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| genmai3 | Cables  | |
| Great weather, great hike, great views. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2007 2:14 pm | ||
| davebobk47 | Amazing | |
| Long day, started shortly after 5am. The cables are one of the coolest things I have done. A really great mountain. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2007 12:55 pm | ||
| Jim Carr | Cables Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2006 | |
| An early start is the way to go to beat the crowds on this one. Started at 3:00 am by headlamp and caught the sunrise near the summit. No waiting on the cables. Round trip car to car in about 6 hrs, 45 min. | ||
| Posted Jun 15, 2007 3:04 pm | ||
| gjonbelay | The Cables, Summer 1994 | |
| My first Sierra peak! The one that started it all and lead to one of my most interesting adventures one year later. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 5:20 pm | ||
| TomSellick | Had the route to myself Date Climbed: May 16, 2007 | |
| Cables route was great. Started at 6 am and saw ZERO people on the trail on the way up, besides 2 guys on snake dike. Unreal. Cables were "down" but I creeped up anyway. Best solo hike of all time. Saw a rattlesnake and 200 people on the way down. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2007 8:21 pm | ||
| NavySeabee | Cables were cool! Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2005 | |
| Great day - but then again, what day of bagging a California icon isn't great?! Pretty windy on top. My camera started scooting across a flat rock. By the way, bike gloves are not a good way to grip the cables. Note to self... | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2007 6:21 pm | ||
| huskertriguy | Disneyland? Date Climbed: May 19, 2007 | |
| Unbelievably beautiful backdrop, but I've never seen so many people on a trail before. Kids in ponchos and slip-on canvas shoes, girls in denim mini-skirts; I couldn't believe it. The traffic jam on the cables was pretty annoying and tedious, but as always I'm thankful for each step taken. I'm in pretty lousy shape right now after 2 months laid up from a really nasty ankle sprain resulting from a trail run, but still made it easily enough. (Was that an awkward sentence or what?!) Anyway, do this summit on a weekday if at all possible (though I'm not sure it'll help). It'll enhance your experience and appreciation. First time in Yosemite; I can't wait to go back. | |
| Posted May 29, 2007 5:09 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | Snake Dike Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| Left the parking lot at 5AM and reached the base of the route at 8:15AM. The hike past Vernal and Nevada Falls was spectacular. Since we were the first party on the route, we were able to climb really quickly, reaching the top at around 12:30PM. The lack of much pro between belays also made for quick progress. I led pitches 1,3,5,7 and the others were led by Eric Aldenhoff. The descent down the cables was a bit annoying with about 500 Memorial Day weekend tourists blocking the way. The hike down the Mist Trail was also a traffic jam but added some spice to the descent. We were back at the car by 5PM. Overall, a nice day with beautiful hiking and somewhat mundane climbing in a spectacular setting. | |
| Posted May 27, 2007 2:37 pm | ||
| thundercloud | Snake Dike Date Climbed: May 15, 2007 | |
| Fun day on the rock. Approached on Muir around the back side of Liberty Cap, which is longer yet less strenuous (and drier) than the Mist. Approach has a few "interesting" sections. Descended the down cables using a prusik for security...nice to have. | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 4:10 pm | ||
| EverydayExplorer | High School Fieldtrip Date Climbed: May 22, 2007 | |
| It would have been a typical hike up the cables except on that day an all girls high school had made it a requirement in order to graduate they had to summit half dome. I thought that was kind of cool. Their brother school had something similar in that they had to touch to floor of the Grand Canyon. I wish my high school had been that hip. | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 2:15 am | ||
| Janell | Oh my legs | |
| This was one of the most awesome hikes ive ever been on, I love the cables! | |
| Posted May 14, 2007 5:32 pm | ||
| granitepeaker | Wonderful Day Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2007 | |
| Just finished this summit last week and loved the hike. I made the summit with two female friends and did it round trip in 10 hours with the cables down. We used harnesses and did a sling around the cable, better then nothing. My first trip to Yosemite so it was nice to climb something while there. | |
| Posted May 7, 2007 10:51 am | ||
| KevinEldon | Long walk, not summit Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2007 | |
| Got to shoulder but didn't make the summit w/ the cables. The cables were down... I had already hiked 16 miles... hadn't really acclimatized at all and was coming from sea level...and other excuses. It's a great hike. Gorgeous views. | |
| Posted May 3, 2007 11:28 am | ||
| snowclimber12 | cables | |
| climbed it multiple times, lots of fun each times sometimes very interesting, like naked guy on top, but good long hike | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2007 10:53 pm | ||
| batesville | Typical ascent | |
| Nothing special about this ascent besides the views. Oh yeah, and the fat guy laying in the middle of the cables crying and wishing that it was over (He was about 30 meters from the summit). | |
| Posted Apr 16, 2007 4:21 pm | ||
| Vic Hanson | Cables Route Date Climbed: Sep 15, 1997 | |
| Enjoyed the hike up with friends, especially passing on the outside of the cables to bypass the crowd!. Wanted to go back the following year on my 50th birthday to rock climb it but never made it due to a shoulder injury. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2007 3:48 pm | ||
| mow10 | Snake Dike Simul Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2000 | |
| After gaining the dike itself simul climbing the route made for one of the best uninterrupted trips up a piece of granite I have ever had the pleasure of making. Props to Alex for leading this continuously runout route. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2007 5:01 pm | ||
| Bubba Suess | Family spot... | |
| My folks met climbing Half Dome in '63, so this has always been a favorite family spot. My dad and his brother were backpacking and ended up meeting and accompanying my mom to the summit. He claims that he has cooked the only lasagna ever cooked on Half Dome. I have summited the mountain numerous times since I was a child. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2007 10:03 pm | ||
| Hyadventure | Cables Route August 2002 | |
| A beautiful hike, but harder then I expected for the gain and distance. Probably more fun in the cooler months. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2007 6:10 pm | ||
| hockeyman | Cables route Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2005 | |
| Hiked the Cables Route with my 11 year old son. We made it round-trip in 8 hours. Nice hike. My second time on the summit. Saw a huge rattlesnake on the hike up by the Shoulder. Got a pic of it. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2007 4:33 pm | ||
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