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zScapes is the meanderings of Mark z, a part-time Backpacker, Photographer and Adventurer.   My life is a collage of travel and experience that has taken me across five continents,mark z @ Yellowstone March 2011 some of it while being dragged by myparents and some of it on my own choice.

What I share with you on these pages is a glimpse into some of those travels and the memories that go along with these adventures.   The pictures I provide are all from my personal collection.   I am not a professional by any stretch of the imagination, but I do take pride in my photos and hope that you will respect the eye of the artist and not whisk these away for your personal use without my permission.   If you like what you see, I can reproduce most of these memories for a very reasonable cost.   If you want to use them for a personal pursuit, such as a PC Wallpaper, then all I ask is that you contact me at zScapes and you will find me more than accommodating.

This site will be under constant construction as I strive to improve and enhance the features.   You will find useful information and history about the places I visit and return to.   Check back when you can and thank you for visiting.

I  would also like to acknowledge the following sources for the information contained within these pages.

Ben Schifrin - EMIGRANT WILDERNESS by Wilderness Press
Kalon Kelly -
SIERRA NORTH
Ronald M. Lanner- CONIFERS of CALIFORNIA
Peter Browning-
PLACE NAMES of the SIERRA NEVADA
Peter Browning- YOSEMITE PLACE NAMES
John Muir Laws- FIELD GUIDE TO THE SIERRA NEVADA

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Version

Release

Highlights

13.4

April 13, 2013

Added Alaska 2013 to Destination group
Updated Central Sierra with Anseal Adams Peaks & Lakes

13.3

February 26, 2013

Added Yosemite Winter & Firefall to Photo group

13.2

February 10, 2013

Added Yellowstone September 2012 backpacking trip to Photo group

13.1

February 3, 2013

Added Alaska 2012 trips to Destination group
Added Emigrant 2012 trip to Mountain group
Revised Home page What's New links/format

12.11

December 30, 2012

Updated Yosemite Seasons with November & December trips
Updated copyright thru 2013

12.10

November 18, 2012

Updated Hawaii-Kauai with September & October trips

12.9

November 3, 2012

Updated Yosemite Seasons with September & October trips

12.8

September 23, 2012

Updated Yosemite Seasons with August trip

12.7

August 3, 2012

Updated Wildlife page & Yosemite Seasons with July trip

12.6

June 23, 2012

Completed refresh to zTangarine theme **   Tangerine navigation buttons
**   zBanners
Added Mauna Kea climb to Mountain group

12.5

June 10, 2012

Revised navigation buttons to zTangarine theme
Added Yosemite Seasons to Yosemite group
Added Kona Mar 2012 trip to Hawaii group
Added Mauna Kea climb to Mountain group
Continued conversion to zBanner theme: Destination pages

12.4

April 17, 2012

Added Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center trip
Continued conversion to zBanner theme: Destination pages

12.3

April 7, 2012

Added Santa Fe Sep 2011 and Ospreys Jun 2011 trips
Convert WorldMap to zGoogle pins
Continued conversion to zBanner theme: Destination pages

12.2

February 26, 2012

Added Ramrod Ranch Photo Trip June 2011
Started conversion to zBanner theme: Photo, Mountain and About pages

12.1

January 15, 2012

Added Ansel Adams Aug 2012 Mountain trip
Updated copyright coverage thru 2012

11.6

November 24, 2011

Moved Hawaii from Global Escapes to new Hawaii section within Destinations
Added Kauai page to Destinations

11.5

November 6, 2011

Added Alaska 2011 trip to Destinations

11.4

October 9, 2011

Fixed WorldMap links

11.3

May 28, 2011

Revised Yosemite Photo Trips
** Clustered all Yosemite Valley photo trips under 1 main page
** Added 4 new sub-sections:   1-Winter, 2- Moonbow, 3- Night Time, 4- Day Trips
** Disassembled Yosemite 2009 + 2010 Photo Trips and added to above sections as applicable
** Added Feb 2011 Winter/Firefall & Apr 2011 Moonbow trips 

11.3

May 15, 2011

Added Yellowstone picture taken by Ronn E Harding to About page- Many thanks for his generosity

