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I met a gringo in Mexico who told me this long tale of a smuggling plane that had crashed in Yosemite, and how he and other climbers would hike up there to haul weed out, and how this funded many adventures and climbers at the time. He also mentioned that he was good friends with Chouinard. I wasn't completely sure he wasn't making it all up, but the story checks out more and more...

Yeah, sometimes the implausible stories are real. During a high school field trip to MIT, our guide saw a helicopter leaving campus, and he said it was probably his friend who goes to vegas to count cards and makes millions. Sure, I thought, sure.

Then later books and movies came out about it, and the timing checks out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Blackjack_Team

Just a nitpick: it's Yvon Chouinard, Yvonne being the feminine version of this first name.

also 'Camp Four'