Posted on 08/31/2002 10:44:10 AM PDT by American Preservative
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:51 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It is stone masonry in the sky, and the role model here is the Greek builder Archimedes, who said, "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth."
A trail crew living and working in the Yosemite backcountry is rebuilding a terrifyingly steep granite stairway, moving rocks the size of computer terminals on the shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite.
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