Brute
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It’s never a waste of time…it’s not about the catching…
Hiking. Day, Thru, Section, Ultralight to Traditional
- Thread starter HighwayTrout
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HighwayTrout
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Crazy how far cellphone cameras have come. No flash, just ambient light at 2am from my shaky hands.
Vernal Fall
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HighwayTrout
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Now with my headlamp on… showing the Mist Trail living up to its name. Got absolutely drenched
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TrailHunter
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Great shots!
HighwayTrout
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Approaching the subdome at sunrise..
It’s so hard to really give any of this justice or give perspective on steepness of the cables. Not the most enjoyable thing on earth… lol
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Liberty Cap and Nevada Fall.
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And for Brute…
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It’s so hard to really give any of this justice or give perspective on steepness of the cables. Not the most enjoyable thing on earth… lol
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Awesome
TrailHunter
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Nice!
Mike Pierson
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Awesome pics man, thanks for sharing.
Disciple Off Road
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Awesome! It’s been years since I’ve climbed Half Dome. Like you said, pics don’t do it justice.
HighwayTrout
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We started at 1am to beat the heat and crowds.
TrailHunter
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We started at 1am to beat the heat and crowds.
How long is the hike? (Miles & Hours)
HighwayTrout
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~17 miles and 12ish hours. That was with a bunch of little breaks and slow cruising for the most part and about an hour on the summit farting around and eating lunch.
Trail Bud
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That’s a good pace ( for me anyways).
was there a lot of traffic coming down?
Where did you start from? Little Yosemite Valley?
TrailHunter
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Impressive…Not sure I could pull that off. Whats the total Ascend? Prior to.. and then the Dome?
HighwayTrout
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Traffic wasn’t bad until Nevada Fall. Then got stupid at Vernal. But by then your in the home stretch. If you meant coming down the cables. I think maybe 3 or 4 people coming up while I was going down. So basically empty. We started from the valley floor at the JMT trailhead in Happy Isles. I’ve always wanted to maybe hike and camp in Little Yosemite Valley and go from there. But haven’t yet.
You gain just under 5,000 ft. The cables are about 400’ at a 45 degree angle. You could totally do it. It’s really all mental.
Trail Bud
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Going from the floor up Vernal and to the top is one hard core elevation gain. Vernal is intense with any pack.
Thought there would be more traffic on the cables, but good for you.
Try going from Yosemite Valley sometime. It’s nice, but you have to hall up you tent and gear up Vernal Falls.
Congratulations again!
Bullwinckle
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Looks like an awesome hike! would love to do that one day. How was the permit process?
HighwayTrout
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You have to apply via lottery in March. Only 300 permits are issued a day. We up our chances by every person in our party (6) apply for the dates we want. Sometimes we luck out and get multiple permits so we invite more people. Other times we strike out entirely.
Tons of people flake or something comes up so there is forfeited permits up for grabs via application also.
Then there is luck and a good attitude. Rangers hang out at the base of the subdome to verify permits. You can hang around there or just prior and ask groups that go by if they have any open slots in their party and ask if you can hop in with them.
It’s a fun one that I look forward to doing again.