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pure death
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The easy way to the summit of Half Dome. For some, the down climb...
Half Dome soaks up the last light of the day.
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Mark Roth
Sep 21, 2009
“pure death”  

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Eric Foster
Chandler/Flagstaff, AZ
Eric Foster   Chandler/Flagstaff, AZ
I saw 2 people fall to their death on the cables last summer when a hail storm panicked about 50 people that were on top. Living there this last summer it wasn't unusual to hear about at least 2 or 3 deaths a month due to peoples unpreparedness and arrogance. Apr 22, 2010
Phil McAllister
Phil McAllister  
we left out harnesses on and using slings and two slings and biners worked our way down making surte that one biner was always clipped into the cable. there was no way that i was risking a fall on those. Sep 8, 2012

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Early morning light on the South Face of Half Dome
"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> <br> Photo taken October 2011
A stunning piece of earth.
spent 3 days on wall in this poor weather
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.
<br> The Snake Dike side of Half Dome, and the glories of the high country beyond.
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.
Me sitting on the diving board... a life dream fulfilled...