Robert Greene - Personal Compendium of Travel and Adventure

• Half Dome • 30 April 2005 •

Half Dome (8842')
Yosemite National Park, California
Gain: 5570' (total)
Distance: 14.7 miles
Time: 12 hrs 40 mins

Topo for Half Dome

Class 4
Exposure on the cables was dangerous.
Steep snow!Steep cables!Steep face!
Cable abrasions to the fingers!
Pictures


Face your fears: Slabs and Friction.
If there's one place where friction is king, Half Dome is it. I visited and overcame, news at 11. Most people rate this climb as class 3, I give it class 4 due to exposure.