Permits required for Half Dome 2010
- jimqpublic
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Re: Permits required for Half Dome 2010
The one additional thing I'd do is prohibit anyone starting up the cables after noon or maybe 1 pm.
Jim
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Re: Permits required for Half Dome 2010
JimQ,
"The one additional thing I'd do is prohibit anyone starting up the cables after noon or maybe 1 pm."
Why? Just wondering?
Mark
"The one additional thing I'd do is prohibit anyone starting up the cables after noon or maybe 1 pm."
Why? Just wondering?
Mark
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Re: Permits required for Half Dome 2010
The safest time is in the early evening. All the crowds are gone.
Thunderstorms can be a factor later in the day but you can
often have a great sunset up on Half Dome. If you are camping
within a few miles it can be a great way to spend a little time
after dinner.
Thunderstorms can be a factor later in the day but you can
often have a great sunset up on Half Dome. If you are camping
within a few miles it can be a great way to spend a little time
after dinner.
Jeff
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Re: Permits required for Half Dome 2010
Agreed!
Way back when, when it was legal to camp atop the dome -
Before there were white flowering turds under every possible rock,
and when there were still trees alive on the massive,
(small, twisted, belligerent pines)...
just a few, surviving somehow in the cracks.
The best time to scale the cables: late afternoon, beating the heat and the masses.
Even nowadays, you can still plan on starting the cables around 5, maybe even a late summer 6, and make it down to water by dark.
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Way back when, when it was legal to camp atop the dome -
Before there were white flowering turds under every possible rock,
and when there were still trees alive on the massive,
(small, twisted, belligerent pines)...
just a few, surviving somehow in the cracks.
The best time to scale the cables: late afternoon, beating the heat and the masses.
Even nowadays, you can still plan on starting the cables around 5, maybe even a late summer 6, and make it down to water by dark.
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Re: Permits required for Half Dome 2010
When I went up Half Dome the first time about in June of 1993 at about 7PM I saw people
camping on top and making little fires out of whatever scrub vegetation they could find.
There was also a lot of stacked stones that people created to block the wind. I was happy
to see the no camping signs the next time I went up.
There is a little seasonal stream shown crossing the spur trail leading to Half Dome.
We followed that up for about 500 feet above the trail and had a nice little quite
camp with a small water source. It made for an easy evening walk to Half Dome to
watch the sunset. I am sure the stream dries out by mid summer so for most people
the nearest watered camp near Half Dome is back on Sunrise Creek.
camping on top and making little fires out of whatever scrub vegetation they could find.
There was also a lot of stacked stones that people created to block the wind. I was happy
to see the no camping signs the next time I went up.
There is a little seasonal stream shown crossing the spur trail leading to Half Dome.
We followed that up for about 500 feet above the trail and had a nice little quite
camp with a small water source. It made for an easy evening walk to Half Dome to
watch the sunset. I am sure the stream dries out by mid summer so for most people
the nearest watered camp near Half Dome is back on Sunrise Creek.
Jeff
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