Half Dome Cables

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Re: Half Dome Cables

by ScottyP » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:48 pm

Nice work Bob!

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Re: Half Dome Cables

by kenrw » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:16 pm

johnr wrote:
thephotomatt wrote:Very random, I know...but does anyone happen to know the approximate width of the cables on Half Dome?


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The cable back in 2003. I'd say it's somewhere between five-eighths and three-quarters of an inch in diameter.


I just called the ranger at the Park Service. She said the cables are one inch thick.

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Re: Half Dome Cables

by johnr » Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:33 am

kenrw wrote:
johnr wrote:
thephotomatt wrote:Very random, I know...but does anyone happen to know the approximate width of the cables on Half Dome?

The cable back in 2003. I'd say it's somewhere between five-eighths and three-quarters of an inch in diameter.


I just called the ranger at the Park Service. She said the cables are one inch thick.


Heh. Well, maybe they changed and upgraded the cables since then (though I doubt it highly). Because if they haven't then my thumb in that photo is about 2 inches in diameter, and my closed fist almost six inches across! Makes me feel like a real ham-fisted giant. :) And here I thought I was just a tall skinny hiker dude...
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Re: Half Dome Cables

by Bob Burd » Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:07 am

I would highly doubt that any ranger you could get a hold of by phone would have an accurate idea. I'd bet she took a swag at it. If those cables had been 1" I don't think I'd have had the strength to lift them off the rock.

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Re: Half Dome Cables

by sershe2 » Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:02 pm

Last weekend it was 100% snow free.

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Re: Half Dome Cables

by fedak » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:29 am

> Last weekend it was 100% snow free.

The Yosemite high country got a foot+ of new snow midweek.
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