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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A party descending down the cables after a long day/night climbing up the northwest face.

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The Snake Dike side of Half Dome, and the glories of the high country beyond.

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Halfdome on a nice autumn day...

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Taken during the flood of Spring '05, when the valley was closed to visitors. Watkins on the right. Glacier Point beyond Half Dome. The Cathedral group down valley in the distance.

West and NW faces, taken 5.25.05. Note the still significant snow tongue guarding the approach from the shoulder. Crossing this in Spring can be a dicey proposition.

"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>
-- California Geological Survey 1865<br>
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A stunning piece of earth.

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spent 3 days on wall in this poor weather

Me sitting on the diving board... a life dream fulfilled...

Half Dome. <br>
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Half Dome in early April. My attempt on being Amsel Adams.

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Half Dome from Glacier Point. ?Summer '97.

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Half dome from atop the columne

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Relax while you still can...

Half Dome from Washington Column.

View from Quarter Dome

Half dome below the grass

View from Quarter Dome

Tourists conga line up the wrong way.

Summit of Half Dome via Snake Dike

Waking up alone in a strange place.

Half Dome Cables route. Memorial Day 2001.

Half dome from Senitel dome on a crystal clear morning.

Half Dome and the Moon at the end of the day

Half Dome.<br>
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Sunset and moonrise over Half Dome, Sept 09.

Half Dome

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Half Dome. Face detail.<br>
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Half Dome's left shoulder

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After topping out Snake Dike, we saw this group on the RNWF below

From Mirror Lake

Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, photo: Bob Horan

From the Regular NW face.

The Death Slabs.

The NW Face of Half Dome is about 2,000' tall, and sheds skin like an onion with dandruff. Caveat escalator!

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The easy way to the summit of Half Dome. For some, the down climb...

pure death

Where the slab approach takes off from the Mirror Lake trail

Where the slab approach starts into the slabs

Everest base camp? FREE GLOVES!!

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