Search results for: “Half Dome”
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome by David Preston
Today’s Photo of the Day is you may remember me pointing to a couple of years ago as being one of my favorite shots of Half Dome. Shot by David Preston, it’s a wonderful photo of a gauzy veil of clouds around Half Dome. Spectacular! Be sure to check out the rest of David’s photos.…
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Photo: No Line at Half Dome by Caro W
Caro found a great way to beat the line to climb the cables up Half Dome, show up at 5am. Thanks for the great photo, Caro. Photo by Caro tagged yosemiteblogcom on Flickr.
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Video: Hiking Half Dome the Day Nohara Died
Here’s a video of the hike up Half Dome from June 16, 2007, the day Hirofumi Nohara died after losing his footing on the trail. The amount of people waiting to climb the cables is unreal.
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Man Falls From Half Dome
In a tragic accident, a man climbing the cables on Half Dome lost his footing and plummeted down the side of the mountain to his death on Saturday. Modesto Bee: Hirofumi Nohara, 37, of Japan, was ascending Half Dome mid afternoon when he slipped and fell, Yosemite park ranger Adrienne Freeman said. He was pronounced…
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Half Dome Cables Are Up
The Cables up the eastern flank of Half Dome are now in place for the season. Remember, if you’re going to attempt the climb up Half Dome start early and take lots of water. Also be sure to NEVER attempt the climb if there is the possibility of lightning. Several deaths have been caused by…
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Half Dome Cables Coming Down
If you’re looking to climb Half Dome via the cables on the eastern shoulder you’re almost out of time. The cables are scheduled to be taken down October 17 meaning your last day to climb the granite monolith is October 16th. Get your boots out and get going!
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Half Dome by Brian Witt
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Upper Yosemite and Half Dome
Upper Yosemite and Half Dome Originally uploaded by tychay. Terry Chay took this awesome photo of Yosemite Fall and Half Dome from the trail leading to the top of Yosemite Fall from the Valley. Great shot. Technorati Tags: California, digital, digital camera, digitalphotography, photography, photos, travel, yosemite
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Alpen Glow Washes Over Cloud’s Rest and Half Dome
People have been nice enough to send me some of their photos so I’ll be posting them over the next few days. To start off, Chaz sent in this awesome photo of Yosemite Valley. “Sunday, 1-15-06. 5:02p.m. Sunset commenced and alpenglow washed over Cloud’s Rest and Half Dome as the cool valley floor offered up…
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Back of Half Dome in the Morning
Back of Half Dome in the Morning Originally uploaded by FullQuieting. Fullquieting took this awesome photo of the back of Half Dome. This is one of the first photos from Flickr tagged with yosemiteblog.com. If you’re a Flickr member and you have a shot of Yosemite you’d like to submit simply tag it with yosemiteblog.com.…