Talk:Vernal Fall

Discrepancy

There is some discrepancy within the page - one sections states that you can swim in the pool above the falls, while another section states that this is not permitted. Which statement is true? I visited the falls September 2005, and nobody was swimming, but that proves nothing. I do not remember any signs. LLP 04:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Photo of the sign is here: http://radified.com/HalfDome/uwilldie.htm hike395 05:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Height?

Many sources I've seen cite Vernal Fall as being 317 feet high.... yet if you look at the topo map, the main plunge doesn't look like any more than about 240 feet, +-40.

In addition, four of the external links go to the same place; at least one other is broken. Unnecessary Insignificance 20:22, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

The article needs to state that the official height of the fall, which has been 317 feet for many decades. This figure is cited in innumerable books (including every major print encyclopedia), pamphlets, articles, and web pages. Perhaps it could be worded to include the official height but reflect that it's now in dispute (ditto for Nevada Fall just upriver). I have no time now but will check back later and see about doing that, unless you'd like to get to it first. Rivertorch 01:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

unused Feature Picture

There is a featured picture of Vernal Fall, why on earth isnt it being used in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.72.3.238 (talk) 15:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Add it, or at least point us to it. —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 00:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Lady Franklin Rock?

Hi; I found this page by looking for Lady Franklin Rock near Yale and found this image of Vernal Fall, taken from "Lady Franklin Rock", which isn't mentioned in the article. The photo is form the Bancroft Collection so I suspect maybe is public domain and could be used to embellish this article. But I'm wondering if there's anyone here who knows the story of Lady Franklin Rock and how it got its name. Lady Jane Franklin visited Yale during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and it would seem that during her California visit around the same time someone had reason to name the California "rock" after her also (in Yale, she'd been popular with the miners there, who voted the name for the rock as a gift upon her departure).Skookum1 (talk) 14:13, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Check out Place Names of the High Sierra, "L" by Francis Farquhar, top of the page. Looks like Lady Jane Franklin actually visited the rock itself. hike395 (talk) 14:19, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Vernal Fall

This old photograph of "Vernal Fall" might interest someone. Is it the same sight as the one pictured in the article? This angle isn't quite as dramatic. Also, the area looks more cleared out in recent photographs? Park service? Fire? Just the angle?

Also, it seems to be earlier than the others. And the photographer Carleton Watkins photographed Mauybridge and Muir and is credited with influencing Muir. Worth including?

Photograph from 1858 by Carleton Watkins

Candleabracadabra (talk) 17:57, 1 May 2014 (UTC)