Editor’s note: See the April 29 blog if the following is greek to you.

The winner is . . . XX See bottom of blog – more exciting that way. XX’s identity revealed there.

I had a busy morning today sorting thru the quiz entries.   XX was the first one into my mailbox (time tagged by the massive GOOGLE gmail computer network.) XX entered the aether at 8:00 on the dot. YY came in the box second (at 8:01) – but had one mistake.     Others jammed in behind, XX had a perfect score of 25 correct answers. I’ll coordinate with XX to get the bottle of fine wine dispatched ASAP. Thanks to everyone who entered and I hope you had a little fun – and learned a bit more about Half  Dome. I’ll be at Yosemite this weekend. I’m speaking at the LeConte Memorial Lodge at 8 pm Saturday. Come on by and say hi.

Here are the correct answers:

1. 5.9

2. 1899

3. Horace

4. 1872 – 1968

5. Clips

6. 21

7. 16

8. SteriPen

9. Global Positioning System

10. Mt Broderick

11. B. 700

12. Raker Act

13. George Anderson

14. 1875

15. Tis-as-sack

16. Constant freezing/thawing resulting in large sheets of granite flaking off in vertical sheets.

17. Arch Rock

18. Lafayette Bunnell

19. 1927

20. Giardia

21. YARTS – Yosemite area Regional Transportation System

22. www.adventurebuddies.net

23. Silver Apron Bridge

24. 0

25. 425 feet

XX is Sonke K. of Hamburg, Germany. YY is Kathy L. of Sonora, CA. (# 10 wrong) Now, how do I ship wine to Germany? Maybe hand-deliver!

Unrelated thought worth quoting: “There's a party goin' on right here, a celebration to last throughout the years. So bring your good times, and your laughter too. We gonna celebrate your party with you.” - Celebration - Kool & The Gang

*Carpe Diem Experience– Rick Deutsch–www.HikeHalfDome.com*