From the Regular NW face.

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From the Regular NW face.

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Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, photo: Bob Horan

The Death Slabs.

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jdorais

Feb 26, 2009

“From the Regular NW face.”

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"It is a crest of granite...perfectly inaccessible, being probably the only one of the prominent points about the Yosemite which never has been, and never will be, trodden by human foot." <br>
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Half dome from Senitel dome on a crystal clear morning.

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Half dome below the grass

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Everest base camp? FREE GLOVES!!

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