In reply to Misha: I think what is happening is they are keeping either all of, or a skeleton staffing of National Park Rangers (Semi-police figures from my few points of contact).
At the moment, I have heard a few different things from the Rangers;
One said that any stuff left in Camp 4 would be impounded and not released until the Government is back on track, another has said to Tom Evans that it won't be impounded.
It has also been stated that climbers will not be prosecuted if coming down from the wall, though this stance could change.
We were about to head up onto the wall tonight but have decided not to as we risk being arrested, which makes getting back into the US pretty hard. For all the American Citizens in the Park this is less of a problem, unfortunately not so for us.
I feel very, very torn as to what to do. In leaving the Valley I may not get another shot at The Nose for a good while especially with the people I hope to climb it with. Also, being under 25 means it is expensive or impossible to hire a car, and many other climbing destinations suffer the same fate as Yosemite.
However, if I climb El Cap and get arrested I won't ever be able to come back to the US, and it may make travelling to certain places pretty tricky. In addition to this, the guys I am with have an expedition to Alaska in the planning, something that could be messed up by this.
I hope the US Government sort this out ASAP!!
Dunc