Gabriel Mann, a Sonora-based mountain guide, rock climber, and photographer, did a solo six-day snowshoeing trip along the South Rim of Yosemite Valley and finished on Super Bowl Sunday.
Miners were digging their way by the shovelful through a rocky mountain, hoping to make their big strike along "The Great Silver Belt," but that big strike never happened. As I hiked in their footsteps, it almost felt like they could be returning any day now. Mining equipment is strewn near the tunnel opening and