Yosemite Firefall
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The Yosemite Firefall was an 88 year old tradition in Yosemite National Park until it was discontinued in 1968 as part of de-emphasizing artificial attractions at the park.
Every summer evening at 9:00 in Yosemite Valley, the crowd which had gathered for the nightly campfire program, would fall silent. A man would call out to the top of Glacier Point "Let the Fire Fall!", and a great bonfire of red fir bark would be pushed evenly over the edge of the cliff, appearing to the onlookers below as a glowing waterfall of sparks and fire.
"Father started the Firefall in 1872 when he pushed his campfire over the Glacier Point cliff." stated Fred McCauley, son of James McCauley.
The Firefall can be seen in the 1954 movie The Caine Mutiny when one of the naval officers goes to Yosemite for shore leave.
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