Search results for: “Half Dome”
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Edie’s Image of the Day: Clouds and Half Dome
Sometimes the clouds look more real than the mountains (Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
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Half Dome Cables Up This Friday. Got your permit?
The cables will be in place for visitors wishing to climb Half Dome via the shoulder route starting this Friday, May 25th 2012. Permits are required to hike to the top of Half Dome for all visitors. Visitors are required to have a permit to ascend the Half Dome cables seven days per week. The…
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Hate the Half Dome Permit System? Let’s talk about it.
Got the Half Dome Trail Permit blues? Tell us. What’s broken? What woud work better? Come share your thoughts and ideas. Let’s talk.
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome Profile Winter by Kristal Leonard
Here’s a photo guaranteed to make your boss mad as you sit there and stare at it all day and don’t get any work done.
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome and Full Moon in January by Kristal Leonard
Check out today’s Photo of the Day by Kristal Leonard. It’s a beauty.
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Photo of the Day: Snowy Cook’s Meadow with Half Dome by Robin Black
Another awesome inspiring photo from Robin Black.
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You Still Need a Permit to Climb Half Dome in 2012
Whether the Mayan’s were right about the end of the world thing or not you’re still going to need a permit to climb Half Dome via the cables in 2012. Yosemite National Park will require Day Use Permits seven days per week for climbing the Half Dome cables during the summer 2012 season. This is…
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Half Dome Survivors Wish They’d Have Taken Heed
This year an unprecedented amount of visitor fatalities has even seasoned Yosemites’ scratching their heads trying to figure out what’s go on with visitors that they’re taking such unnecessary risks with their life.
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Man Who Fell From Half Dome Identified
On Monday evening, August 22, 2011, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Yosemite Emergency Communication Center received a report of a person falling off the face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Due to the late hour, Yosemite National Park Rangers were unable to initiate search efforts. Yesterday, August 23, 2011, the victim’s body was…
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Another Death on Half Dome
Update: The NPS is saying now lightning wasn’t a factor in her death and that she slipped on the cables. Initial reports were that she had been struck on Half Dome. Very saddened to hear a woman was struck and killed by lightning this weekend while on top of Half Dome. Our deepest sympathies go…