01.03.2026 17:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🥁📣🚨 My big Yosemite news!

I've obtained a Commercial Use Authorization from the National Park Service to guide in Yosemite — a genuine dream come true.

I offer private guided day hikes and small group backpacking trips.

More details and booking at mountainscalling.me

01.03.2026 16:58 👍 26 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
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A10 - ranger led programs. never robots. just real humans. #parkchat

26.02.2026 06:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A9 some things, some places, are irreplaceable.

People who came before us chose preservation over profit. Long term over short term. Greater good over self.

Had these people not thought 150+ years in advance for us, what would we have now? Something very different.

#parkchat

26.02.2026 03:02 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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A8 wildlife loss. habbitat loss. keystone species loss. Chain-effect of this. #parkchat

26.02.2026 02:43 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A6 they should behave like they own these places. Would they throw a dirty diaper in their OWN YARD!? some maybe. But must no.

People act like they are driving a rental car. U know, GUN IT at the stop light. Drive hard over speed bunps. They should be acting like theyre in a model-T #parkchat

26.02.2026 02:30 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

A5 Alaska.

#parkchat

26.02.2026 02:27 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A4 i am indifferent. People who want to stay "connected" in parks have a way... i was live streaming Firefall sat/sun. Starlink. There is no cell service at the spot. Do i want NPS to <fix> that? No.

Tech (connectivity) Infrastructure should be kept up, but not necessarily expanded. #parkchat

26.02.2026 02:26 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A3 participant, not carry the flag. NOAA, EPA, and should be a driving force. NPS, USFS, USFWS, BLM all should participate #parkchat

26.02.2026 02:23 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A2 more rangers. #parkchat

26.02.2026 02:20 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I used to have to FAX wilderness permit requests to Yosemite. I actually subscribed to eFax just for that. Now web/mobile. That is nice. but sophisticated people ultimately win out the race for permits.

Anyone who is not technical -> forget about. People who are technical have the edge. #parkchat

26.02.2026 02:19 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Hvala! 🇭🇷🫶

23.02.2026 21:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@samahill.bsky.social #ParkChat

23.02.2026 20:45 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bro. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. You are the one we've been waiting for. You are the change we seek! 🫡🏞✨️

23.02.2026 20:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The SuperBowl of National Parks nature phenomenon... Firefall in Yosemite 🌄❤️‍🔥

This was the scene on Sat.

The crowd visible in this picture is about 3% of the total around this general area.

Sat-Sun were both great. But looking back at the footage I got, saturday edged it slightly.

#Yosemite

23.02.2026 19:22 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Only in Yosemite. The greatest place on earth.

🔥🌄✨️

#Yosemite

22.02.2026 16:19 👍 31 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was usual/expected crowd level. ~4000 people. Didnt bother or affect us. We walked back to the van after and ate dinner, had a slice of pie, watched tv. After about 2hrs the traffic was gone and we drove off

Anyone who was in a hurry to leave after was prolly big mad at insane traffic

22.02.2026 05:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

18" of snow on the valley floor. Trees covered in snow. Valley walls snow covered. Sun shining ✨️

22.02.2026 04:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Today's Firefall was 🔥

#Yosemite

22.02.2026 03:56 👍 54 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

Late Feb 2023. The park closed due to too much snow then too.

21.02.2026 18:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The stars do not streak across the sky. We do. Stars are still. It is the Earth beneath your feet that is spinning - carrying your tent, your sleeping bag, your brief and beautiful life - through the dark.

#Yosemite

21.02.2026 18:00 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our property isnt the issue. Its the entire area. The entire area is always affected when the power issues happen.

(I live at the blue pin)

17.02.2026 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0