September 2016 - Yosemite
We won the permit lottery, and returned to Yosemite to hike Half Dome! It was the longest hike I've ever done with a lot of vertical to go with it, but completely worth it. The cables at the end were terrifying.
The waterfalls along the way were _much_ weaker than when we saw them back in April.
We won the permit lottery, and returned to Yosemite to hike Half Dome! It was the longest hike I've ever done with a lot of vertical to go with it, but completely worth it. The cables at the end were terrifying.
The waterfalls along the way were _much_ weaker than when we saw them back in April.
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| Nevada Fall | The sun rising in Yosemite Valley | The lovely Merced River, very calm in the early morning |
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| A mule deer just off the trail | Half dome! Seemingly close, but the hardest and hottest part of the trail still to come... | |
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| The valley behind Half Dome | Like out of a Dr. Seuss book | Hiking up subdome |
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| Coming up to the cables | Yikes! | Finally at the top of Half Dome |
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| We're two blue specks in the immense Yosemite valley | The cliff face | |
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| Hanging out on top | Ready to face the cables on the way down | The long walk through the forest back down |
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| Half Dome at a distance, from near Nevada Fall | The Mist Trail, much weakened since April |