Thursday, September 16, 2010

Yosemite and Half Dome


Standing on top of half dome.

Welcome to Yosemite Park! Yearly one or two die on the Sub-dome or Half-dome climb. I had clear weather and except for the crowd, had a great climb!






This is the view while on the cables. I also descended outside the cable with my seat harness and D ring securly attached to the steel cable.










It is scaryer than it looks. At first view I considered that maybe I had bitten off more than I could chew. But went up anyway.

















Unknown climbers on top.










The trail to half-dome is 9 miles from the parking lot (18 miles round trip) and an ascent of 5000 feet---up and down the trail---up and down the trail.






This is the trail to sub-dome about 10:00. I left the parking lot at 4:30 with my head lamp on full and hiked in the dark for two hours so I would complete the entire hike before sundown.




















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