11.2

April 10, 2011

Added Winter Wolf trip to Photo section
Misc link and strays fixes

11.1

January 8, 2011

Added Wildflowers to zCollections
Updated source publication acknowledgments
Updated copyright statements to include 2011
Misc link and strays fixes

10.5

November 21, 2010

Added Yosemite Hi-Camps to Mountains
Added London to Global
Misc link and strays fixes

10.4

August 1, 2010

Added Istanbul 2010 to Global

10.3

April 19 2010

Added Alaska 2010 to Destinations
Revised World Map to set a single pop-up page to navigate within

10.2

March 7, 2010

Added Yosemite 2010 to Photo Home
Repaired background source for Destination Home

10.1

January 31, 2010

Revised zScapes theme
**   Revised home page portal with world map and links for quick viewing
**   Organized Mountain + Global home pages by category
**   Renamed POV to Destinations
**   Added a Tangarine flavor
**   Standardized hyperlink colors (Yellow + Green)
Added Año Nuevo page to California Destinations
Repaired nav links thru entire site

9.9

November 28, 2009

Added California page to POV home
Added Oct 2009 Hawaii trip to Hawaii Destination page
Repaired nav links within the Photo series

9.8

November 1, 2009

Added Backpack Trip Yosemite PCT 2009
Collection revisions
**   Organized lakes, peaks and falls by geographic location
**   Revised thumbnail links to show in descending column order by class group across columns
**   Added drop down menus to any page that exceeded a single scroll to the bottom
**   Redesigned the Collection home page
Added new Wildlife selections
Fixed menu navigation in POV section and updated Treks with 2009 trip

9.7

August 16  2009

Added Quick Trip Alaska Jul 2009, Hawaii Destination

9.6

July 5, 2009

Applied v09 Wide Blue theme to all pages
**   New navbars (corrected a fault in the prior z-bars)
**   Wide screen format (expanded to accommodate 5 across Collection)
**   Changed Galleries to Collection

9.5

May 17, 2009

Added Yosemite Moonbow 2009 photo trip

9.4

May 3, 2009

Added Iditarod 2009 photo trip
Added rotating banners on home page
Revised Galleries to show in descending order

9.3

April 17, 2009

Revised + expanded Views
Converted Views to v09 background

9.2

March 15, 2009

Added 2009 Yosemite Winter photo trips (Jan, Feb)
Added Raven to Wildlife
Revised Wildlife by groupings
Reworked Peaks II- v09 backgrounds, aligned formats, expanded history + facts
Renamed Peaks II to  Yosemite Peaks + Falls 

9.1

January 4, 2009

Added 2008 Banff, Canada trip
Added creatures to Wildlife page from 2008 trips
Added Quick Trip section on home page 
Revised Wildlife section to v09 background- Blusestar + Navy
Substantial expansion of Wildlife files to include summary data sourced from Wikipedia, NPS and Cornell Lab of Ornithology

8.4

December 29, 2008

Added 2008 Kansas and Oklahoma high point trip

8.3

November 15, 2008

Added 2008 Kennedy Lake trip
Modified v08 backgrounds to Bluestar + Navy

8.2

June 4, 2008

Reformat home page
Added 2008 Hetch Hetchy photo trip
Added 2008 photo trip to galleries (Peaks, Wildlife)

8.1

February 18, 2008

Reformat Galleries > > Added Peaks II
Revised Wildlife gallery to v07 backgrounds
Added 2007 trip pics to galleries (Peaks, Wildlife, Trees)

7.7

November 18, 2007

Added Lembert Dome moon rise Sep  2007 photo trip

7.6

October 9, 2007

Added High Sierra Peaks Aug 2007 trip

7.5

September 2, 2007

Added Yosemite North Dome moon rise Jun 2007 photo trip

7.4

August 21, 2007

Added Photo Home Page
Moved Elks 2002 to new section
Added Yellowstone 2007 photo trip to Photo page
Revised 2007 Theme to 925x format and vertical nav bars
Revised main home pages to 2x2 view

7.3

March 17, 2007

Added Tahiti 2006 trip
Complete revision of Peak page
          New photo scans
          2007 theme
          New peaks from Yosemite 2006 trip

