Southern California Mountaineers Association

Yosemite Climbing Museum - Your Support Needed!

Yosemite Mountaineering School guide Ken Yager is in the process of establishing a climbing museum on Yosemite National Park grounds. Ken has set up a nonprofit corporation for the museum and he has collected all manner of historical climbing artifacts for many years. Ken has the backing of several climbing luminaries including Royal Robbins, Ron Kauk, and Lynn Hill.

20 April 2004 Update from Ken Yager:
"Hello, I thought I would give you an update on the status of the Yosemite Climbing Association and their efforts to build a Yosemite Climbing Museum. We received a $28,000 matching funds grant from the Yosemite Fund for the year 2004. A building site has been approved and included in the Yosemite Lodge Master Plan. It is located adjacent to Camp IV and is where the old Chevron gas station used to be. Our next step is raise the money to draw up a design and plans and submit it for Park Service approval. Donations can be sent to YCA P.O.Box 89, Yosemite, CA 95389. Credit card donations can be sent online to our PayPal account and deposited to Yager@inreach.com. For more information, I can be contacted at the same email address. Thank you, Ken Yager."

If you have any questions or suggestions, I can be reached in the evenings at (209) 379-2302 or reached by email at: Yager@inreach.com

Sincerely yours,

Ken Yager