Half Dome Climber's Log

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jleduc

jleduc - Jun 8, 2006 9:33 pm Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2001

Snake Dike  Sucess!

Up and down from the Valley in one day. Next time I'll camp at Little Yosemite.

CNC Dave

CNC Dave - Jun 7, 2006 2:38 am Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006

Happy Isles to Mist Trail

Great hike with lots of water, wildlife, vistas, heat, mist more like torrential rain. Do this dude in May or early June for big
waterfall volume. Took us about 10 hours. Take your time and enjoy
all of the above. Lots of novice hikers on the dome, try to be
patient.

downbooties

downbooties - Jun 3, 2006 4:33 pm Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2005

Snake Dike  Sucess!

I had hiked up the cable route in October 2003, but Jon and I wanted to give Snake Hike a try. It was a little crowded at the base of the 5th class climbing with one party on pitch one when we arrived and 2 parties coming up as we were waiting to begin. The party ahead of us started simul-climbing when they hit the dike and the parties below us were slower, so soon we felt like we had the place to ourselves. I lead the first pitch and Jon lead the rest because I'm still not brave enough to lead runout stuff (even at 5.2, silly me). It was a little smokey, but still some stellar views.

ckerth

ckerth - May 29, 2006 11:30 pm

Standard Route  Sucess!

Fun Climb, a little crowded

Bill Kish

Bill Kish - May 24, 2006 8:01 am

many trips up the cables  Sucess!

Have hiked this great stone many time with great friends. Gotta get on Snake Dike some day soon.

kommish

kommish - May 22, 2006 5:14 pm Date Climbed: May 25, 2003

Climbed via cables  Sucess!

First real hike and loved it! Now onto bigger more challenging hikes.

ElCapitanKoolAid

ElCapitanKoolAid - May 22, 2006 3:36 am Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2002

I waited to be fit  Sucess!

I wanted to do the Regular route in a single push. Everything started in the Esat Buttress of El Capitan. We were planning for a 12 hour climb and we did it in 6h: we were shocked! Then we thought of doing Free Blast and happened in 6:30h. We said South face Washington's Column on a day and we will be ready for Half Dome.
The Regular took us 12h. This paved the way for The Nose in a single push.

b_betts

b_betts - May 16, 2006 9:35 pm Date Climbed: May 11, 2006

Snake Dike  Sucess!

Beat the crowds and chanced the snow. Both the hike in (and out) and the climb were great! Especially nice since there were only a handful of other people around!

Quadaxial

Quadaxial - Apr 16, 2006 7:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2004

8/11/04  Sucess!

One of the must-do California day hikes.

MichaelJ

MichaelJ - Mar 20, 2006 11:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2005

Snake Dike  Sucess!

Got up before dawn to start hiking. Damien and I were the first team off the deck around (I think) 10 am. Once on the dike itself I missed the turn that Supertopo tells you not to miss and followed the obvious but wrong line until I got to a loose, skinny bolt and realized my mistake. Back on route, I found the climbing a little tedious, more like a steep hike actualy, but the view was awesome. At the last belay, I found a nice BD cam that looked like fixed gear but slid right out. Sweet. There were at least half a dozen ropes behind us on the route and half of them must have topped out after dark. We were back in the valley by 9 pm. A fun day.

jakefrisbee

jakefrisbee - Mar 14, 2006 8:27 pm

Cables  Sucess!

Been up the cables a couple of times, plan to do Snake Dike soon. A friend of ours introduced us to Half Dome in October 2003 when we had just moved to California. He said it would be something like his 10th time hiking to the top. I couldn't ever imagine doing something like that 10 times when there's so much else to do. But now I know why. Half Dome, despite the crowds, is awesome.

bajaandy

bajaandy - Mar 9, 2006 3:59 pm

The Cables  Sucess!

Did this in the early 80's, then again with a YMCA group of kids (of which my son and nephew were a part) a few years ago. Just a spectacular now as then.

Traipser - Feb 1, 2006 4:44 am

Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: May 2003  Sucess!

Great day to nap beneath the boulders on top.

mkeselak

mkeselak - Jan 27, 2006 6:57 pm

Date Climbed: 04 Oct 2005  Sucess!

It was a little bit hard in the final section of the summit but the feeling on the top was really cool!

sprosseda

sprosseda - Jan 25, 2006 5:48 pm

Route Climbed: standard trail w/ cables Date Climbed: July 2001  Sucess!

Crazy how many people climb this mountain. The cables can be very dangerous yet all types and abilities do it. The MOST people I have ever seen hiking a mountain with me that day: hundreds! Miserable 100 degree F day, long, blah trail. Very much appreciated water at the 2 falls. Fun but careful climbing up the 45 degree slab slope for 400 feet. Good views from top. Lots of people sun tanning.

peakbager

peakbager - Jan 19, 2006 7:40 am

Route Climbed: Cables Date Climbed: June 2003  Sucess!

Climbed it with two friends started hiking around 10:30 PM made the summit by sunrise. TO COOL.

Had the summit just to us. sat on the edige and watched the sun fill the valley

old5ten

old5ten - Jan 14, 2006 1:15 pm

Route Climbed: Snake Dike Date Climbed: several  Sucess!

Cool route, almost as crowded as the cables.

SawtoothSean

SawtoothSean - Jan 4, 2006 9:06 pm Date Climbed: Sep 1, 1996

Route Climbed: Many Ways Date Climbed: September 1, 1996

Done this several times- cables, trail run, climb. The most memorable was coming over from Cloud's Rest (backpack) or the runout on Snake

Smith93

Smith93 - Jan 2, 2006 4:25 am

Route Climbed: Cables Date Climbed: May 30, 2004  Sucess!

Absolutely amazing views from the top! The cables were the easiest part of the whole climb the hard part was getting to them. It was a very, very long day of hiking we started at 5:00am in Curry Village. Making the whole hike approximately 19.5 miles. Great hike though, I would go back and do it in a heartbeat!

Rileywyna

Rileywyna - Dec 19, 2005 7:09 am

Route Climbed: Snake Dike and Cables Date Climbed: Sept 1997 and June 1999  Sucess!

Did the cables hike with my wife in 97. The best hike I have done in the world.



In 99 I lead my climbing partner and his brother up Snake Dike. Felt like I was flying runout 100 feet in a strong wind.

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