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6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021 COFFEE BREAK NEWS OF THE WEIRD Two skiers defy death in Yosemite descent ‘Helpful’ husband is caught twice with younger women YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Two skiers navigated a thin layer of snow with no margin for error down the precipitous shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park and alternately skied and rappelled back to the valley fl oor in a daring feat. Jason Torlano, 45, and Zach Milligan, 40, completed the descent in fi ve hours Feb. 21 by carving their way in crusty snow and using ropes to rappel sev- eral sections of bare rock known as the “death slabs” beneath the iconic face of Half Dome, the Fresno Bee reported Feb. 25. Snowboarder Jim Zellers is believed to be the fi rst to descend the 800-foot upper section on the shoulder of the dome in 2000. But no one is known to have attempted the entire 4,800-foot descent from peak to valley. Torlano said he had been dreaming about skiing the dome since his family moved to Yosemite when he was 5. He fi rst climbed Half Dome as a youngster, clinging to the same cables tens of thousands of visitors do every year to ascend the fi nal steep pitch up the rounded side of the polished granite feature. He advanced to become one of an elite group of climbers to scale the sheer granite DEAR ABBY: I have been mar- ried for 26 years. Five years ago, my husband gave a young lady $5,000 through credit card charges over a six-month period. We are not wealthy. When I found the charges in our credit report, he took a second job to pay it off. I don’t think their relationship was sexual because he is impotent. It was hurtful. While he was taking this young lady shopping, he told me he was at work. Recently, I (accidentally) caught him going to another young lady’s apartment to help her with things like hanging a TV. I don’t care if he helps people. What I DO care about is his sneaking around to do it. I have tried talking to him about why he feels he needs to sneak. He has no answer. What makes men sneak? — DECEIVED IN KENTUCKY DEAR DECEIVED: Your hus- band may fear your disapproval of his relationships — however pla- tonic they may be — with these younger women. What makes people of both genders sneak, by the way, is usually a sense of guilt. DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, my 33-year-old son, his girlfriend and their 4-year-old son all live with me. They are expecting their second child. I own the home and pay all Jason Torlano via AP Jason Torlano poses with his friend, Zach Milligan, right, on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California, on Feb. 21. face using ropes only to catch his fall at least a dozen times. He later became a ranger in the park. “It’s just always been there,” Torlano told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’ve been attracted to Half Dome for as long as I can remember.” After also serving a stint in the U.S. Army, he settled down with his wife and children in a community near Yosemite. He specializes in using ropes to work in high-altitude and dan- gerous settings. He said he tried to ski down Half Dome each of the past three years, but called it off after fi nding unsuitable snow. This year, an early February storm fi lled Yosemite with fresh powder, including about 2-3 inches of snow at the peak of Half Dome. He rented a friend’s small plane Feb. 19 to study the snow conditions and possible route before calling Milligan, a rock climbing buddy, to join him. Milligan said he initially planned to only fi lm Torlano skiing, but decided to make his own descent on skis. He said things turned dangerous when he skied over part of one of the cables and lost control before he used an ice ax to stop his slide and was able to right himself. “I was just trying to stay in control and stay alive,” Milligan said. “You’re on that spine and you don’t have a lot of room for error.” — Associated Press Computer not running as fast as when it was new? Let us install lightning-fast solid state drive! Still running unsupported Windows 7? We’ll help you avoid critical issues by installing Windows 10! Step right into our office. We specialize in quality medical and surgical care for all types of foot and ankle problems. 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HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 40% SSE at 7 to 14 mph 3.1 0.08 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 10% of capacity 52% of capacity 51% of capacity 54% of capacity 41% of capacity 99% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday) Grande Ronde at Troy 2180 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 59 cfs Burnt River near Unity 25 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 222 cfs Minam River at Minam 174 cfs Powder River near Richland 80 cfs Record high temperatures were set across the East on March 2, 1991. Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa., rose to 74 and 70 degrees, respectively. Albany, N.Y., reached 65, and Charleston, W.Va., jumped to 81 degrees. SUN & MOON TUE. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset WED. 6:29 a.m. 6:27 a.m. 5:41 p.m. 5:42 p.m. 10:10 p.m. 11:29 p.m. 8:28 a.m. 8:54 a.m. MOON PHASES Last Mar 5 New First Mar 13 Mar 21 Full Mar 28 Burns Silver Lake Jordan Valley 24/49 Frenchglen Paisley 28/57 26/58 Diamond 25/57 Klamath Falls 22/60 Lakeview 21/53 McDermitt Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs. Hi/Lo/W 49/36/pc 61/30/s 55/30/s 53/39/s 52/23/s 50/35/pc 57/33/pc 45/22/s 47/25/pc 58/36/pc 65/33/s 57/33/pc 52/28/pc 53/27/pc 49/27/pc 62/32/s 60/23/s 53/24/s Hi/Lo/W 55/46/r 61/37/pc 57/34/s 52/46/c 56/26/s 57/45/pc 61/40/pc 46/21/s 49/29/s 62/41/pc 67/41/s 60/37/pc 55/36/s 55/31/s 50/33/s 61/37/pc 56/33/s 52/27/s 24/49 RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY REGIONAL CITIES City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview 25/60 25/58 Fields 34/66 THU. Grand View Arock 26/54 23/54 Medford WED. 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I asked for a com- promise and to call him Uncle. They DEAR refuse and say he didn’t “earn” that ABBY name. I said it’s just teaching the chil- dren to respect their elders. When I grew up and when I raised my son, we called older people Aunty and Uncle. I’m not sure what to do because we all live in the same house, and I would like all of us to get along. — WISHING FOR RESPECT IN HAWAII DEAR WISHING: You may have taught your son to respect his elders when he was growing up, but it appears he has had a serious memory lapse. Shame on him. Because you foot all of the bills for the roof over his and his family’s heads as well as the food in their mouths, remind him that you are the head of that household, and you will not have anyone with whom you are involved disrespected. As it stands, you and your boyfriend are being disrespected, so as head of the household, please assert yourself. 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