![]() ![]() I was surprised by how uncomfortable John was feeling. It’s very steep, and the wooden boards for stepping on are placed several steps apart, so you really have to trust the cables you’re hanging onto as you pull yourself up to the next step. This is the second time I’ve climbed the cables, and somehow I completely forgot how scary it is. We found some discarded gloves and made our way. At the cables, there was only one or two people on their way down, and nobody going up. The climb to the base of the cables wasn’t bad, but did take some energy out of us. So, I was pleasantly surprised when we woke up and everyone else was still soundly asleep as we broke down camp and headed for the famous peak. I imagined that in the morning all these people would get up early to climb Half Dome, and we would be in a line of people waiting to climb the cables. I was still surprised by how many people were camping near where we were set up, and even more surprised by how many people were leaving their bear canisters just a few feet from their tent (I believe the rule is you’re supposed to store them 100ft away). I was just happy we weren’t camping at Little Yosemite Valley, which is a complete zoo, and definitely the most popular backcountry camping site in Yosemite. We set up camp right past Half Dome (the permit we got was called the walk through permit), so we would need to backtrack in the morning, but I was fine with that, as it was only an extra mile or so. We climbed out of the valley after work up the popular and ever overcrowded Mist Trail, which offers views of Vernal Falls and further up, Nevada Falls. Another post from our June 2018 trip in Yosemite!Īfter many attempts, we finally secured a permit to climb half-dome and camp nearby.
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