1. Hiking up Half Dome
1. Hiking up Half Dome
I'm scratching my head to put a date on these scanned photos but I think it's 2001. We met at Yosemite and hiked and hiked until we passed the granite staircase and were at the foot of the cables. Most of us stopped at the cables while a couple were brave (not me) and went all the way to the top.
What you can't see here is the sheer drop off to the sides.
What you can't see here is the sheer drop off to the sides.
What you can't see here is the sheer drop off to the sides.
2. More from Half Dome
2. More from Half Dome
A few more of the hikers, the rock, and a waterfall from an almost-two-decades-ago trip to Yosemite.
If you look closely you can see the line where climbers are using the cables to climb the side of Half Dome.
If you look closely you can see the line where climbers are using the cables to climb the side of Half Dome.
If you look closely you can see the line where climbers are using the cables to climb the side of Half Dome.
3. Hiking in Yosemite
3. Hiking in Yosemite
Another old photo from Yosemite, but this time we hiked near Tioga pass as opposed to Half Dome, which is of course the big rock in the background.
4. Mountain, meadow, lake
4. Mountain, meadow, lake
The photo was taken back in 2008, with a 2005-vintage D200 and the wonderful little 10.5 fisheye. The camera specs—10 megapixels!—sound pretty dated now but it was a fine little machine in its time.
The photo was taken back in 2008, with a 2005-vintage D200 and the wonderful little 10.5 fisheye. The camera specs—10 megapixels!—sound pretty dated now but it was a fine little machine in its time.
The photo was taken back in 2008, with a 2005-vintage D200 and the wonderful little 10.5 fisheye. The camera specs—10 megapixels!—sound pretty dated now but it was a fine little machine in its time.