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Half Dome
Half Dome was originally called Tis-sa-ack, meaning Cleft Rock in the language of the local Native Americans. Half Dome is nearly as whole as it ever was. The impression from the valley floor that this is a round dome which has lost its northwest half is an illusion.
On 28 March 2009, a large rock slide occurred off Awhiyah Point. The slide happened at 5:26 am and damaged a large area under the dome. No one was injured but hundreds of trees were knocked down and a portion of the Mirror Lake trail was buried. The slide registered on seismographs as a 2.5 earthquake.
The Half Dome Cables Route hike runs from the valley floor to the top of the dome in 13 km, with 1,460 m of elevation gain. The final 120 m ascent is steeply up the rock between two steel cables used as handholds. About 50,000 hikers climb it every year. From 1919 when the cables were erected through June 2009, there have been five fatal falls from the cables. On 27 July 1985, five hikers were struck by lightning, resulting in two fatalities........Wikipedia
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, United States (Saturday 3 Oct 2009 @ 1:28 pm)
Half Dome
Half Dome was originally called Tis-sa-ack, meaning Cleft Rock in the language of the local Native Americans. Half Dome is nearly as whole as it ever was. The impression from the valley floor that this is a round dome which has lost its northwest half is an illusion.
On 28 March 2009, a large rock slide occurred off Awhiyah Point. The slide happened at 5:26 am and damaged a large area under the dome. No one was injured but hundreds of trees were knocked down and a portion of the Mirror Lake trail was buried. The slide registered on seismographs as a 2.5 earthquake.
The Half Dome Cables Route hike runs from the valley floor to the top of the dome in 13 km, with 1,460 m of elevation gain. The final 120 m ascent is steeply up the rock between two steel cables used as handholds. About 50,000 hikers climb it every year. From 1919 when the cables were erected through June 2009, there have been five fatal falls from the cables. On 27 July 1985, five hikers were struck by lightning, resulting in two fatalities........Wikipedia
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, United States (Saturday 3 Oct 2009 @ 1:28 pm)