7.2

January 20, 2007

Added PCT Sep 2006 trip and new lakes
Revised Home page to new 2007 theme
Split Lake Gallery and added lake visit participants
Restored early Lake pictures and added 2007 theme

7.1

November 4, 2006

Added Yosemite Aug 2006 trip
Revised navigation bars

7.0

August 29, 2006

Applied 2007 theme (Dark Blue)
Split Aug 2003 trip into three pages
Cleaned up POV graphics

6.3

April 29, 2006

Added Quick Trips to Mountain Magic home
Updated Gear page
Updated Wildlife page
Changed document background on POV, About pages

6.2

November 20, 2005

Added  Tri-Wilderness 2005  Trip
Used new BP Trip template (Map, Trip Tales, Trip Pics)
Update Peak, Lake and Tree galleries

6.1

July  2, 2005

Added  Khutzeymateen  2005  Trip
First all digital photo source trip

6.0

May 29, 2005

Applied new theme and navigation bars
Redesign of home page to Quick Start concept
Added Ranger Peaks page
Added Gear Guide page
Added Bwana and Ranger page
Moved Geo + Mark Trips to new Bwana + Ranger page
Repaired broken links

5.10

January  2nd, 2005

Added Hoover 2004 Trip
Added popup sub-menus
Repaired broken links
Removed Map section
Reset Copyright range to include 2005

5.9

July 19th, 2004

Added BC Grizzly Trip
Added bears to Wildlife Gallery
Simplified navigation bar types
Renamed Backpacking trips to reflect visited area

5.8

March 31st, 2004

Added drop down menus for Lake Gallery and removed side bars

5.7

March 7th, 2004

Added Caribbean and London sections
Added underscore to Zmaps to improve navigation
Added hyperlinks to zScapes designed sites

5.6

January 1st, 2004

Expanded navigation options at end of set
Reset Copyright range to include 2004

5.5

December 20th 2003

Redesign of Peak Gallery by Wilderness region and pop up windows
Redesign of Peak Gallery pop up windows to Lake Gallery format
Pop up windows expanded to include additional pics after descriptive text
Added 2003 peak visits to Peak Gallery
Moved Image Gallery pics to View and Wildlife Galleries
Added Wildlife Gallery

5.4

November 23rd, 2003

Added 26 Emigrant Lakes to Lake Gallery
Added 2 Hoover Lakes to Lake Gallery
Added 1 Yosemite Lake to Lake Gallery
Redesign of Zmaps utilizing vertical slicing

5.2

October 15th, 2003

Added August 2003 Over The Dome trip
Redesign of Mountain Magic page formats and backgrounds
Redesign of Home page formats and backgrounds
Redesign of Zgallery for direct gallery access
New format for Gallery pages
Redesign of navigation rollover buttons

5.1

  June 29th, 2003

Added December 1998 Costa Rica trip

5.0

  April 4th, 2003

Namo Web Editor migration
New navigation system
    Smart Buttons
    Scrolling text
New Mountain and Global home pages
Extensive use of pop up windows
Redesign of Gallery pages
Addition of Tree Gallery as a sub gallery  to Image Gallery
Use of Photo Album scripts
Expansion of Maps with drill down levels
Added June 2002 Elk Photo trip
Added Sep 2002 Yosemite Peaks backpacking trip

4.0

May 12th, 2002

Clean look concept
New Home Page
New Page headers
Version 4 Navigation Tools
Redirect Email

3.3

February 3rd, 2002

Added AOE National Parks trip of June 2001

3.2

November 23rd, 2001

Additions to Zgallery
Added Lertoria Odyssey backpacking trip of August 2001
Added Emigrant Maps
New background for Home Page

3.1

May 11th, 2001

HTML Tags for listing with search engines

2.0

November 11th, 2000

New background for Home Page
New navigation tool
Added Tahiti trip from summer of 2000
Added Tower Lake backpacking trip of August 2000
Added History of George and Mark
Expanded Zgallery Lake section

1.0

May 22nd, 2000

Initial design and content with Trellix Web Editor

 

 

 

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